Brian Kelleher
Trowers & Hamlins
Senior Associate, Manama
T: +973 17 515 602
Brian is a Senior Associate based in Bahrain. Brian attained a joint degree in business and law from University College Dublin and the University of New South Wales before qualifying as a lawyer in Ireland. Brian has received a diploma in Islamic Finance from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
Brian advises on corporate matters, with a particular focus on collective investment, asset management and private wealth management. Brian advises on: (i) legal issues in relation to the structuring of family businesses and shareholder arrangements, as well as related corporate governance issues; (ii) the structuring and establishment of investment funds and corporate vehicles investing in a variety of asset classes including property (and private and institutional investments in such entities from the Middle East); and (iii) the placing of funds into privately managed segregated accounts.
Brian recently advised on the legal aspects of the establishment of the wealth management division of GCC based bank and the placing of family owned antiques and art for sale in London.