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Cillian Bredin

Partner

Dublin

Asset Management and Investment Funds

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Cillian Bredin

Cillian is a Partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds team.

Cillian advises privately owned and institutional fund sponsors and investment managers and proprietary and third party management companies operating in Ireland or servicing Irish funds as well as fund Boards.

He advises on a broad range of matters relating to a variety of strategies including: private credit, private debt, liability driven investments (LDI), liquid alternatives, index trackers, money market funds (MMFs), emerging markets, hedge funds, funds of funds, real estate, private equity, ESG funds, and traditional and alternative UCITS.

Cillian leads the Dillon Eustace ESG advisory group and regularly publishes insights in this area. Cillian sits on the Dillon Eustace European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) advisory group and is a member of the Irish Funds Specialist Group on MMFs.

Cillian is a Partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds team.

Cillian advises privately owned and institutional fund sponsors and investment managers and proprietary and third party management companies operating in Ireland or servicing Irish funds as well as fund Boards.

He advises on a broad range of matters relating to a variety of strategies including: private credit, private debt, liability driven investments (LDI), liquid alternatives, index trackers, money market funds (MMFs), emerging markets, hedge funds, funds of funds, real estate, private equity, ESG funds, and traditional and alternative UCITS.

Cillian leads the Dillon Eustace ESG advisory group and regularly publishes insights in this area. Cillian sits on the Dillon Eustace European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) advisory group and is a member of the Irish Funds Specialist Group on MMFs.

Relevant Experience

Advising on the formation of a number of multi-jurisdictional master-feeder structure Qualifying Investor AIFs for large US based private credit managers.

Acting as the lead advisor to one of the world’s largest asset managers on their range of Irish domiciled UCITS and AIFs, including index trackers, money market funds and LDI strategies.

Advising multiple regulated management companies and their funds on the establishment of new Article 8 and Article 9 Funds (“ESG Funds”) pursuant to the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (“SFDR”) and related disclosure obligations as well as on the categorisation (including re-categorisation) of existing funds pursuant to SFDR.

Acting as lead adviser on the establishment of the first dual authorised UCITS management company and AIFM (commonly referred to as a “Super ManCo”) authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland post-Brexit.

Advising one of North America’s largest platform managers on the establishment of a multi-manager Qualifying Investor AIF platform to be distributed by the asset management arm of one of the world’s most prominent insurers.

Advising a well-known US private equity firm on the structuring and establishment of a QIAIF investing in Irish property and property related assets.

Advising a number of UK headquartered hedge fund managers on the structuring and establishment of their Irish Qualifying Investor AIFs.

Testimonials

Cillian is an extremely strong partner who is commercial and pragmatic and has very strong regulatory knowledge.

Chambers

Global

Testimonials

Cillian Bredin is pragmatic and straightforward.

Chambers

Europe

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