Niall O’Dowd, FCCA - Managing Director at Waystone in Cayman Islands

      Niall O’Dowd, FCCA

      Managing Director

      Cayman Islands
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      Niall O’Dowd is a Managing Director based in the Cayman Islands. Niall leads Waystone Market Access (Cayman), a regulated, investment management company which provides hosted management company and economic substance solutions to a variety of investment advisors.

      Niall provides Independent Director services to hedge, private equity, venture capital, private credit and real estate funds with a wide variety of structures and strategies and has experience of fund-related governance matters on regulated European, Cayman and other offshore vehicles. Niall’s expertise includes overseeing and providing guidance for new fund launches and ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements. In addition to leading board meetings, Niall reviews key fund documentation, agreements and side letters, manages the performance of key service providers and oversees financial reporting, including the fair valuation of illiquid or hard-to-value investments.

      Prior to joining Waystone, Niall worked as Deputy Group Head at MUFG Alternative Fund Services Ireland (previously UBS Fund Services Ireland) where he managed a team of accountants in a client-facing role, overseeing assets in excess of US$3 Bn. Niall began his career working with HSBC Securities Services in Dublin.

      Skills and experience

      Representative MattersAtoms / Icons / plusExpand
      • Serving as an Independent Director on a number of fund structures, including Segregated Portfolio Companies (SPCs), Stand Alone, Master Feeder, GP/LP and Limited Liability Companies.
      • Serving as an Independent Director on a number of Investment Management Companies (registered under Securities Investment Business Act).
      • Experience working with a variety of investment strategies, including traditional long short portfolios, Quant/Automated trading, CTAs and alternative asset classes (PE, VC, RE, Structured Products).
      • Serving closed-ended private investment fund structures sponsored by an independent investment adviser focusing on the commercial real estate debt sector in Europe with an excess of $1Bn assets under management.
      • Serving as Advisory Board member and Investment Committee member for Delaware funds.
      • Serving as director to a number of multi $Bn private equity funds in the Asia-Pacific region.
      • Attending to investor due diligence, both HNW and institutional.
      Practice AreasAtoms / Icons / plusExpand
      • Hedge funds
      • Fund of funds
      • Structured products
      • Real estate
      • Venture capital
      • Private equity
      • Commodity pools
      Prior ExperienceAtoms / Icons / plusExpand
      • MUFG (previously UBS Fund Services), Deputy Group Head, 2014-2017
      • Deutsche Bank, Fund Accounting Manager, 2014-2015
      • HSBC Securities Services, Fund Accounting, 2007-2011
      Qualifications and Affiliations Atoms / Icons / plusExpand
      • Bachelor’s degree in Commerce (Hons) – National University of Ireland, Galway
      • Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA)
      • Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) – Level 1
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