Walkers‘ real estate team offers comprehensive support across the full spectrum of real estate matters, including acquisitions, disposals, investment issues, and premium commercial lease arrangements for tenants. The team’s expertise serves a prominent roster of lenders and international investors in the residential, office, retail, and logistics sectors. Practice head Jody Toner is well-versed in advising domestic developers on real estate financing and transactional matters.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Strong legal and commercial advice, ability to address matters urgently, professional.’
- ‘Professional, intelligent, strong commercial and practical advisory skills and market knowledge, excellent communication, ability to deal with all deal outcomes and manage expectations.’
- ‘Partner availability is exceptional. The response time to queries and instructions is quick. Walkers are very commercial.’
- ‘The stand-out partner at Walkers is Jody Toner - Jody is engaged and available for small and big instructions. Jody takes the lead and reports back on all instructions in a very timely manner.’
- ‘The team has great experience.’
- ‘Jody Toner is exceptional. He's the voice of calm reason when you have a complex issue that needs to be dealt with quickly. You know you are in safe hands when you consult him, exactly what you want in a solicitor. He's a solid, clever and dependable solicitor who gets through the work without boring you with the complexities but finds the solution with minimum fuss.’
- ‘Accessibility, responsiveness, pragmatism, outcome orientation, solution-driven and commerciality.’
- ‘Since engaging Walkers, Jody Toner and his team have shown a flexible and common sense approach to our evolving needs. The team have often made themselves available on short notice, and this open and ongoing line of communication has resulted in quick turnaround of queries and resolution of problems.’
Key clients
- Nuveen Real Estate
- Eagle Street Partners Ireland Limited
- Relm
- Marlet Property Group
- Alanis Capital
- Forvis Mazars
- Flogas Ireland Limited
- Kiko Cosmetics Ireland Limited
- Kroll
- KPMG
- The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America-College Retirement Equities Fund
- Rich Sauces Sales and Distribution Limited
- HeaDS
Work highlights
- Advised Nuveen Real Estate on a large ESG green loan granted to an institutional investor to finance the acquisition and development of a large Dublin residential project by a Lux fund managed by Blackrock.
- Advised Rich Sauces Sales and Distribution Ltd on the real estate aspects on the sale of its business to Solina, a global player in the food industry.
- Advised global brand Kiko Milano's on their entry into the Irish market and negotiation of a portfolio of occupational leases for retail outlets.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Jody Toner