Ireland
Financial Services and Investment Management Mark Browne
Dechert LLP
Mark Browne is a global partner in the Financial Services Group of Dechert LLP. He primarily focuses his practice on the structuring, establishment and operation of investment funds in Ireland, including UCITS and Alternative Investment Funds. He has in excess of 15 years of experience in the funds industry and has worked in a number of the key global centres. This international experience is of particular assistance when advising international managers familiar with off-shore structures, as well as with regard to the redomiciliation of offshore funds to Ireland and the restructuring of hedge funds as UCITS. Mr Browne also advises on issues affecting clients throughout the financial sector, including with regard to MiFID, anti-money laundering regulations, emoney and payment systems, data protection, distance selling and internet-based products and investments. He also has experience advising on issues affecting service providers such as administrators, custodians, prime brokers, distributors and investment managers. Prior to joining Dechert, Mr Browne was a partner in the financial services practice of a large Irish law firm. He previously worked in the funds practice of a leading Cayman Islands firm where he focused on hedge funds, as well as for a global custodian based in Luxembourg.
Mark Browne Partner Tel: +353 (0) 1 436 8511 mark.browne@dechert.com www.dechert.com
A graduate of University College Dublin, Mr Browne has previously been admitted to practice law in England and Wales and the Cayman Islands, as well as Ireland. He currently only practices Irish law. He is a frequently published author and speaker with regard to issues relating to the financial services industry and is recommended as a leading investment funds lawyer by The Legal 500 and Chambers Europe. He was named as ‘Investment Fund Formation Lawyer of the Year in Ireland’ in the Corporate Intl Magazine Global Awards, 2017. Mr Browne also serves as a director of Dechert Secretarial Limited, an entity authorised in Ireland to operate as a trust or company service provider.
Isle of Man
Strategic Planning Clive Dixon
Moore Stephens Isle of Man
Clive Dixon Managing Partner Moore Stephens Isle of Man Tel: +44 (0)1624 662020 clive.dixon@msiom.com www.msiom.com
Client Relationships; Team Development and Career Planning; Marketing and Communications With an honours degree in finance and accounting, Clive joined EY in Birmingham and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1981 before becoming a Fellow of the Institute in 1992. He spent seven years in Bermuda, initially with EY, before taking up the position of President and CEO of Aon Bermuda. In 1989 Clive moved to the Isle of Man to establish Moore Stephens Isle of Man (MSIOM), now one of the largest firms of Chartered Accountants in the Island. He has overall responsibility for the firm’s strategic direction, client servicing and client relationships. The firm has “Investor in People” accreditation and ISO 9001:2015 certification. MSIOM is also a full training office with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales, a platinum accredited training office with the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and is closely involved with the Isle of Man Government Department for Enterprise. In 2010 MSIOM was recognised as an Isle of Man Champion business by the Island’s Chief Minister. Clive currently leads a major international forensic project involving millions of pounds and hundreds of illegal transactions resulting from a fraud that occurred over a decade. This involves first identifying and tracking the movement of assets and then locating assets, monetary and physical, around the world. Ultimately it will necessitate perfecting the ownership of these assets and restoring them to their appropriate owners. Clive is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Chartered Management Institute and the Institute of Directors. He has been listed on Citywealth’s Leaders List for eight consecutive years and is one of only two Isle of Man accountants to be included. Alongside this achievement he was also featured on the Citywealth’s Top 50 Editor’s Choice list in November 2017.
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