Compliance, Conduct and Governance

Joe Beashel is a partner and Co-Head of the Financial Institutions Group and Head of Matheson’s London office.

He is a solicitor with thirty years’ experience almost all of which were gained in the financial services sector. Before joining Matheson in 2004, he was the country head of the Irish fund administration unit of Invesco plc, a leading international investment manager.

Joe and team assist clients with the authorisation of new financial service providers by the Central Bank of Ireland including banks, MiFID / investment firms, fund services providers, alternative investment fund managers, payment and e-money institutions, retail credit firms and others.

He also assists client firms where they wish to expand their existing regulatory permissions.

Gráinne Callanan is head of the Matheson Cork office and is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group.

She specialises in corporate and regulatory insurance matters with almost 20 years of experience dedicated to the insurance sector.

Gráinne advises a wide range of leading domestic and international financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland including life and non-life (re)insurance companies, captive insurers and intermediaries on corporate transactions, regulatory and compliance and corporate governance.

Elaine Long is a partner in Matheson’s Financial Institutions Group.  Her practice focuses on advising insurers, reinsurers and other financial institutions on a range of regulatory and transactional matters.

Elaine regularly advises private equity sponsors on their investment into the financial services sector in Ireland and provides expert guidance in dealing with the Central Bank of Ireland requirements in relation to such investment.

Niamh is a Partner in the Financial Institutions Group.

For 20 years, Niamh has specialised in financial services regulatory matters, with experience across all of the traditional sector classifications, Asset Management, Insurance and Banking.

Her primary focus is on providing advice to Irish and International Investment Banking, Investment Firm and Investment Fund clients, through authorisation, regulatory change projects, supervisory engagements, Firm ‘Own Initiative’ Reviews’, Supervisory Risk Mitigation Programmes and Skilled Person Independent Reviews.

Ian is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group, specialising in financial services regulation.

Ian has advised payment institutions, electronic money institutions, credit institutions, MiFID investment firms, and other financial institutions and investors in the financial services sector on compliance with regulatory standards and the impact of new regulatory developments at Irish and EU levels.