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Jenny Ahern
Jenny is a partner on our Financial Services team. Jenny focuses on all aspects of corporate and transactional banking, practising primarily in the areas of secured and unsecured lending (both bilateral and syndicated), property finance, acquisition finance, the restructuring/enforcement of loans and acquisition/sale of loan portfolios.
Jenny has extensive experience in dealing with cross border issues and multi-jurisdictional finance transactions. She regularly acts for domestic lenders (bank and non-bank) and borrowers and she also advises foreign lenders and borrowers on Irish banking and financial services law.
Jenny was previously a member of the banking and financial services group of another leading Irish law firm.
Specialties
- Banking and Finance
- Real Estate Finance
- Acquisition Finance
- Debt Restructuring
Representative Matters
- Acted for Irish Residential Properties REIT plc on its new €250 million revolving accordion credit facility from Barclays Bank Ireland plc and Ulster Bank Ireland Limited which can be extended up to €350 million.
- Advised Ormonde Mining plc, an AIM & ESM listed mineral resource company, on the financing aspects of its $97.7m debt and equity investment by Oaktree Capital Management L.P. in its tungsten mine at Barruecapardo, Spain.
- Acted for IPF Partners, a Luxembourg- based direct lending fund to the European Healthcare sector, in connection with the loan facilities to Mainstay Medical Limited, a prominent global medical device company.
Recommendations
Chambers Global, 2018
“Extremely competent and approachable". Clients value the "simple way she explains the legal and commercial aspects of the deal, balancing both."
Speaking Engagements & Teaching
Tutor on Irish Tax Institute’s Certificate of Banking Taxation course - May 2013
Areas of Expertise
Financial Services Banking Law Commercial Real Estate FinanceProfessional Memberships
The Law Society of Ireland
Education
University College Dublin, (BBLS)
