EU Regulated Funds

EU Regulated Funds

The EU investment funds market is one of the largest and most sophisticated in the world.  The two leading cross-border investment fund and investment management entity domiciles in the European Union are Ireland and Luxembourg.  Our teams in these jurisdictions comprise some of the best lawyers and legal professionals in Europe.

Our Irish and Luxembourg lawyers specialise in investment fund products of all types including:

• Mutual funds 
• Pension funds
• Hedge funds
• Private equity funds
• Loan originator funds
• Debt funds
• Real estate funds
• Infrastructure funds
• Managed account platforms
• Master-feeder funds
• Fund of funds
• Real estate funds
• ETFs
• Money market funds

We advise on UCITS (both traditional and alternative strategies) and AIFs (both qualifying investor AIFs (QIAIFs, SIFs, SICARs and RAIFs) and retail investor AIFs (RIAIFs and Part II funds)), we also advise on the distribution of these funds through the Maples Group's Global Registration Services.

These regulatory categories can be adapted to fit almost any investment strategy and there are a wide variety of legal structures available:

• ICAVs
• Investment Companies and SICAVs in the form of SA, SCA, Sarl, etc.
• Unit Trusts
• Investment Limited Partnerships, Common Limited Partnerships (SCS) and Special Limited Partnerships (SCSp)
• Common Contractual Funds and FCPs
• Other categories (including Unregulated Limited Partnerships, SCS, SCSp and Special Purpose Vehicles)