McCann FitzGerald LLP

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

Shane is a partner in McCann FitzGerald’s Real Estate team and is recommended in Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal as one of the leading real estate lawyers in Ireland. He advises on all aspects of real estate, from acquisition, development and finance to leasing, re-structuring and disposal. He is experienced across the office, hospitality, logistics, retail and housing sectors.  He is also expert in advising on energy deals, student accommodation, data centres, loan sales, primary care centres, social housing and urban regeneration. Before joining McCann FitzGerald, Shane trained and qualified with a leading international firm in London. He has worked extensively with lawyers in other jurisdictions on the real estate elements arising in international M&A deals and on international property syndication transactions. He often leads on complex mandates involving elements from the construction, funds, tax, insolvency and finance teams.

Shane headed up the Real Estate practice from 2015 to 2022 and has authored chapters on Irish real estate law for international comparative texts, lectured extensively on real estate topics and written for various national newspapers and legal journals.

Qualified in 1999

Graduate of National University of Ireland, Cork B.C.L., LL.M. Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales 1999 and now practising as a solicitor in Ireland.