Addleshaw Goddard remains best known for real estate and social housing financings. It is further recognised for energy and infrastructure finance, along with financial services regulatory matters. The lender-driven practice has an extensive mix of financial institutional clients, including the Irish pillar banks and a range of alternative lenders. Ray Byrne heads the finance team and has a background in real estate financings social housing transactions, development finance, acquisition financing, sustainable finance and fund finance. Erc Walsh has further expanded the team’s presence in real estate and development finance, along with asset-based lending.
Testimonials
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‘Ray Byrne is a very approachable partner leading their banking team.’
‘Ray Byrne is the star of the team. He has extensive contacts across Ireland. I would describe him as highly knowledgeable, professional and responsive. I particularly appreciate his focus on getting transactions completed, focusing on solving problems and removing barriers to completion. His advice is second to none in the Irish market and we value this about him.’
‘Excellent people in the team, who are solution driven.’
‘The Banking and Finance team are very responsive and always available. The team are well staffed at all levels and are relentless in ensuring that transactions complete promptly and on time even where timelines are incredibly tight. The team are very well regarded in the market and have a deep understanding of the sector in which we operate.’
‘The banking and finance team is packed with enthusiastic and dynamic people. Ray Byrne has been our main point of contact and he has an in depth understanding of the work that we do. Ray is a stand-out partner. He is cool headed and does what it takes to get the job done.'
‘The team at Addleshaw Goddard are an engaged and highly functioning team that prioritise client needs and consistently deliver excellent results for their clients.’
‘Ray Byrne has been solution-focused and highly commercial in all his dealings with us. Ray is client-focused and always available, even at short notice. The wider team at Addleshaw Goddard has been highly practical when working on transactions with multiple counterparties and where there is significant time sensitivity.’
Key clients
- Bank of Ireland
- Allied Irish Banks
- Finance Ireland Credit Solutions Designated Activity Company
- Danske Bank
- HSBC Bank
- National Asset Management Agency
- Home Building Finance Ireland
- Rabobank Ireland Designated Activity Company
- Cannon Kirk
- Johnson & Johnson
- Lloyds Bank
- BNP Paribas
- O’Callaghan Hotels Group
- TifCo Group
- Ardan Advisory / Mercantile Group
- Wealth Option Trustees Limited
- Applegreen and Petrogas Group
- Kepak Group
- Kestrel Capital Limited
- Medisec Ireland CLG
- Karshan Group
- Magnet Group
- Prim Ed Publishing
- Powerleague Group
- DunPort Capital Management
- Golden Port Estates
- Barclays Bank
- Irish Diaspora Loan Fund
- Activate Capital
- Fairfield REF
- RELM
- Close Brothers
- Mitsubishi HC Capital Europe
- Blazehill Capital
- Capitalflow
- Inflexion Private Equity Partners
Work highlights
- Advised the Finance Ireland Credit Solutions (Finance Ireland) in connection with the provision of finance to E to Infinity ICAV, acting for and on behalf of its sub-fund Blacklion Real Estate Fund to finance the acquisition of a number of properties in an industrial estate in Dublin.
- Advised DunPort Capital Management in connection with acquisition facilities provided to Project Finn BidCo Limited which were used for the purposes of funding the acquisition of a controlling stake by Waterland Private Equity in Bellew Electrical.
- Advised Phoenix Equity Partners (Phoenix) on its investment in Nostra Technologies, which included the drafting of the loan documents and negotiating the Irish law security documents with input on the equity and other transaction documents.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ray Byrne