McCann FitzGerald LLP

Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Investment, Real Estate Leasing

Partner

Richard Leonard graduated from Trinity College Dublin (LLB) in 2000 and qualified in 2004. He joined McCann FitzGerald LLP in 2001 as a Trainee and became Partner in 2013. Richard has extensive experience in the purchase, financing, letting and disposal of all types of commercial real estate in Ireland. Most recently, Richard has acted for NAMA and other international clients on the buy and sell sides of a significant number of the most substantial and high profile loan portfolio sales relating to loans secured by Irish real estate assets.

He acted for the Irish and international brokers and corporate finance houses appointed as sponsors and book runners by Hibernia Reit plc and IRES Reit plc in relation to their respective public share offers. This role involved carrying out due diligence on the real estate assets of Hibernia Reit plc and IRES Reit plc and in each case negotiating and agreeing the form of the stock market prospectus to be published in the context of the Reits’ respective public share offerings.

The Law Society of Ireland, 2004