The financial services industry is continuously evolving.
Adoption of new technologies and operating models, industry consolidation and regulatory change create market disruption, risks and opportunities. Whatever segment of the financial services industry you work in, we provide an industry-first approach, bringing a 360* perspective and novel solutions to help you adapt successfully to change, and take advantage of the opportunities.
When you choose to work with us, you won't just get legal professionals with the highest levels of technical excellence. Our global team has in-depth knowledge of the financial services sector in all of the places you do business. We represent many of the world’s largest financial institutions in groundbreaking projects that have shaped the landscape of the industry.
Our experience and capabilities span the financial services ecosystem including capital markets, wholesale and retail banking, insurance, asset management, financial sponsors and private capital, payments providers, fintechs and all aspects of financial innovation. We have experience working on complex, multi-jurisdictional projects but also bring deep knowledge of local markets to help you flex to new opportunities wherever you do business.
We are a truly global firm, and place great value on a one-team approach. We hear again and again from our clients that our working relationships are collaborative, transparent and solutions orientated. Although our attorneys are spread across the globe, our culture and our processes ensure that, wherever you work with us, we will always engage with you in a unified way.
The financial services industry will continue to evolve, and we will continue to help you stay at the cutting edge of that change. We are here for your future, as well as your present.
Our Financial Services capability in Ireland
Our Financial Services lawyers have extensive experience in advising both Irish and international clients on structuring complex financial services transactions. We can provide you with legal advice on domestic and international financial institutions, debt funds, corporate issuers and investment managers.
Our lawyers, tax advisors and consultants are experienced in all aspects of Irish financial services law and regulation.
Our recent experience includes advising:
- a Greek multinational financial services company, on the cross-border structuring and transition a portfolio of equity and quasi-equity interests to an outsourced private equity manager. The transaction highlights Eversheds Sutherland’s ability to deliver on complex cross-border transactions for clients capitalizing on the firm’s multi-jurisdictional “upstream” corporate, commercial, tax and regulatory strengths together with its extensive “downstream” cross-border M&A transactional experience
- a mobile payment service company with the establishment of a joint venture between Ireland’s four pillar banks to develop and launch an interbank mobile payments solution on the Irish market
- a life science and deeptech fund organisation on the establishment of the first ever Irish-domiciled, Qualifying Investor Alternative Investment Fund ICAV private equity medical cannabis fund
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Best Law Firm at the Hedgeweek European Awards 2021
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