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Our experience includes:

  • Advising DNB Bank ASA as lender to a consortium led by Pandox on its €1.4 billion offer to acquire Dalata Hotel Group plc, one of the largest hotel property owners in Europe.
  • Advising J.P. Morgan and other syndicate members on all Irish aspects of a series of high-value, multi-phase financings for the Flutter group.
  • Advising Smurfit Kappa Group, on all financing arrangements for its combination with WestRock Company to create Smurfit Westrock plc, a global leader in sustainable packaging.
  • Advising Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on the Irish financing aspects and Irish Takeover Rules in respect of its £2.6bn recommended takeover of UDG Healthcare plc with ongoing engagement as Irish counsel in all subsequent related finance transactions.
  • Advising EirGrid plc on all aspects of the €800m financing of the Celtic Interconnector, a 700MW submarine power cable linking Ireland and France, described as “the signature project in the Irish State in this decade and a flagship project in terms of European connectivity“.
  • Advising the arrangers on the Irish financing aspects and Irish Takeover Rules in respect of Brookfield’s €1.089bn recommended takeover of Hibernia REIT plc.
  • Advising M&G Real Estate on the recapitalisation of College Square, a 540,000 square foot office development which has Workday as anchor tenant. The Workday letting in 2025 was widely reported as the largest single office letting in Europe since 2020.
  • Advising Echelon Data Centres on its €855 million senior and mezzanine financing with Starwood Capital and a subsequent equity investment in the group by Starwood and refinance.
  • Advisng Hines on the financing and refinancing of all assets in its purpose built student accommodation (PBSA) portfolio in Ireland.
  • Advising Hayfin Capital Management on its acquisition of Oaktree’s European commercial real estate loan portfolio.
  • Advising GA Development Dublin ICAV and its North American investors in respect of the site acquisition and development financing of Camden Yard, a mixed use 4 acre development in Dublin’s city centre.
  • Advising Skillsoft Group on the Irish law aspects of its restructuring through a US Chapter 11 proceeding with ongoing engagement as Irish counsel for all Irish finance matters.
  • Advising Nordic Aviation Capital on its bankruptcy and unsecured bond restructuring.
  • Advising KfW on its financing of locomotives for Rive Rail.

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
Corporate / M&A
Tax
Restructuring & Insolvency
Real Estate
Corporate Administration Services
Aviation & Asset Finance
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