Our experience includes advising:

Aergo Capital Limited on its funding for the acquisition of Safair (Proprietary) Limited and Safair Lease Finance Proprietary Limited, a South African aviation leasing company.  The transaction saw Aergo take control of 33 aircraft in the Safair aircraft-leasing division and lease a further 9 planes from the parent company

JDH Acquisitions in relation to its initial borrowing of €1.3bn of acquisition finance in order to fund the take – private of the Jurys Doyle Hotel Group and the subsequent reorganisation to separate the Jurys Inns business prior to its sale

Duke Street on the restructuring of the Payzone Group, Europe’s largest consumer payments acceptance network, in conjunction with the senior debt funders to the Payzone Group resulting in Duke Street acquiring a controlling interest in the Payzone Group, a substantial senior debt write down and the syndicate lenders becoming shareholders in the restructured group

J & E Davy on its €250m MBO from Bank of Ireland

Merrion Capital Group Limited on the part financing for its MBO of an 84% stake in Merrion Capital Group Limited from Landsbanki Islands hf

University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre (UPMC) on its acquisition of a majority stake in Beacon Medical Group Limited involving the Beacon Hospital Sandyford

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• "They were very commercial on complex deals, extracted the important parts, were very proactive and made sure that nothing slipped away." Clients also point out that "they have a nice house style: professional, friendly and courteous." Chambers Europe, 2017
•  "The lawyers took a personal interest in the work and the overall objective was always in their minds. There was a big team offering a lot of strength throughout." "This firm had the size and skills to handle a particularly complex transaction, and the commitment to throw the necessary resources at the job." Chambers Europe 2016
• William Fry is an "excellent practice". Legal 500 EMEA 2016
• "The team provides a good-quality service and gets the project done."  Chambers Europe 2015
• William Fry provides ‘proactive service’ and ‘sensible advice that gets to the heart of the commercial issues’ through its ‘highly knowledgeable partners’. Legal 500 EMEA, 2015
• "The lawyers have real strength in managing and driving the process and can see the wood for the trees and negotiate the key clauses very hard."   "The team does the really complex work with both speed and efficiency." Chambers Europe 2014
• "The team provides complete asset finance solutions in an effective and timely manner."  Chambers Europe, 2013

Team

Elaine Hanly

• William Fry excels in real estate finance, where practice head Elaine Hanly is ‘an excellent and thorough banking lawyer’. Legal 500 EMEA 2017
• Elaine Hanly receives praise for her pragmatic approach: "She manages to distil the advice from a technical legal point of view into a business suggestion." Chambers Global 2015
• Elaine Hanly’s team at William Fry provides ‘proactive service’. Legal 500 EMEA, 2015
• Elaine Hanly is a "a top lawyer, a great operator, with a fast turnaround. She works all day and night to get the job done". Chambers Europe 2014
• Elaine Hanly 'has an impressive track record and wins the admiration of her peers.' Chambers Europe, 2012

Rachel Stanton

• According to clients, Rachel Stanton is "very detail-oriented, has a commercial outlook and is excellent to deal with."  Chambers Global 2017
• Rachel Stanton is ‘great at dealing with difficult situations’ in acquisition finance. Legal 500 EMEA 2017
• Rachel Stanton is an increasingly well-known partner in the firm's banking team, thanks to her "great work ethic" and "very commercial and solution-oriented" style of practice. Chambers Global 2016
• Rachel Stanton draws praise for her business understanding, with one interviewee saying: "She gives a quick turnaround but with practical and commercial solutions." Chambers Global, 2015
• Rachel Stanton provides ‘reliable and highly professional counsel’. Legal 500 EMEA, 2015
• Rachel Stanton is "very pleasant to deal with and someone who, from the very outset, had a strong plan for the process. She understood our initial position and fallback position and is very strategic." Chambers & Partners, 2014
• Rachel Stanton is described as ‘very commercial, efficient and knowledgeable’. Legal 500 EMEA, 2013

David Maughan

• Clients say that David Maughan is "very approachable, responsive, easy to worth with, commercial and pragmatic." Chambers Global 2017
• David takes an “excellent commercial approach”. IFLR 1000 2017
• David is renowned for his experience of mandates in the aviation sector, as part of a wider structured finance practice. Sources say: "His advice is top-notch, and his communication is strong." Chambers Europe 2016
• David Maughan heads the aviation and asset finance division of the team. Sources comment that "he looks at the transaction as a whole and is therefore able to offer advice on a more general as well as Irish-specific level." Chambers Global, 2015
• David Maughan is ‘excellent on all counts’. Legal 500 EMEA, 2015
• David Maughan heads the aviation and asset finance group at the firm. He is widely recognised as an expert in aviation law. Chambers & Partners, 2014