David  O'Shea

David advises borrowers, financial institutions and alternative lenders on a wide range of international and domestic finance transactions. His financing practice includes leverage finance, fund finance, corporate lending, real estate finance and project finance. He is a key member of the Energy & Infrastructure sectoral group.

David is also admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales.

Recent transactions David has advised on the finance side include:

• Acted for TowerBrook Capital Partners on financing its investment in the GMC Utilities Group, one of Ireland’s leading civil and engineering firms that specialises in the delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects.
• Acted for Echelon Data Centres in connection with the acquisition of a 50% stake in the business by Starwood Capital for up to €850m while simultaneously refinancing its mezzanine debt and securing €900m in senior debt from Morgan Stanley and United Overseas Bank.
• Continuously act as Irish legal advisors to various international financial institution lenders on a full range of fund finance transactions lending into Irish regulated funds, including syndicated and bilateral leveraged/NAV facilities, hybrid facilities and capital call facilities. David also acts for Irish regulated funds on a range of fund finance transactions.
• Continuously act as Irish legal advisors to the agents and mandated lead arrangers in respect of all financing arrangements with the Flutter group.
• Continuously act (as lead lender counsel) for various domestic and international financial institution lenders (on a bilateral, club and syndicated basis) on financing many of Ireland’s largest domestic and international corporate organisations and private equity sponsors.