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Dualta Counihan is a partner in the Asset Management Department at Matheson. He practises financial services law and advises many of the world’s leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies, and service providers carrying on business in Ireland or through Irish vehicles.

Dualta has extensive experience in advising a wide range of international clients on the structuring and establishment of investment vehicles and products in Ireland and their marketing and sale globally. In particular, he advises on the legal and regulatory issues surrounding the establishment of private funds (private credit, private equity and infrastructure) and public funds (mutual funds, alternative and structured UCITS and ETFs) in Ireland.

Education

Dualta’s experience includes advising:

  • on the establishment of limited partnerships as private equity, private credit funds and infrastructure funds;
  • on the establishment of ELTIFs;
  • on the establishment of UCITS, including equity funds, bond funds, structured products and alternative UCITS;
  • on the establishment of ETFs, including smart beta and active ETFs;
  • on the establishment of common contractual funds as UCITS and Qualifying Investor Funds;
  • on the establishment and cross border passporting of UCITS and AIFMD management companies; and
  • on the cross-border mergers of an Irish, UK and Luxembourg UCITS.
  • University College Dublin (BCL, LLM in Commercial Law)

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07/05/2026

Amended rules for Irish AIFs and UCITS; AIFMD 2.0 transposed in Ireland

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01/04/2026

ESG Ratings: Disclosure obligations for fund managers

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01/04/2026

Central Bank of Ireland report on role of diversity and inclusion in board effectiveness

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01/03/2026

Central Bank of Ireland clarifies filing processes in advance of AIFMD 2.0 application

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01/03/2026

Central Bank of Ireland Regulatory and Supervisory Outlook 2026: Implications for fund managers

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01/03/2026

The Digital Fund: Tokenisation on the regulatory agenda

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01/01/2026

European Commission consultation on EU venture and growth capital funds

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09/12/2025

More Changes for UCITS and AIFs on the Horizon

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27/11/2025

Investment Funds Newsletter

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24/11/2025

Sustainable Funds Take 2: The European Commission Revisits the SFDR

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Accolades

“Dualta Counihan is an outstanding funds lawyer. He is a technically excellent and is a first-rate communicator, delivering advice in a clear and measured way. He has enormous experience and is always calm, whatever the situation.”

Investment Funds: The European Legal 500

2026

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