Expertise
Matheson’s "outstanding" team is "dedicated and efficient", and "certainly one of the best".
European Legal 500
Financial institutions are operating in a dynamic and rapidly changing environment. As a consequence of the global financial crisis and more recently Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic, governments and regulators have become much more proactive with a view to improving oversight, regulation and protection of the consumer. As a consequence, the regulatory landscape has fundamentally changed and operations, structure and location of regulated businesses are continuously being adapted in response to these developments.
At Matheson we believe that your professional advisers should give you a commercial advantage in dealing with these changes. We have worked extensively over many years with a broad range of the largest financial institutions, including leading domestic firms and “brand name” multinationals including banks, insurers, investment services as well as Fintech and payment firms.
We continually look to use the breadth and depth of our experience to benefit our clients. In our view, dedicated teams with extensive industry sector knowledge offer the best value for clients.
Our Financial Institutions Group unites lawyers with extensive industry experience, corporate transactional experience and regulatory knowledge who are solely focused on financial institutions.
The key areas of our practice can be broadly summarised as follows:
- Authorisation of Financial Services Firms
- Banking Advisory - Financial Institutions
- Compliance, Conduct and Governance
- Fintech and Payments
- Financial Institutions M&A
- Financial Institutions Reorganisations
- Insurance and Reinsurance
- Investment Firms and other regulated firms
- Regulatory Enforcement and Investigations
- Regulatory Risk Management and Compliance
Central to the success of our team is our excellent relationship with the Central Bank of Ireland.
Thought leadership
Thought leadership is particularly important to the Financial Institutions Group as we believe it is as important to shape public policy as it is to advise on it. We regularly make formal and informal submissions to the Central Bank, Department of Finance and other State bodies. Group members regularly write, speak and organise seminars/webinars on topics that are important to our clients. We consistently update our clients on developments in the area of financial services through our much praised FIG Forum. To subscribe, please click here.
Collaboration
At Matheson the financial services sector is the largest single sector of our practice. The Financial Institutions Group works with many of Matheson’s market leading teams including teams in Finance and Capital Markets, Asset Management and Investment Funds, Aviation Finance and Transportation, Structured Finance and Securitisation, Tax, Restructuring and Insolvency and Financial Services Litigation.
Our Team
- Joe Beashel
- Gráinne Callanan
- Louise Dobbyn
- Caroline Kearns
- Elaine Long
- Darren Maher
- Niamh Mulholland
- Ian O'Mara
"Highly qualified, very supportive also in negotiations, always quick responses, always several contact persons available."
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"Very well organised and responsive."
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"Very good in real estate. Well connected and knowledgeable."
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"The team are very good at breaking down the issues at hand and walking me through the challenges, the options and associated risks of each option."
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"High level of understanding on the changing regulatory environment. Diligent documentation review. Worked in a very efficient and professional manner with opposing drafting counsel which resulted in a smooth execution."
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"Extremely focused, well organised and responsive professional team."
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