Managing partner appointed at Walkers
International legal and professional-services firm Walkers will appoint Nicholas Blake-Knox as its new managing partner for Ireland, starting 30 April.
The respected asset-management and investment-funds lawyer will succeed Jonathan Sheehan, who has completed a four-year term.
Blake-Knox will lead Walkers' Ireland office, which currently has over 200 staff.
Nicholas Blake-Knox said: “I am incredibly honoured to be appointed managing partner of Walkers in Ireland. I look forward to working more closely with my exceptionally talented colleagues across our various business lines and to ensuring that we continue to deliver best-in-class service for our clients both here in Ireland and globally.”
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The new managing partner has more than 20 years’ experience working in the asset-management and investment-funds industry.
He was previously elected to the Irish Funds Council and in 2024/2025 served as chair of Irish Funds.
In 2025, Blake-Knox was appointed for a two year term by the Irish Government to its Ireland for Finance Joint Committee, an initiative aimed at further growing and developing Ireland’s financial-services sector.
Before joining Walkers, he was senior vice-president and senior legal counsel at PIMCO in London, managing all areas of the EMEA funds business.