Ms Laura Deignan > McCann FitzGerald LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

The multi-disciplinary transport team at McCann FitzGerald LLP is equipped to provide ‘exceptionally tailored‘ advice to clients throughout the sector, with notable expertise in advising state authorities on procurement, contractual and financing matters relating to bus and rail services and road infrastructure. The firm also has an impressive offering in the aviation sphere, where it is particularly well regarded for its ability to act as lead counsel on complex aviation finance deals. Catherine Deane, Hilary Marren, Georgina O’Riordan, Joe Fay, Richard Gill, Ian Payne and Laura Deignan are among the names to note for aircraft financing and leasing, while practice head Eamonn O’Hanrahan and Liane Egan frequently advise on public transport projects.

McCann FitzGerald LLP has an excellent track record in the aviation finance and leasing arenas. With eight partners in its ranks, the practice is instructed in a wide spectrum of matters, ranging from the establishment of aviation platforms in Ireland to capital markets, syndicated financings, leasings, sale and leaseback transactions, corporate reorganisations and restructurings. Catherine Deane is a doyenne of the aviation finance market; finance practice head Georgina O’Riordan, Hilary Marren, Joe Fay and Colm Fanning are established practitioners in the space. Richard Gill, Laura Deignan and Ian Payne are also highly regarded names in the department.