Colin
Reynolds

Colin is an Associate with the Funds team in Dublin having joined the firm in 2021. He holds the notable achievement of being the first Associate to both train and qualify into the Dublin Office since it first opened in 2018. He has a range of experience in the establishment and authorisation of investment funds in Ireland such as UCITS and QIAIFs.

In 2023, Colin was seconded to the London Office and was part of the Simmons & Simmons Hedge Funds team where he worked primarily in advising asset managers in relation to alternative investment funds with a key focus on the establishment, structuring and maintenance of offshore hedge funds structured as master-feeder Cayman funds. Colin also worked to advise clients on a range of regulatory matters related to alternative investment funds, including, AIFMD, SFDR, and marketing obligations.

Colin graduated with a Bachelors of Civil Law from University College Cork in 2018 and has been working in legal practice ever since.

Relevant experience:

• Advising investment managers on the compliance obligations of Irish regulated funds, their offering documents, legal and regulatory obligations and AIFMD marketing obligations.
• Advising on the establishment and authorisation of new UCITS and QIAIF umbrella funds.
• Successful applications to the Central Bank of Ireland for approval of new sub-funds to existing platforms and the formation of new platforms.
• London-based managed futures investment management firm: Advising on EU fund passporting into other EU jurisdictions as well as the national private placement regime under AIFMD.
• Advising on Central Bank of Ireland on non-EU AIFM clearance applications.
• Advising on the formation and launch of offshore Cayman domiciled master-feeder structured funds with US Delaware LP feeders and partnership feeders.
• Advising several global financial institutions in connection with marketing of alternative investment funds.
• An Irish based global asset management and advisory firm focusing on crypto-based investment opportunities. Reviewing various compliance related documents and agreements for investor onboarding and MiCAR compliant service provider agreements.