Practice Areas

Banking

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, 2011
The strong banking and finance team at this firm acts on a range of matters including general lending, project and asset finance, property transactions and sector regulation. It carried out the financing work for Berkshire Partners on its major acquisition of Skillsoft. Other important instructions of recent months include assisting Anglo Irish Bank with preparing for the transfer of loans and securities to NAMA. The practice has remained active in the field of aviation finance, and is particularly knowledgeable when it comes to relevant projects work.

Legal 500, 2010
The Financial team at Mason Hayes & Curran is recommended for ‘first-class commercial advice’ and ‘speedy and professional responses’. 

Chambers & Partners, The World's Leading Lawyers, Chambers Europe, 2010
The firm is extremely responsive and able to put together great banking and finance teams. "It has done well to expand its practice and there are some great operators running the group." 

Legal 500, 2009
Mason Hayes & Curran has a strong financial services team that scores points with clients for its ‘partner-led service that always delivers’.  Project finance property finance and asset finance are also strong areas for this firm.

Chambers & Partners,The World's Leading Lawyers, Chambers Europe, 2009
This ‘effective and responsive' team maintains a successful mid-market banking and finance practice on the strength of its acquisition finance, projects and aviation work.  The group is increasingly employed in security review matters as leveraged finance deals dry up and banks tighten lending criteria.  Energy remains a key market for the team, with wind power being a particular area of activity; it is also active in asset finance and infrastructure, and has increased its focus on financial services and funds matters. 

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.

Our People

• Christine O'Donovan
  Head of Department
  
• Daragh Bohan
  Partner
• William Carmody
  Partner
• Michael Hanley
  Partner