Dara Harrington
Partner |
Dublin
+353 1 920 1206
[email protected]
Ten Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin 2
D02 T380
Ireland
Dara is a Partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Group and heads the firm’s Finance Group.
He provides expert guidance to fund sponsors/GPs, investment managers/advisers, fund service providers and investors on the formation and operation of all types of investment funds and transactions, specialising in both private and public market strategies.
He is the Chair of the Irish Funds Private Assets Working Group, a role in which he is leading engagement by industry with the Central Bank of Ireland and the Department of Finance on enhancements to the private asset funds regime in Ireland.
Dara is a former member of the Council of the Irish Funds Industry Association and former chair of the Association’s AIF Regulation and AIFMD Reform Working Group.
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