Dillon Eustace LLP has appointed Etain de Valera as head of its asset management and investment funds practice. Etain joined Dillon Eustace LLP in 2001 and became a partner in 2006.

De Valera is an expert on the establishment, structuring, financing, corporate governance and ongoing operation of investment funds, and responsible for advising some of the world’s leading asset management firms on their activities in Ireland about alternative investment funds, including hedge funds, fund of funds, private credit, private debt, private equity funds and property funds.

UCITS funds

She also has significant experience in advising clients on the establishment and ongoing operation of UCITS funds as well as on industry standard master transaction agreements and prime and futures brokerage deals. Her clients include fund service providers such as asset management firms, administrators and depositaries.

Prior to joining Dillon Eustace, de Valera worked at Goldman Sachs International and A&L Goodbody.