Ian
O'Mara

Ian has recently advised:

• a wide range of clients to successfully obtain regulatory authorisations from the Central Bank of Ireland including electronic money institutions, payment institutions, fund administrators, virtual asset service providers, credit servicing firms, MiFID investment firms, and retail credit firms.
• a number of firms to develop a target operating model that both meets Irish regulatory requirements and which ensures the firm’s strategic and business goals are capable of being realised, including the development of the business plans, governance structures and inter-group outsourcing arrangements that are required to successfully progress any regulatory authorisation project.
• clients on their anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF) obligations, including reviewing policies, procedures and business risk-assessments.
• numerous clients on bespoke legal advice and training on how to design and implement and oversee an effective AML/CTF programme within their firms.
  providing advice on the regulation of information security and digital operational resilience requirements that apply to regulated financial service providers.
• on the impact of the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation for firms trading in the virtual assets sector.
• clients on carrying out comprehensive assurance reviews to manage regulatory risk, including assisting with risk mitigation programmes, Central Bank inspections and thematic reviews.
• clients on various regulatory compliance obligations such as consumer protection frameworks, product governance rules, and obtaining qualifying shareholder approvals.

• Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland – 2016
• Dublin Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Arts, Law – 2013
• London School of Economics and Political Science, MSc International Relations – 2008
• University College Dublin, Bachelor of Arts – 2007