Ronan McCann

Ronan has a broad range of legal experience in the alternative assets industry with particular experience in advising on fund formation and transactions in the areas of Private Equity, Venture Capital and Litigation Funding.

Experience

Ronan has a broad range of legal experience both onshore and offshore, having worked in the UK, Channel Islands and Hong Kong during his career to date. He is a dual-qualified lawyer (England & Wales and NI) and completed his traineeship with a leading commercial firm in NI prior to joining MJ Hudson in 2012.

Education and Qualifications

• Law with Politics, Queen’s University Belfast
• Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Studies, Queen’s University Belfast
• Solicitor (England and Wales and Northern Ireland)

Recent Engagements

• Advising Entrepreneur First on the launch of two UK funds to enable them to scale their investment programme in Europe, including the establishment of a “Next Stage Fund” which is backed by British Business Bank
• Advising Isomer Capital on the establishment of a Luxembourg-based venture capital fund-of-funds
• Advising Kindred Capital on the launch of two related Luxembourg Funds
• Advising a number of founders, investors and corporates in relation to various VC transactions
• Advising Esportif International in relation to its merger with Big Red Management
• Advising Augusta Ventures in relation to its financing of commercial litigation claims

Publications

• “Spin-Outs Keep Private Equity Relevant” – Private Equity News

Interests

In his spare time Ronan enjoys running, yoga and learning French.