Walkers

Banking & Finance, Asset Finance

Matt specialises in financing and leasing aviation assets and is a member of our Asset and Aviation Finance Practice Group.

Matt advises private equity investors, operating lessors, financial institutions and airlines on tax-efficient leasing and financing structures. That includes platform establishments, warehouse financings, joint ventures and transportation business acquisitions disposals. He also specialises in advising clients on derivative and securities-lending transactions for a wide range of Irish entities using industry standard documentation like the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s master agreements and global master repurchase agreements.

Matt has a strong finance background and particular expertise in cross-border debt capital markets transactions. This includes aircraft securitisations and loan portfolio financings, acquisitions and restructurings. He regularly advises on Irish and European Union financial services and securities law including:

• The Prospectus Directive
• The European Market Infrastructure Regulation
• The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
• The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
• The Market Abuse Directive
• The Securitisation Regulation.

Before joining Walkers, Matt was a senior associate in the finance team of a large corporate law firm in Dublin. He also did a secondment with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Matt is a member of the Law Society of Ireland and the Irish Debt Securities Association.

Admitted in:

Ireland

Education:

LLB, Trinity College Dublin Diploma in Applied Finance, Law Society of Ireland