Banking & Finance
Global Guide 2024 : Ireland
Band 4
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
+ 353 1 470 6600About
Provided by Walkers (Cayman) LLP
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.
Chambers Review
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
Provided by Chambers
"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."
"Walkers provides excellent service and detailed analysis, and the lawyers are very thorough."
"The practitioners are constructive and collaborative. They know the law but are also very commercial and practical."
"The team is very responsive and able to provide clear, commercial and time-sensitive advice on complex transactions."
"The department is always a helpful, guiding hand and provides sensible, commercial solutions to complex issues."
"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."
"Walkers provides excellent service and detailed analysis, and the lawyers are very thorough."
"The practitioners are constructive and collaborative. They know the law but are also very commercial and practical."
"The team is very responsive and able to provide clear, commercial and time-sensitive advice on complex transactions."
"The department is always a helpful, guiding hand and provides sensible, commercial solutions to complex issues."
Notable Practitioners
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."
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."
Dual-qualified UK and Irish lawyer Donna Ager is an expert in handling aircraft acquisitions, leasing transactions and syndicated warehouse facilities.
Ranked Lawyers at
Walkers (Cayman) LLP
Ireland
Members
Provided by Walkers (Cayman) LLP
Ailis Garvey
Head of Department
Ian McNamee
Killian McSharry
Paddy Rath