Mr David Maughan > William Fry LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

William Fry LLP houses a broad practice that offers comprehensive, cross-departmental expertise in the aviation, road, and rail sectors. The practice is particularly prominent in the aviation industry, where it handles construction, procurement, and aircraft financing matters. The team regularly handles restructuring matters and transport infrastructure projects, such as residential developments. The team is led by David Maughan, who has notable expertise in handling aircraft-related financing transactions, further supported by Mary Ward.

William Fry LLP retains an impressive client base of financial institutions, airlines, leasing companies, export credit agencies (ECAs), funds and others. It has a fine record in cross-border asset financing, leasing and restructuring matters. David Maughan has extensive experience in the aviation finance field, including aircraft leasing platforms, aircraft portfolio securitisations and sale and leaseback transactions. Mary Ward also has a major focus on aviation and asset finance with an eminent record in representing banks and ECAs.

William Fry LLP‘s extensive public company client base provides it with the basis for a thriving ECM practice, while its reputation in the space consistently leads to headline instructions; it advised the Department of Finance on the design and execution of a pre-arranged trading plan for the sale of the state’s shareholding in AIB Group. The team has particular expertise in the real estate, financial services and technology sectors. The firm also boasts a solid DCM and structured finance practice. Mark Talbot and Myra Garrett are top names in the ECM field, with David Maughan standing out in the DCM sector.