Banking & Finance
Europe Guide 2024 : Ireland
Band 3
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Banking and Finance
The Maples Group's Banking and Finance team advise on complex financing structures including loan-on-loan transactions, fund-based financings and prime brokerage structures. They also advise on a full range of bilateral and syndicated financing transactions, including real estate investment facilities, real estate development facilities, corporate debt facilities and leveraged acquisition facilities.
The team act on the main panels for large transactions for all of the major domestic Irish banks and prominent international banks.
They have extensive experience working alongside the large UK and US law firms as local counsel on cross-border financing transactions and, increasingly, with other European jurisdictions including Luxembourg, France, Germany and the Isle of Man.
The Banking and Finance team are leaders in funds-based financing, working closely with our Funds, Tax and Property Groups and, in relation to development facilities, our Projects and Construction Group.
Chambers Review
Maples has long been a leader in the offshore space. Its Dublin team regularly works alongside colleagues based in the Cayman Islands on major asset finance mandates, representing lessors, airlines and financial institutions. The team also advises on lease-related securitisations and warehouse financings. Beyond these areas, the law firm assists with leveraged and acquisition finance, property and project finance matters, and DCM issuances.
Strengths
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"Maples has a very friendly and approachable team whose communication is open and easy."
"It is an excellent group which is pragmatic, very quick in responding and able to manage counterparties."
"The Maples team is able to handle complex multi-jurisdictional issues seamlessly."
"Maples are very good and tend to be pragmatic in their approach."
"The law firm provides thorough due diligence and very good responses throughout assignments."
"Maples has a very friendly and approachable team whose communication is open and easy."
"It is an excellent group which is pragmatic, very quick in responding and able to manage counterparties."
"The Maples team is able to handle complex multi-jurisdictional issues seamlessly."
"Maples are very good and tend to be pragmatic in their approach."
"The law firm provides thorough due diligence and very good responses throughout assignments."
Notable Practitioners
Advancing in the rankings, Callaghan Kennedy regularly assists with bond issuances, CLOs and securitisations. He acts for prominent international financial institutions and multinational corporate clients.
"He is tireless, always working to get clients the best terms on any deal, and will push and negotiate extremely diligently. He is on top of things, organised, attentive, proactive - a really bright lawyer. He makes really complex transactions seem easy."
"Callaghan has a great view of the market. He always has time to bounce ideas around and is a very pragmatic lawyer."
Stephen McLoughlin has notable expertise in structured finance and CLO issuances, acting for many prominent clients.
"Stephen's communication skills are excellent and he delivers things on time. He is contactable and will always get back to you straight away to let you know that your matter is being taken care of, so you have the confidence in the timing and quality of what is being delivered. He is grounded and able to express difficult and complex concepts in plain English."
"Stephen McLoughlin is a knowledgeable lawyer who knows the market and issues inside out."
Elizabeth Bradley assists global investment banks with a wide array of loan transactions. She has experience acting on acquisition and development finance mandates.
"Elizabeth Bradley is on top of her game and provides an excellent and efficient service."
"She has great commercial awareness and is very experienced in banking and finance transactions."
"She's very proactive, easily contactable and good at suggesting solutions. She always has an eye on the detail."
"Elizabeth is a proactive, responsive and very practical lawyer."
Mary O'Neill often assists aviation clients with debt financings and asset-backed securitisations.
"Mary O'Neill is very approachable, hard-working, responsive and really nice to work with."
Sarah Francis has a broad practice which encompasses a wealth of acquisition finance and development finance matters.
"Sarah Francis is very knowledgeable and really pushes deals through on tight timelines. She is very experienced in the sector."
"She is a very sophisticated and responsive lawyer."
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