Languages
- English
For 20 years Karagh has specialised in UK authorised funds, asset and transitions management, long-term insurance and the provision of general regulatory and compliance advice. Karagh regularly advises a wide variety of clients, including investment funds, insurance companies, friendly societies, platform providers, asset and wealth managers on regulatory change projects, client facing terms and conditions (including ISAs, regular saving products and other wrappers), distribution agreements, investment and transition management agreements and custody agreements.
A core part of Karagh’s practice relates to the establishment and operation of UK authorised funds. In particular, Karagh implements fund formations, mergers and reorganisations in relation to all forms of UK authorised and exempt funds, irrespective of asset class. She has also worked on a number of fund business acquisition, disposal and integration projects involving client migrations, fund rationalisations and wrapper transfers.
Her practice has been innovative, and she was involved in setting-up the first real estate fund authorised under COLL; the first (and subsequent) ranges of capital protected funds; as well as the UK’s first Tax-Elected Fund. Karagh has extensive experience in acting for a range of management companies, managers, depositaries and investors.
Karagh is named as a leading individual in Legal 500 and is individually ranked in Chambers. She is a current author of Sweet & Maxwell’s “Collective Investment Schemes – The Law and Practice”.
