Capital markets

Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Myra Garrett
Hall of fameWilliam Fry LLP
Myra is a Corporate Partner and former Managing Partner of the Firm. She has a broad corporate practice specialising in corporate finance, particularly mergers & acquisitions, public takeovers, IPOs, public/private fundraisings and corporate structuring. She emerged as a leader via heavy involvement in Nasdaq and Irish Stock Exchange work during the technology boom in the late 1990s and remains one of Ireland’s leading M&A and IPO lawyers. She also advises companies and intermediaries on corporate governance, stock exchange rules, market abuse, the Prospectus Regulations, the Takeover Rules and general compliance.
Fergus Gillen
Hall of fameMcCann FitzGerald LLP
Fergus focuses on a wide range of debt finance work, with a particular emphasis on debt capital markets (public and private), restructuring, securitisation, structured finance and secured lending transactions. Fergus advises many financial institutions (Irish and international), non-financial corporates and state-owned entities.
Cormac Kissane
Hall of fameArthur Cox
Cormac Kissane is a partner in the firm’s Finance Department and the Capital Markets Group.
Maura McLaughlin
Hall of fameArthur Cox
Maura has been a partner since 2007.  Prior to joining Arthur Cox, she worked for Linklaters’ London office.
Ciarán Rogers 
Hall of fameA&L Goodbody LLP
Ciarán Rogers is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance department. Ciaran has extensive experience of capital markets (equity and debt), securitisation, structured products and syndicated lending. He has been heavily involved in advising on financial crisis work, including on all aspects of the IBRC special liquidation and the National Asset Management Agency. Ciarán is also Head of the firm's Capital Markets – Debt practice.
Peter Walker
Hall of fameA&L Goodbody LLP
Peter Walker is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance Group and currently heads the Capital Markets (Debt) and Structured Finance Group. He is also a member of the firm's Brexit Group, FinTech Group and Fund Solutions Group. Peter has a broad practice area which covers all forms of debt capital markets, financing, funds structuring and regulatory matters.
Leading individuals: Capital markets: Debt
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Christian Donagh
Matheson LLP
Christian Donagh is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department at Matheson and is head of the firm's Derivatives, Netting and Collateral Group. Christian's practice focuses on advising asset managers and investment banks doing business in and from Ireland in relation to securitisations, CLOs, fund-linked structured products, repackagings, securities lending and repos. Christian regularly advises Irish corporates and their counterparties in relation to ISDA master agreements and collateral arrangements relating to over-the-counter derivatives transactions such as interest rate and currency linked swaps, caps and collars and on compliance with EMIR. Frequently, the firm provides legal opinions on issues relating to the enforceability of close-out netting provisions and collateral arrangements documented using industry standard or bespoke derivatives, repo and prime brokerage documentation. Christian qualified as a solicitor with Allen & Overy in 2000 and spent several years in each of its London and Hong Kong offices. Christian joined Matheson in 2006 and became a partner in 2007. Christian co-chairs the Legal Committee of the Irish Debt Securities Association (IDSA) and is a former chairperson of IDSA. The IDSA is an industry organisation promoting and developing Ireland as a location for activities to support the global securitisation, structured finance, debt securities and specialist securities industries with over 35 corporate members. Christian is also a member of the Rules Committee of Euronext, Dublin.
Turlough Galvin
Hall of fameMatheson LLP
Turlough Galvin is the Co-Head of the Finance and Capital Markets Department. Prior to this, Turlough was head of the Tax Department for more than 10 years. He advises international corporations, investment banks and financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland. He specialises in all forms of structured finance, securitisation, financial services tax, fund finance, loan portfolio and debt capital markets advice. He also provides strategic advice to the financial services industry in relation to disputes arising from structured finance arrangements and tax litigation issues. Turlough is recommended as a Tier 1 Capital Markets lawyer and a Tier 1 Tax lawyer by leading legal publications and has been included in the Legal 500 EMEA Hall of Fame. Turlough was involved in modernising the Irish securitisation legislation framework in 2002 and various amendments to Irish tax and capital markets legislation over the past couple of decades. Turlough helped to establish and served as the first chairperson of the Irish Debt Securities Association (IDSA) from 2012 to 2015.  The IDSA is an industry organisation formed to promote and develop Ireland as a location for activities to support the global structured finance, debt securities and specialist securities industries. Turlough was educated at law school in Trinity College Dublin, qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in 1995 and as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1996. Prior to joining Matheson in Dublin in 2000, Turlough worked for Deutsche Bank and Slaughter and May in London. Turlough is a regular speaker and writer on international tax and structured finance issues.
