Banking & Finance: Asset Finance
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We are proud of our market leading finance practice. Our client base encompasses financial institutions, both regulated and unregulated, as well as non-financial corporate and State counterparties. We provide top-tier legal advice, adopting a solution-focused approach, across the full range of financial services activities, from corporate lending and treasury, derivatives, asset management and insurance to aircraft and other big-ticket asset financing, project and infrastructure financing and capital markets transactions.
As Ireland’s leading and longest established finance practice, our award-winning lawyers have worked on many of the most innovative financing structures and transactions in the Irish market over many years. We represent both the providers of finance and financial services solutions, as well as corporate borrowers and counterparties.
We advise on the structuring and negotiation of complex and high value financial transactions as well as providing regulatory guidance to market participants, including advising on the perimeters of regulation and the types of activities, products and customers that will trigger different licensing requirements. We also work on structures and arrangements designed to allow our clients do business in innovative, tax-efficient and commercially effective ways.
Chambers Review
McCann FitzGerald enjoys an impressive corporate banking and asset finance department capable of assisting leading banks and financial institutions with complicated lending mandates. The law firm regularly acts for lender syndicates on the financing of important Dublin real estate developments. The team also advises alternative lenders on the provision of finance in support of M&A transactions. It has a noteworthy DCM practice, with particular expertise in securitisations and the establishment of note programmes. The law firm offers significant experience in green bond issuances as well as asset-backed securitisations. Its strong asset finance practice is particularly focused on the aviation sector.
Work Highlights
- McCann FitzGerald advised Starz Zenith Capital on its loan to Angelo Gordon.
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"The team is fantastic throughout a transaction. The lawyers are very responsive, hands-on and proactive in terms of spotting and identifying issues."
"McCann FitzGerald is very commercial and very good at working with foreign counsel on international work. The team really can handle everything and has the bench and the specific knowledge for the more complex cases."
"McCanns is a top-tier law firm to use on the most complex development finance deals."
"The team is solution-driven and commercially minded."
"McCanns runs a really good show and is very good at following up post-closing too. It is just an outstanding group."
"The team is fantastic throughout a transaction. The lawyers are very responsive, hands-on and proactive in terms of spotting and identifying issues."
"McCann FitzGerald is very commercial and very good at working with foreign counsel on international work. The team really can handle everything and has the bench and the specific knowledge for the more complex cases."
"McCanns is a top-tier law firm to use on the most complex development finance deals."
"The team is solution-driven and commercially minded."
"McCanns runs a really good show and is very good at following up post-closing too. It is just an outstanding group."
Notable Practitioners
Hilary Marren focuses on asset finance and maintains a flourishing practice with regular mandates on behalf of both lenders and lessors.
"Hilary Marren has a phenomenal amount of experience to draw on and is incredibly responsive, reliable and always meets or exceeds deadlines for transactions, no matter how tight or pressurised they may be. She is always very attuned to the increasingly regulated environment in which we operate and is considered a trusted adviser."
"She has been a force in aviation for years and is well known in the industry."
Advancing to the top tier, Philip Murphy has substantial experience assisting with the negotiation of term loan facilities and development financing matters.
"Philip Murphy is very good: pragmatic, smart, gets on top of issues quickly and resources things appropriately."
"He is really great, a really solid communicator."
"Philip is always my go-to for financing transactions. I have great admiration for his ability to see the structure and how things are going to work in each scenario, and to walk the client through all of those scenarios and the consequences. He is very impressive and extremely efficient."
Adrian Farrell acts on a variety of DCM matters, including the establishment of note programmes. His clients include prominent Irish investors and syndicates of international banks.
"Adrian is fantastic. He is always available, brilliant and answers difficult questions. He is well known in the banking industry, which really helps."
Eamon de Valera has many years of experience and is well versed in acquisition finance and financial restructurings. He regularly assists banks and real estate investors.
Fergus Gillen is an experienced DCM lawyer acting for financial institutions and alternative finance companies, as well as government departments.
"He is a great sounding board. He is very calm, measured and has great depth of knowledge and experience for dealing with very tricky situations. He is a great support to have in your corner."
"Fergus Gillen is very good to deal with."
Georgina O'Riordan has extensive experience representing commercial lenders and aircraft lessors in aviation finance mandates. Her recent work in this field includes a number of major lease restructurings.
Tom Dane is recognised for his experience in real estate and acquisition finance, acting for both lenders and borrowers on high-value deals.
"Tom Dane is a really commercial lawyer with a solid and very smart head on his shoulders."
"Tom is really excellent, across industries but generally real estate finance. He is really fantastic and proactive."
New to the rankings, Joe Fay represents aircraft lessors in matters relating to the refinancing of aircraft portfolios, as well as the financing of aircraft acquisitions.
"Joe Fay brings together all of the attributes you want in a lawyer. He is exceptionally strong from a technical standpoint and always very thorough, with a deep understanding of the industry. While he is always fully across the details, he never gets lost in them, nor does he ever lose sight of the bigger picture or overall commercial goal."
Stuart McCarron is well versed in assisting clients with the negotiation of loan facilities and has experience acting for both borrowers and lenders.
"He is a very commercial banking lawyer who is always accessible."
"Stuart McCarron is an excellent lawyer."
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