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Asset Finance
Walkers' market leading 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. It has 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. It advises on all aspects of loan and credit facilities ranging from short-term unsecured loans to multi-currency syndicated loans and revolving facilities, leveraged finance, acquisition finance, asset finance, debt restructuring, structured finance and capital markets.

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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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They provide commercial and practical legal advice on complex matters of Irish law.

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The Walkers team is very friendly, efficient and responsive. 

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The team is always responsive and proactive and provide clear and commercial legal advice.

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Notable Practitioners

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Andrew Traynor
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Andrew Traynor
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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.

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Noeleen Ruddy
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Noeleen Ruddy
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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.

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Killian McSharry
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Killian McSharry
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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.

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Donna Ager
Donna Ager
Expertise Based Abroad
Dual-qualified UK and Irish lawyer Donna Ager is an expert in handling aircraft acquisitions, leasing transactions and syndicated warehouse facilities.
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Banking & Finance: Asset Finance
Killian McSharry
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Killian McSharry
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Up and Coming
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Donna Ager
Donna Ager
UK expertise based abroad
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Capital Markets: Debt
Andrew Traynor
2
Andrew Traynor
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Band 2
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Noeleen Ruddy
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Noeleen Ruddy
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Band 2
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Members

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Ian McNamee

Paddy Rath