Mr Stephen Carson > A&L Goodbody LLP > DUBLIN 1, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

A&L Goodbody LLP
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Work Department

Asset Management & Investment Funds Group

Position

Stephen Carson is Head of the Asset Management & Investment Funds group. He was Head of the London office from 2018 to 2022. Stephen advises international asset management firms and investment banks in relation to the establishment and authorisation of all types of investment funds including UCITS, AIFs, exchange traded funds (ETFs), money market funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and property funds as well as authorisation of UCITS management companies and alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). He also acts for the promoters of, and service providers to, Irish domiciled investment funds including investment managers, fund administrators and depositaries in relation to depositary, administration, prime brokerage and other service agreements.

Memberships

Stephen regularly speaks at international conferences and other industry events. He is currently a member of the Irish Funds ETF Working Group. Stephen was the chairperson of the Irish Funds association’s Working Group on ELTIFs and Loan Funds from 2015 to 2016. He was a member of the Marketing Committee of the Irish Funds association from 2012 to 2014. Stephen was a member of the Events Committee of the Irish Funds association from 2017 to 2020.

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Investment funds

(Leading partners)

Stephen CarsonA&L Goodbody LLP

A&L Goodbody LLP ‘s commitment to the investment fund sector has landed it with additional engagements in ESG and sustainability, ETF and private funds work. The firm has a steady mix of fund formation and advisory engagements. It is working intensively in the ESG and sustainability segment, including on new fund launches and implementing SFDR level 2 disclosures. It has brought in new ETF clients, has established a series of private equity funds and remains a real force in real estate funds. Stephen Carson leads the asset management and investment funds team and retains close connections to clients in London, having spent several years there. Michael Barr and Kerill O’Shaughnessy are also senior members of the team, along with ESG and sustainability specialist Lorena Dunne , who is ‘very commercial and thorough‘. Chris Bergin was promoted to partner in 2024 and Brian McDermott retired.