Nessa Joyce

Partner

Nessa is a Partner in William Fry’s Asset Management & Investment Funds department and a Head of the ESG & Sustainability group.

Nessa Joyce

Nessa advises asset managers, promoters, and fund service providers on the legal, regulatory and commercial aspects of the structuring, establishment and ongoing management of public and private fund structures in Ireland. Formerly a policy specialist in the Central Bank of Ireland (the financial regulator), she has over 15 years’ experience advising across the core Irish and EU fund and asset management legal frameworks as well as the ever-increasing body of cross-sectoral legal frameworks for the sector including PRIIPs, EMIR, SFTR, SFDR, and DORA.

As Head of William Fry’s ESG & Sustainability practice area, Nessa plays an integral role in advancing the firm’s client sustainability offering across key areas including energy transition, sustainable finance, sustainability reporting, sustainability marketing claims, supply and value chain sustainability due diligence, minimum energy performance standards, sustainability risk and impact management. The Sustainability & ESG Practice Group comprises highly skilled lawyers from across each of the Firm’s Sector groups and provides strategic legal advice to clients on the business impacts, risks and opportunities from the rapidly evolving sustainability legal framework.

2025 Legal 500 EMEA
2024 Legal 500 Green Guide
2025 IFLR 1000

Practice Areas

Asset Management & Investment Funds
ESG & Sustainability
Private Funds

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ESG Ratings in Fund Marketing Communications

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Omnibus 1 Directive comes into force in March 2026: CSRD and CS3D substantially amended – what this means for Irish Companies

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Asset Management & Investment Funds Update – December 2024

December 2024 updates across outcomes from CBI ETF Review, CBI year-end deadlines, T+1 updates, CBI AIFM enforcement actions and sustainable finance.

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Asset Management & Investment Funds Update – November 2024

November 2024 updates across sustainable finance, UK distribution, ELTIFs regulatory technical standards, T+1 updates and industry communication on...

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Asset Management & Investment Funds Update – October 2024

October 2024 updates across procedural changes for submissions to the CBI portal, proposed limited partnerships reform, the Overseas Funds Regime a...

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Asset Management & Investment Funds Update – September 2024

September 2024 updates across sustainable finance, macroprudential policy for investment funds, T+1 settlement cycles, and passporting notification...

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Asset Management & Investment Funds Update – August 2024

August 2024 updates across sustainable finance, UK distribution, liquidity management, UCITS eligible assets and fitness & probity.

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ESMA’s Sustainable Finance Wish List

Five key items ESMA wants to change in the sustainable finance framework as per its Opinion issued yesterday.

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Asset Management & Investment Funds Update – July 2024

Welcome to the July 2024 edition of our Asset Management & Investment Funds Update.

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