Dillon Eustace

Asset Management and Investment Funds

Partner, Asset Management and Investment Funds

Cillian is a Partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Department. Cillian is an investment funds specialist, advising clients on a wide range of legal and regulatory matters. Cillian specialises in the establishment and ongoing operations of Irish domiciled regulated investments fund structures, including UCITS and open-ended and closed-ended alternative investment funds (AIFs), and Irish fund management companies. Cillian’s clients include privately-owned and institutional investment managers representing a wide range of asset classes. Cillian has particular expertise in complex international fund structuring and the regulation of sustainable investing.

Cillian has over 15 years’ experience advising clients on a broad range of legal and regulatory matters pertaining to Irish regulated funds and Irish management companies. The types of strategies and asset classes on which Cillian advises include: private credit, private debt, liability driven investments (LDI), liquid alternatives, index trackers, money market funds (MMFs), emerging markets, hedge funds, funds of funds, real estate, private equity, ESG funds, and traditional and alternative UCITS. Previously, Cillian was seconded to the legal department of a major US asset manager in London and to Dillon Eustace’s Cayman Islands office. Cillian leads the Dillon Eustace cross-departmental ESG advisory group and regularly publishes thought leadership insights in this area. Cillian sits on the Dillon Eustace European Long-Term Investment Fund (ELTIF) advisory group and is a member of the Irish Funds Specialist Group on MMFs.

Law Society of Ireland, Admitted to practice in England and Wales Trinity College Dublin, LLB (Ling. Germ)