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Liam Collins is a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Department at Matheson.

He practises corporate and financial services law and advises many of the world’s leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies and service providers doing business in and from Ireland.

Liam has advised a wide range of domestic and international investment banks, investment managers and financial institutions in relation to, particularly, the legal and regulatory issues relating to the structuring, establishment and operation of investment funds (including UCITS and alternative investment funds, including property funds, funds of funds, common contractual funds, investment limited partnerships and structured funds) in Ireland, their listing on the Irish Stock Exchange, the restructuring and amalgamation of such funds and the provision of investment advice and financial services.

He has advised on the Irish interpretation and implementation of European financial services directives, and has liaised with foreign counsel in many EU member states and other countries with respect to the marketing of Irish investment funds in those jurisdictions.

Liam has advised a number of international asset managers, including asset managers based in both the Europe, the US and Latin America, in acting for Irish investment funds.

Liam is a member of the Law Society of Ireland. He has presented papers at client seminars and meetings on various topics relating to financial services regulation. Liam has contributed to a number of financial services and investment industry publications. Liam is also a member of the Legal and Regulatory Working Group within Irish Funds.

Liam has lectured on the Law Society of Ireland Diploma in Investment Funds.

Education

  • Law Society of Ireland (Certificate in Legal Spanish)
  • Law Society of Ireland (Diploma in Applied Finance Law)
  • University College Cork (BCL)

News and Insights

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10/09/2025

Ireland Moves to Enhance its AIF Regime in Anticipation of AIFMD 2.0

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10/09/2025

Central Bank of Ireland Consults on Changes to UCITS Rules

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21/07/2025

ESMA Reports on Outcome of CSA on Sustainability Disclosures

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21/07/2025

ESMA Proposes Look-Through for UCITS Investments

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29/04/2025

AIFMD 2.0: Draft Rules on Loan Origination & Liquidity Management Tools

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29/04/2025

Developments Impacting the Supervision of Investment Funds

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29/04/2025

CSRD and the Omnibus Proposal – Implications for Fund Managers

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29/04/2025

CBI Clarifies Rules on Alternative Investment Funds Acting as Guarantors

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09/12/2024

Central Bank of Ireland SFDR Workshop

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09/12/2024

A Look Forward to 2025

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Accolades

“Liam Collins – five stars – kind, commercial, understanding.”

Investment Funds: The European Legal 500

2025

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