Richard Kelly

Richard is a partner in our Banking and Finance team and leads Ogier's Structured Finance and Capital Markets services in Ireland. Richard advises international and domestic clients on all aspects of debt capital markets transactions, with a specialisation in structured finance, CLO, ABS and other securitisation products as well as prime brokerage services (including derivatives, repos, securities lending and crypto trading).

Background and experience

Richard advises asset managers, arrangers, issuers, investors and agents on a range of finance, debt capital markets and structured finance transactions involving Irish entities. These include CLOs, RMBS, CMBS, SRT, ABS and other securitisation structures, repackagings, structured products, ETP and ETC programmes, corporate bond issuances and fund-linked investment strategies (such as segregated managed accounts and private credit funds). 

Richard also advises on regulatory issues relating to the trading of financial instruments and digital assets.  Richard has advised many of the world’s largest banks and asset managers on risk retention rules, market abuse regulations, derivatives, repurchase and reverse repurchase, securities lending and prime brokerage transactions (particularly the application of EMIR, SFTR, AIFMD, the Financial Collateral Directive and netting / set-off in Ireland). Richard has also acted for a number of leading crypto custodians in drafting their custody and trading documents for the European market. 

Prior to joining Ogier Richard was a partner at another leading Irish law firm. Richard is ranked by both IFLR 1000 and Legal 500.

Richard is the president of the EU and International Affairs Committee of the Law Society of Ireland and regularly chairs working groups of the Irish Debt Securities Association.

Admitted in:
2012 - Ireland
2012 - England and Wales (non practising)