PROFILE: Brian joined Dillon Eustace in 1994 as a trainee solicitor and has been a partner in the Financial Services Department since 2002. Brian established the firm's Tokyo representative office and managed it from 2000 until 2002, during which time he was admitted as a foreign member of the Japanese Federation of Bar Associations. He is currently a committee member with the Irish Funds Industry Association and a member of the International Bar Association. Brian has been admitted as a registered Foreign Lawyer by the Law Society of Hong Kong. Brian sits on the board of several client companies.

REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS:

Advised Japanese, Hong Kong ,Singaporean, Australian, UK and US asset managers on the establishment of UCITS umbrella funds.
Advises Chinese asset managers on appropriate Irish Regulated Fund structures.
Advises asset managers on the establishment of Exchange Traded Funds.
Advised the promoters of Common Contractual Funds established in Ireland.
Advises Irish fund administrators and custodians on fund disputes and related regulatory issues.
Advises on the registration of Irish investment funds in Europe and Asia.
Advises asset managers on the listing of Irish and non Irish funds on the Irish Stock Exchange.
Advised on the establishment of Real Estate Funds.
Advised asset managers on the redomiciliation of funds to Ireland.
Advises client on Alternative Investment Fund Managers application to the Central Bank of Ireland.