Judith Lawless
McCann FitzGerald LLP
Judith has broad experience in general banking & financial services and has developed particular specialisms in relation to derivatives, structured finance and related collateral arrangements, treasury services and banking and financial regulation. She advises financial institutions and various other market participants (including corporates, investment funds, insurance companies and pension funds), both dealers and end-users. She also advises clearing houses and exchanges on Irish-specific issues relating to their services. Her work as Irish counsel in respect of many industry-standard derivatives, collateral, repo and securities lending transaction documents enhances her position as an adviser in those markets. Judith is a former President and Secretary of the Irish Association of Corporate Treasurers and was a member of the European Commission's Legal Certainty Group and the Committee on Collective Investment Governance established by the Central Bank of Ireland.
David Maughan
Hall of fameWilliam Fry LLP
David is a Partner and Co-Head of the Banking & Finance Department and Head of Aviation & Asset Finance. He advises on financing transactions for many different classes of assets, particularly aircraft and on a variety of structures including debt and equity investments, operating and finance leases and securitisations.
Aiden Small
Arthur Cox
Aiden is a partner in the Finance Group and leads the Debt Capital Markets team. He specialises in structured finance, securitisation, credit structures/CLOs, and private funds transactions. Aiden’s clients include arrangers, asset managers, hedge funds, private equity firms, and institutional investors. Prior to joining Arthur Cox, Aiden worked for a number of years in London with Allen & Overy, UBS, and Morgan Stanley.
Leading individuals: Capital markets: Equity
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
David Byers
Hall of fameMcCann FitzGerald LLP
David is a corporate lawyer, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, public company takeovers, IPOs and equity issues by public companies, demergers and restructurings. David advises financial institutions and other market participants on regulatory issues, including market abuse, corporate governance and compliance matters. David is a frequent contributor on matters of securities and corporate law to a number of industry and legal journals as well as mainstream media published in Ireland and internationally.
Stephen FitzSimons
McCann FitzGerald LLP
Stephen is Head of our Corporate Group and specialises in mergers and acquisitions (both public and private), IPOs and equity raisings by public companies, restructurings and joint ventures. He also advises on Irish securities law, corporate governance and general commercial matters and has worked on a number of significant cross-border transactions, with a particular focus on the United States. Stephen trained and qualified with McCann FitzGerald LLP  before spending a number of years working in the Sydney office of a leading Asia-Pacific law firm. He re-joined McCann FitzGerald in 2008.
Mark Talbot
William Fry LLP
Mark is a Partner in William Fry’s Corporate department specialising in public and private mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets transactions, including IPOs, primary and secondary fundraisings and ESM/AIM admissions. Mark also advises clients on securities regulation under the Irish Market Abuse, Transparency and Prospectus regimes and on the Irish Takeover Rules and has experience of advising clients in relation to the Central Bank of Ireland’s administrative sanctions procedures.
Paul White
A&L Goodbody LLP
Paul White is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group.  Paul is a specialist in corporate and commercial law including equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and corporate finance. He also regularly advises Boards on corporate governance and compliance issues. In addition to being a Partner in the Corporate practice, Paul served as Chairman of A&L Goodbody from 2010 until 2016; was Head of the Corporate practice between 2004 and 2010 and managed the London office from 1999 to 2004. He also carries management responsibility for a number of the Firm's key relationships.
