Practice Areas

Our Banking and Financial Service Teams act across a range of activities including acquisition and leveraged finance, asset finance, debt capital markets, project finance, transaction restructurings, refinancing, and legal assistance arising as a consequence of the establishment of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) in Ireland.  Our clients include a number of prominent domestic and international banks that are active in the areas of corporate and securities work, project and asset finance.  We are actively involved in providing legal assistance to a number of participating institutions in the NAMA process and NAMA directly.

Our experts are engaged to provide innovative and creative solutions to the complex legal issues and to project manage large portfolio review and restructurings for lenders and cross border corporate clients. The current difficult trading environment has created the need and the platform for clients to seek advice in the context of lenders managing their debt books and also for corporates seeking sophisticated restructuring advice. 

We are also active in the highly specialised areas of corporate acquisition and leveraged finance particularly for international private equity and corporate clients, global corporate restructuring aligned with corporate migration into Ireland.  The projects and renewable energy sector continues to be strong with both domestic and international lending institutions. 

Our practice group is diversified and continues to expand to deal with the range of clients and industry sectors which participate in the core business of lending to facilitate business growth and development in Ireland. Our experts, Partners and lawyers are well established and very experienced in the areas of project finance for energy and construction projects and refinancing; leveraged finance for corporate; and asset finance for large value aviation assets and to provide project management skills to large scale projects.

Recommendations:

Chambers & Partners Europe, Europes Leading Lawyers, 2012
This practice has an ever-growing reputation, with peers recognising its strength in the sector and clients praising the team's comprehensive, accommodating and practical service. It acts on a variety of banking mandates for both domestic and international clients, and has particular expertise in asset finance and advising on renewable energy transactions. It has been kept busy of late advising European Export Credit Agencies on the financing of four Airbus A320 Aircraft. “It really knows our business and reacts quickly to our concerns. The team rolls its sleeves up and digs in, and will deliver everything we ask and more.”

Legal 500, 2012
Mason Hayes & Curran provides comprehensive, ‘excellent service’, and is ‘one of the most knowledgeable firms around’, particularly for financial services regulation and asset and project finance. Team head Christine O’Donovan is an aviation finance expert. The firm was instructed by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP as local counsel on the financing aspects of the Odeon Group’s acquisition of the UCI/Storm group of cinemas.

Should you wish to find out more about how we can assist you and your business please do not hesitate to contact one of the team members listed adjacent.

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Our People

• Christine O'Donovan
  Head of Department
  
• Daragh Bohan
  Partner
• Fionán Breathnach
  Partner
• Mark Browne
  Partner
• William Carmody
  Partner
• Michael Hanley
  Partner
• Daragh O'Shea
  Partner
• Micheál Grace
  Head of London Office