Ms Mary O'Neill > Maples Group > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Maples Group
75 ST STEPHEN'S GREEN
DUBLIN 2
Ireland

Work Department

Finance

Position

Mary is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Asset Finance team in the Maples Group’s Dublin office.  Mary advises private equity investors, operating lessors, financial institutions and airlines on a wide range of asset finance structures.  These include asset backed securitisations, aviation platform establishment, warehouse financings, portfolio asset sales & purchases, operating & finance lease structures as well as export credit agency facilities.  Mary has an extensive aviation industry background having worked in this sector for many years and brings a wealth of sectoral knowledge to her role.

Career

Mary joined the Maples Group in 2014.  Prior to that, Mary spent nine years with Citibank in their international trade division (including a secondment to South Africa), most recently working on aviation export credit agency structures. Mary started her career at Biddle & Co. in London and also worked at a large Irish law firm prior to joining Citibank.

Mary is ranked by Chambers Global, with market commentators describing her as “responsive and knowledgeable“. Mary is also recognised as Highly Regarded by ILFR 1000 and as a Next Generation Partner by Legal 500.

Memberships

Member of the Law Society of Ireland
Member of 100 Women in Finance

Education

Trinity College Dublin, LLB, 1993
University of Cambridge, LLM, 1994
University of Cambridge, M. Phil, 1995
London School of Economics, M.Sc, 2004

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Asset finance

(Leading individuals)

Mary O’NeillMaples Group

Maples Group‘s Dublin-based asset finance office has an established track record in handling capital markets transactions, asset-backed securitisations, CLOs, private equity investments, and the establishment of aviation platforms. The group is well regarded for its aviation offering, and it reports a recent uptick in instructions from clients in the rail transport industry. Team lead Mary O’Neill stands out as ‘a leading aviation partner in Ireland‘. Alex Walsh and Eoin O’Leary are singled out for their contributions.