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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 multicurrency syndicated loans and revolving facilities, leveraged finance, acquisition finance, asset finance,  corporate finance,  real estate finance, debt restructuring, structured finance and fund finance.

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance - Ireland

4
Band 4

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.

Strengths

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"Walkers has a commercially practical approach to applying capital markets and securities regulations to our real-life business cases, and the lawyers are very responsive and user-friendly. In addition, the geographical reach of the law firm is helpful for getting cross-border local law advice."

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"Walkers provides excellent service and detailed analysis, and the lawyers are very thorough."

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"The practitioners are constructive and collaborative. They know the law but are also very commercial and practical."

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"The team is very responsive and able to provide clear, commercial and time-sensitive advice on complex transactions."

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"The department is always a helpful, guiding hand and provides sensible, commercial solutions to complex issues."

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Notable Practitioners

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Andrew Traynor
2
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.

"One of Andrew Traynor's strengths is his understanding of the commercial drivers and regulatory sensitivities, but perhaps his biggest strength is his flexibility and his ability to approach matters in a practical manner."

"He is extremely hard-working and able to deliver. He is very knowledgeable about Irish law and the tax aspects of transactions."

"Andrew is a great technical expert in his field, and stands out because he goes above and beyond for his clients."

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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 is an absolute pleasure to work with."

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Ranked Lawyers at
Walkers (Cayman) LLP

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Capital Markets: Debt
Andrew Traynor
2
Andrew Traynor
2
Band 2
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Noeleen Ruddy
2
Noeleen Ruddy
2
Band 2
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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