About

With broad private practice experience gained in the City, followed by over ten years in-house in Ireland’s increasingly regulated financial services sector, John Elliott has a well-rounded and practised background in international financial services. He moved in house after eight years at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and since then has deepened his expertise in financial services regulation, in particular in mutual funds, life insurance, anti-money laundering and data protection. After stints proving his worth as the first in-house counsel at the Irish operations of Investors Bank & Trust, Maples FS and Generali International (with responsibilities across a network of global offices at each firm), Elliott was appointed general counsel of the Irish arm of financial services provider SEI in February 2015. His role at SEI covers SEI’s Irish mutual funds (including a UCITS management company/ AIFM) and entities providing fund administration and depositary services, reflecting the breadth of SEI’s Irish business which recently celebrated its 20th anniversary in Dublin. With offices across Asia, Europe and the Americas, SEI manages or administers approximately $638bn in assets worldwide.