Mr Shane Kelleher > William Fry LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

William Fry LLP
2 GRAND CANAL SQUARE
DUBLIN 2
Ireland

Work Department

Banking & Finance; Equity/Debt Capital Markets.

Position

Shane Kelleher is a Partner in William Fry’s Financial Regulation Group and Corporate Department. He advises clients on all aspects of financial regulation including regulatory issues arising in mergers and acquisitions, acquisitions and disposals of qualifying holdings in regulated entities, authorisations and extension or surrender of authorisations, compliance with conduct of business requirements, fitness and probity, corporate governance, market abuse and transparency requirements. Shane advises regulated entities including credit institutions, MiFID investment firms, payment institutions, electronic money institutions, investment business firms, other financial institutions and investors in the financial services sector on compliance with regulatory standards and the impact of new regulatory developments at Irish and EU levels. He is a member of William Fry’s Regulatory Enforcement Group. Shane has considerable experience of working in general company and corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and banking and financial services law practices at William Fry and he brings the benefit of this varied practice base to his work for clients in his specialist area of financial regulation.

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Fintech

(Leading partners)

Shane Kelleher – William Fry LLP

William Fry LLP‘s robust multidisciplinary practice spans the full gamut of sophisticated financial regulatory, contractual, and data privacy mandates. Its diverse clientele stretches from global fintechs and technology multinationals to leading start-ups, and the team regularly advises e-money institutions and virtual asset and crowdfunding service providers on the procurement of new technology and the launch of new products. Jointly heading up the team is Shane Kelleher, an expert in financial regulation, and John O’Connor, a ‘standout’ in technology projects relating to AI, machine learning, and blockchain. Other highlighted members are Louise McNabola for her regulatory authorisation work and Máire O’Neill for fintech M&A transactions.