Mark Browne

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.

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.