Michelle Moran

Partner @Faegre Drinker

London, GB

Michelle Moran is a market-leading adviser to European and American clients on the establishment, authorisation, management and distribution of retail and institutional investment funds in the UK, Ireland, Luxembourg and Jersey. Michelle is dual-qualified and has served in global leadership positions in both private practice and in-house for preeminent law firms and asset managers.Michelle guides clients in all aspects of managing funds, including undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities (UCITS), hedge funds, private funds, investment trusts, real estate funds, segregated institutional portfolios, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and credit funds. She has worked on transactions involving investment managers, brokers, custodians, fund service providers and operating platforms.Reflecting the trend of enabling ‘alternative’ funds to enter mainstream investor bases, Michelle represents credit funds in building out global distribution infrastructure. She also builds ETF products and platforms, to promote their growth into the mainstream. In addition, Michelle works on strategic planning for asset managers responding to the changing global landscape.Michelle represents numerous financial institutions on sensitive issues involving UK & EU regulators.Michelle has been consistently recognised initially as a Hot 100’ lawyer and subsequently by The Legal 500 and Chambers Global. Client feedback elicited by The Legal 500 has included: ‘Michelle Moran has an encyclopedic knowledge of funds law, and, as a former GC of a major funds house, a shrewd understanding of the challenges internal counsel face.’; ‘Michelle Moran is very pragmatic. She looks for solutions, rather than just stating the law.’; and ‘Michelle Moran is an exceptional lawyer and has the benefit of several years as an in-house lawyer, which distinguishes her from many of her peers as she is able to fully understand her clients’ goals as well as the internal pressures that they face.’

Leiden University

Erasmus - International & EU Law

London College of Law

LPC, Commendation

Queen Mary University of London

LLB Hons, Law