About

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Asset Finance

Walkers' Asset Finance group focuses on all aspects of the financing, leasing and trading of aircraft, aircraft engines, helicopters and other heavy transportation assets such as rolling stock and vessels. We have extensive experience in establishing leasing and trading platforms in Ireland and in complex asset finance transactions acting for lessors, lessees, financiers and private equity houses.


Banking

Walkers' Banking group advises agents, arrangers, banks, international financial institutions and corporations on an extensive range of domestic and international cross-border banking and finance transactions. We advise on all aspects of loan and credit facilities ranging from short-term unsecured loans to multicurrency syndicated loans and revolving facilities, leveraged finance, acquisition finance, asset finance, corporate finance, real estate finance, debt restructuring, structured finance and fund finance.


Structured Finance and Capital Markets

Walkers' Finance & Capital Markets group is among the largest dedicated debt capital markets and structured finance teams in Ireland. We advise on all types of ABS products including CLOs, CMBS, CRT/SRT, RMBS, ILS, ABCP, ECP, MTNS and other bank capital management transactions and have structured numerous award winning and market-first transactions.

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance: Asset Finance - Ireland

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Walkers is an elite offshore law firm with a widely respected asset finance practice in Dublin. The team acts for lessors, airlines and financial investors on an array of high-value leasing, acquisition and securitisation mandates. Walkers also maintains a highly regarded DCM and structured finance offering, with particular expertise in securitisation transactions, and often assists clients with note issuances and CLO transactions. The law firm also has a growing reputation in the real estate finance sphere.

Work Highlights

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  • The team at Walkers advised Go Ahead Group on the Irish aspects of its group refinancing.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Andrew Traynor
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Andrew Traynor
2
Band 2
Andrew Traynor is a well-known figure in the DCM market and has notable experience in structured finance, EMTN programmes and securitisations.

Andrew is a very plain talking lawyer who keeps things very simple, and responds very quickly.

Andrew Traynor is great on complex, valuable matters, and is very responsive and cooperative.

Noeleen Ruddy
2
Noeleen Ruddy
2
Band 2
Noeleen Ruddy offers expertise covering note issuances as well as matters relating to collateralised loan obligations.

Noeleen Ruddy has wide-ranging knowledge and is always a pleasure to deal with.

Killian McSharry
U
Killian McSharry
U
Up and Coming

Killian McSharry is an up-and-coming partner who is recognised for his experience handling aircraft finance and leasing matters.

Killian McSharry is a great aviation lawyer. He delivers commercially-focused legal advice.

Ranked Lawyers at
Walkers

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Ireland

Banking & Finance: Asset Finance

Killian McSharry
U
Killian McSharry
U
Up and Coming
Capital Markets: Debt

Andrew Traynor
2
Andrew Traynor
2
Band 2
Noeleen Ruddy
2
Noeleen Ruddy
2
Band 2

Members

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Caitlin Friel

David McGovern

David McGovern

Head of Department

Ian McNamee

Killian McSharry

Muireann Nic Dhonncha

Paddy Rath

Clients

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AIB Bank

Bank of America

Deutsche Bank

Fairfield Real Estate Finance

Wells Fargo Bank

Industries

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Aviation

Banking

Capital Markets: Debt

Financial Services

Fund Finance

Real Estate

Securitisation

Structured Finance

Transport