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Banking & Finance

Our experience includes advising:

  • The Irish joint venture company comprising Hammerson and Allianz for a bid and subsequent acquisition of the largest loan portfolio sold to date by NAMA
  • The refinancing in loans owed by Ronan Group Real Estate to NAMA
  • The Rhatigan Group in relating to the refinancing and restructuring of existing indebtedness with Goldman Sachs
  • General Reinsurance AG, a member of the Berkshire Hathaway Group, in relation to a €90m loan facility provided to the Vhi Healthcare Group in connection with Vhi Healthcare Group’s authorisation by the Central Bank of Ireland.
  • US hedge fund York Capital Management on a joint venture with Clarendon Properties for the purpose of acquiring the Wilton shopping centre in Cork, which is being sold by NAMA as part of the bigger ‘Hazel’ portfolio.
  • The successful bidder on the acquisition (and financing by way of an issuance of notes) of the Project Leinster and Munster portfolio of Irish loans.
  • FF Asset Company Ltd in connection with the financing of a portfolio of UK student loans, this is the first student loan warehouse facility to be structured through an Irish debt company in the last seven years.
  • The acquisition of the Amdipharm Mercury Group by Concorida Healthcare from Cinvin.
  • Kennedy Wilson in relation to the provision of a circa €40m facility by The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland in order to finance the development of Phase 2 Clancy Quay in Dublin 8.
  • Allied Irish Banks in the provision of senior secured facilities to ding* to finance the acquisition of iSend, the largest mobile top-up network in the Americas.
  • ARHL Retail Holdings Ltd (member of the Selfridges Group) on all legal aspects of its acquisition of Arnotts department store.

Areas of Expertise include:

  • Asset Finance
  • Aviation
  • Corporate Lending
  • Debt Capital Markets
  • Debt Restructuring
  • Derivatives & Treasury
  • Fund Finance
  • Leveraged & Acquisition Finance
  • Project & Infrastructure Finance
  • Public Takeovers
  • Real Estate Finance
  • Receivables Finance
  • Structured Finance and Securitisation
  • Technology Finance