Senior associate Hazel Dawson is the author of the Isle of Man Q&A section within Practical Law's Retail Investment Funds & Hedge Funds (Investment Funds) Global Guide for 2018/19.

Practical Law (part of Thomson Reuters) is a leading provider of international legal know-how, with over 110,000 individuals from 7,200 subscribing organisations, across a broad range of sectors, accessing their legal resources.  The Retail Investment Funds & Hedge Funds (Investment Funds) Global Guide provides current and practical comparative legal information within the practice area of investment funds. The guide follows a question and answer format to ensure thorough coverage of each topic, from a legal perspective, within various different jurisdictions.

DQ is delighted to have been invited to contribute to the Isle of Man Q&A. The firm regularly contributes to many legal guides including most recently DQ's employment team being authors of the Isle of Man chapter for ICLG in the Employment Guide and DQ's regulatory team being authors of the Isle of Man chapter for data protection.

Hazel said "We were delighted to have been asked to contribute to the Isle of Man guide of this esteemed legal resource. The jurisdiction Q&A guides are widely utilised by legal practitioners around the world on specialist areas of law and participation in this particular guide provides a great foundation to publicise the Islands highly reputable funds industry."

DQ's investment funds and capital markets team are currently ranked amongst the top lawyers on the Island for this specialty and the team act for a number of varied clients on all areas of investment funds and capital markets work with an Isle of Man connection.  Hazel has recently been named as a 'Next Generation Lawyer' within the practice area in The Legal 500's Isle of Man Legal Directory.