Philip Lee LLP
Philip Lee LLP continues to expand its practice, handling a high volume of development finance, acquisition finance, project finance, media finance and regulatory matters. Under the leadership of Louis Burke, the team is well known for representing Irish pillar banks in matters, and is adept at advising alternative lenders, including lenders in the development finance space. Jonathan Kelly focuses on financing matters in the infrastructure, energy, media and real estate sectors. Simon O’Neill and Ruairí Mac Cumhaill are key practitioners to note.
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‘Team are strong. I've dealt with a number of partners across different lending sectors and have found them to be commercial, responsive and efficient.’
‘Ruairí Mac Cumhailll, Simon O'Neil and Jonathan Kelly. All 3 are commercial and responsive. It's key to me that I can immediately get access to the partner when I need to during a closing, and each of the 3 above will always facilitate that.’
‘Ruairí Mac Cumhailll - always responsive, solution focused and sees the bigger picture.’
‘Every engagement with this firm is dealt with in a professional manner with relevant urgency applied as required in each scenario. Our engagements require input from three different divisions within the firm and this is seamlessly project managed by the handling partner at all times.’
‘Louis Burke - banking partner - he is available at all times for a discussion on live or prospective transactions. He has excellent problem solving abilities and draws on past experience to advise shrewdly and carefully on proposed courses of action.’
‘I deal primarily with Ruairí Mac Cumhailll. Outside of his great knowledge of the industry, I find him personable and approachable. On a particularly cumbersome transaction, Ruairí was assertive and managed the process well.’
‘We completed a transaction with Ruairí Mac Cumhaill and his team and our team were very impressed with how responsive and professional the team were in dealing with the transaction. The funders were challenging which meant PL had to find solutions quickly in order to complete the transaction on a timely basis. Ruairí was calm, client focused and influential throughout the transaction which are the character qualities we value from a partner. We look forward to the next transaction.’
‘Their can do attitude. We set a deadline and it always get met. We are very impressed with Louis Burke and Ruairí Mac Cumhaill.’
‘Philip Lee provides a partner led service who are always available to proactively deal with any issues that arise. They always provide me with a fixed fee quote from the outset which they stick to. ’
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Louis Burke