Adam Donoghue

Practice Areas

Adam is co-head of Maples and Calder's Irish Funds & Investment Management team. He is based in the Maples Group's Dublin office, where his team advises global asset managers and fund sponsors on the structuring, establishment and operation of Irish fund products. Adam has broad experience advising on a wide spectrum of Irish regulated UCITS and AIFs with a particular focus on the alternatives space, including hedge funds, liquid and private credit funds, private equity funds, managed account platforms, direct lending/ loan origination funds, real asset / infrastructure funds, master-feeder structures and most recently ELTIFs (European Long-Term Investment Funds). He has advised on all types of Irish fund vehicles including ICAVs, investment limited partnerships, unit trusts, common contractual funds and investment companies.

Aside from fund vehicles, Adam's expertise extends to the establishment and operation of Irish regulated AIFMs, UCITS management companies, "super-mancos", MiFID investment firms and unregulated 1907 Act limited partnership and SPV structures. His practice also covers the governance, financing, cross-border distribution, management and relocation / redomiciliation of such entities into and out of Ireland, as well as the impact of wider regulatory initiatives such as compliance with the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulations ("SFDR") and Taxonomy Regulations.

Prior to joining Maples, he worked in the investment funds group of another leading Irish law firm, including a secondment to the London office of a global investment bank. Since joining Maples, he spent 2 years establishing and heading the Irish funds team based in the firm's Cayman Islands office, and 5 years establishing and heading the Irish funds team based in the firm's London office.