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Michelle is a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Group at Matheson.

Michelle practises Irish financial services law and advises many of the world’s leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies and service providers carrying on business in Ireland or through Irish vehicles.

She has extensive experience in advising a wide range of domestic and international clients on the structuring, establishment, marketing and sale of investment vehicles and products in Ireland and other jurisdictions. In particular, Michelle advises on the legal and regulatory issues surrounding the establishment of AIF and UCITS structures, including hedge funds, managed account platforms, master feeder, fund of fund, complex and bespoke structures.

She also advises on the structuring, offer and sale of investment instruments and investment products, the provision of investment advice and other financial services.

Michelle has advised some of the world’s largest alternative investment managers on the implementation of AIFMD and also advised on the first inward AIFMD management passport into Ireland. She also has extensive experience in advising international clients in relation to UCITS’ legislative and regulatory developments.

Michelle also has extensive experience in advising on the establishment of loan origination structures and advised on the establishment of one of the first regulated loan origination AIFs in Ireland.

Michelle is the 2017 International Law Office Client Choice award winner for Banking Law in Ireland, a category that incorporates financial services and has been listed one of the 50 Leading Women in Hedge Funds for 2019 by The Hedge Fund Journal, a leading global publication for Asset Management.

Education

  • University College Dublin, Post Graduate Diploma in International Financial Services Law
  • University College Dublin, Diploma in Applied Finance Law
  • Incorporated Law Society of Ireland Professional Qualification
  • University College Dublin, LLM International Commercial Law
  • University College Dublin, BCL

News and Insights

Insights
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

Michelle Ridge is Highly Regarded.

Investment Funds: IFLR1000

2024

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