Next Generation Partners: Capital markets: Debt
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Michelle Daly
A&L Goodbody LLP
Michelle Daly is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance department. Michelle advises Irish and international clients on a wide range of finance transactions. She has particular expertise in debt capital markets (including securitisations, debt issuances and regulatory capital issuances), structured products and financial markets infrastructure. Michelle regularly advises corporate and institutional clients on netting, collateral and hedging issues. She also has broad experience on green and sustainability-linked financing and the acquisition and disposal of loan portfolios.
Richard Kelly
Matheson LLP
Richard Kelly is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department at Matheson. Richard’s practice includes advising corporates, financial institutions, investment banks, asset managers and institutional investors on all aspects of capital markets transactions involving Irish elements, including corporate bond issuances, asset backed securitisations, CLOs, repackagings and segregated managed account structures. Richard’s practice also includes advising Irish corporates and investment funds and their counterparties in relation to derivatives transactions, repurchase and reverse-repurchase transactions, securities lending and prime brokerage and on the regulation of derivatives, the application of the Financial Collateral Directive and the operation of netting and set-off in Ireland. Richard has acted for many of the world’s leading financial institutions in providing bespoke legal opinions on the enforceability of close-out netting provisions and collateral arrangements documented using industry standard or client-specific derivatives, repo and prime brokerage documentation. Richard has been active in the Irish Debt Securities Association (IDSA) since its formation, regularly participating in sub-groups of the IDSA’s legal committee to prepare submissions on proposed legislation. Richard also regularly represents Matheson at meetings of the EMIR working group at Irish Funds.
Callaghan Kennedy
Maples Group
Callaghan is a partner of Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's Dublin office. Callaghan advises arrangers, managers, investors and issuers on a wide range of finance, debt capital markets and structured finance transactions. He focuses particularly on structured products, such as CLOs and other asset backed securitisations, commodities, utilities, marketplace lending and other alternative asset class financings, as well as on repackagings and other programme issuers. Callaghan also advises on fund-linked structures, such as managed account platforms, loan funds and debt funds. He regularly advises on wider financial services and regulatory law, both in relation to regimes that impact structured finance transactions‒such as STS, securities  offerings, market abuse, EMIR and risk retention‒ and on issues generally affecting financial services firms, such as like licensing and establishment, change of control and ongoing regulatory compliance.
Sinéad O’Connor
A&L Goodbody LLP
Sinéad O' Connor is a Partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance Group. Sinéad's main practice areas are structured finance, securitisations and capital markets. Sinéad has acted for banks, originators, private investors and corporate entities (both International and Irish) across a wide range of banking, securitisation and financial markets transactions. She has broad experience in a range of asset classes including RMBS, trade receivables, consumer loans and auto loans and leases.
Next Generation Partners: Capital markets: Equity
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Gill Lohan
McCann FitzGerald LLP
Gill specialises in equity capital markets and in particular IPOs and equity issues by public companies. She also advises on private mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and general corporate law and governance issues. Gill has been involved in several high-profile transactions in the Irish market and regularly acts for leading Irish and international clients. Gill has also advised on a broad range of mergers and acquisitions particularly in the Agri-Food and Drinks, Real Estate, Travel and Leisure and Betting and Gaming sectors.
Rising stars: Capital markets: Debt
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Sarah Pickering
McCann FitzGerald LLP
Sarah is experienced in advising prominent domestic and international financial institutions, non-bank lenders and corporates across a wide range of finance and debt capital markets products.
Rising stars: Capital markets: Equity
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Sinead Crowley
Arthur Cox
Sinead is a senior associate in our Corporate and M&A Group and advises clients on all area of corporate law, in particular on M&A and corporate finance. Sinead advises international and domestic companies, as well as public sector bodies, on all aspects of corporate law and governance, as well as a wide range of commercial matters. Sinead has considerable experience in mergers and acquisitions (domestic and cross-border), advising on public and private transactions as well as corporate finance and equity capital market transactions. Sinead has advised on corporate transactions in the pharmaceutical, food, energy and building sectors and has particular experience in the due diligence and corporate documents associated with the acquisition of private limited companies.

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