About

Neil Culkin joined Google as a real estate corporate counsel in January 2013. Initially he was based out of both their New York and Dublin offices, working with Google’s real estate and workplace services team and advising the company on a broad spectrum of legal issues related to its real estate portfolio. Since November 2015, Culkin has been working as a senior corporate counsel based in Dublin, managing all real estate instructions for Google’s EMEA and Asia Pacific operations. Last year alone he led the Google team to the successful acquisition of Bolands Quay in Dublin, the single largest real estate transaction in the Irish market. Prior to moving to the IT sector, Culkin was a senior associate at Matheson for over eight years. During his time at Matheson, Culkin formed a strong working relationship with one of the firm’s biggest clients, ACC Bank and was sent on secondment there to assist the Bank’s in-house legal department on an extensive range of legal issues. A nominator highlights that, Culkin ‘has a very commercial and pragmatic approach and is a sharp negotiator. He has an impressive insight into the entire business of Google and has excellent people and communication skills. [Culkin] is clearly very highly regarded within the business and is recognised in Ireland as a leading in-house real estate attorney given his expertise in commercial real estate, property law and real estate transactions’.