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Shane Kelleher

Shane Kelleher

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Ted McGrath

Ted McGrath

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Eoin Caulfield

Eoin Caulfield

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Our experience includes advising:

  • Nordic Aviation Capital on its bankruptcy and unsecured bond restructuring
  • KfW on its financing of locomotives for Rive Rail
  • Smurfit Kappa on its corporate and green bond issuances
  • Guotai Junan Securities on its repackaging programmes
  • Auxmoney on its warehousing and ABS of consumer loans
  • LähiTapiola Rahoitus Oy on its auto loan securitisations
  • Pollen Street Capital on its property-backed receivable lending note platforms
  • British Airways’ EETC issuances
  • Proventus Capital on a  share receiver appointment to Montrose Global aircraft group
  • Dublin Port infrastructure bonds

Areas of Expertise include:

  • Acquisition Finance
  • AI and Digitalisation
  • Aviation
  • Asset Finance & Leasing
  • Asset Management and Investment Funds
  • Consumer Credit
  • Commercial Property Finance
  • Crowdfunding
  • Debt Capital Markets/Islamic Finance
  • Derivatives
  • E-money
  • ESG and Sustainability
  • Financial Regulation/Regulatory Enforcement
  • Fintech
  • Insolvency & Corporate Recovery
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Loan & Credit Facilities including the provision of legal opinions
  • NAMA
  • Outsourcing
  • Project Finance/PPP
  • Receivables Finance
  • Structured Finance & Securitisation
  • Treasury Operations

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