Hall of fameArthur Cox
Aaron’s practice is focused on the areas of infrastructure, procurement, PPP and project finance. Aaron heads the Public Law, Procurement, Transport and PPP and PFI Groups in Arthur Cox.
Projects and PPP
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.
Hall of fameMcCann FitzGerald LLP
Colm handles a range of general banking and financial work but has particular experience in project finance, corporate banking, structured finance, asset finance, tax based leasing, receivables syndication and PPPs. In recent years Colm has worked extensively on many of the major infrastructure project financings in Ireland. He has advised public authorities, bidding consortia and funders in PPP competition and projects across a range of sectors, including roads, rail, waste, health, energy and renewables, culture, education and technology.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Matheson LLP
Conor is a partner in Matheson's Projects and Infrastructure Group and Energy, Natural Resources and Utilities Group. Conor advises on large-scale infrastructure, energy and construction projects, with specialised experience in contract negotiation, risk allocation, development structuring, financing, transactional matters (including due diligence and transaction document negotiation), corporate law matters and operational advice (including regulatory issues and operational problem solving). Conor’s primary focus is on infrastructure development and transactional projects (greenfield and brownfield), particularly concessions, PPPs, debt-financed and similar private sector-led development structures. Conor works with clients such as infrastructure funders, sponsors, contractors and operational teams. Conor is ranked as a leading practitioner in the IFLR100, Legal 500 and Chambers international legal directories in the project development, project finance, PPP and transport practice areas.
Philip Lee LLP
Hugh is a partner and has considerable experience in a broad range of practice areas including projects and construction, energy & natural resources, Energy Performance Contracting, Local Energy Supply Contracts, procurement and alternative dispute resolution. Hugh has advised clients on the drafting, settling and procuring of the required contractual documentation on a wide range of complex, large-scale mixed use projects in Ireland both in the public and private sectors. Hugh is also heavily involved in the areas of energy performance contracts and local energy supply contracts and regularly advises clients on the procurement, negotiation, drafting and settlement of such contracts.
Arthur Cox
Niamh advises a broad range of clients across the construction, energy, infrastructure, and PPP sectors. Niamh advises clients on a wide range of matters and focuses principally on construction law, projects and infrastructure (including public-private partnerships), and energy. She has acted for developers, contractors, and lenders on a wide range of construction projects, PPPs, development finance transactions (including the residential, leisure, and office accommodation sectors), and on the construction aspects of many project finance transactions (principally in the energy, transport and social infrastructure sectors). In addition, Niamh has recently advised on a number of large transactions in the pharmaceutical and telecoms sectors.
Leading individuals
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Philip Lee LLP
Kerri specialises in projects, PPPs, procurement and construction and has practiced in the area for over 20 years. She advises on all aspects of the procurement and delivery of infrastructure projects for public and private sector clients in diverse sectors including transport, education, health and housing. Kerri advises on all forms of construction contracts from low value standard construction documentation to high value bespoke infrastructure and PPP contracts. She advises on EU and national public procurement law, in relation to running tender procedures for the supply of works, goods and services contracts, on risk mitigation measures in tender procedures and regarding procurement challenges for both public and private clients.
Matheson LLP
Garret is a partner and head of both Matheson’s Energy and Natural Resources Group and Projects and Infrastructure Group. Garret is also chair of Matheson's ESG Advisory Group. He advises on all aspects of projects and project financing, from PPPs to privately-financed electricity, oil, and gas field developments and privatisations as well as electricity, gas and telecommunications network infrastructure. Garret specialises in particular in the areas of electricity and gas market regulation and trading. Garret’s experience also includes project development, M&A and financing in the conventional and renewable electricity sectors as well as the mining and upstream / downstream oil and gas sectors. Garret is consistently listed as one of Ireland’s leading Energy lawyers, including in leading legal international directories such as Legal 500 and Chambers Europe. He is a frequent speaker at energy and infrastructure conferences and regularly contributes articles to specialist publications. Garret is listed in Energy Ireland’s "Who's Who in Irish Energy" (Energy Ireland Yearbook 2017, 2018 and 2019).
William Fry LLP
Liam McCabe is Head of William Fry’s Projects & Construction Department and Chairman of the Firm. He specialises in the negotiation of contracts based on Irish and international standard industry forms and on special purpose contracts in construction and engineering. He also advises clients on liability and insurance in the context of construction projects, and on statutory process issues, particularly planning.
Hall of fameA&L Goodbody LLP
Ross is a Partner in A&L Goodbody's Projects Group and is Head of the Energy, Infrastructure & Natural Resources Group. He is recognised as one of Ireland's leading energy and projects practitioners. Uniquely he combines his specialism as a banking lawyer in project finance transactions with extensive contractual experience on PPP, renewable and conventional energy projects and specialism in regulatory advice in respect of the electricity, gas and renewable energy markets. Ross also specialises in utility and semi-State energy and infrastructure transactions, oil and gas projects and energy/infrastructure sector M&A and joint ventures.
Hall of fameMcCann FitzGerald LLP
Eamonn leads our Projects Group, and has particular experience in project finance, with an emphasis on public transport. He has advised numerous statutory agencies and private sector entities in relation to PPP and other projects. He also handles more general banking and financial work for a variety of financial institutions, including secured and structured lending. He has advised across a range of sectors, including roads, rail, waste, energy, renewables and technology. As an experienced projects and banking lawyer, Eamonn brings particular capability and a proven history in terms of managing and delivering projects with diverse strands and inputs through to completion. He is also recognised as a leading adviser in relation to legal issues affecting public entities, having advised a range of statutory agencies.
