Michael Hanley > Flynn O'Driscoll > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile
Flynn O'Driscoll Offices
NO 1 GRANT'S ROW
LOWER MOUNT STREET
DUBLIN 2
Ireland
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Michael Hanley
Work Department
Banking & Finance
Position
Partner
Career
Michael Hanley is the Head of the firm’s Banking and Finance team. He advises on a broad range of domestic and cross-border finance transactions. His primary focus is acting for corporate, mid-cap, SME borrowers, banks, and direct funders on leveraged/acquisition finance and dry and development real estate finance transactions. Michael and his team have extensive experience in restructuring and portfolio/bilateral off-market loan sales and acquisitions.
Experience
- Leveraged/Acquisition finance – acting for borrowers (supporting the corporate department), banks and direct funders on cross border and domestic M & A transactions.
- Corporate, mid-cap and SME finance – Michael and his team are actively involved in this area assisting companies, partnerships and individuals with all forms of corporate secured lending, capex, term loans, acquisition finance and other business debt requirements. They also have extensive experience of dealing with and acting for the established main clearing and lending banks, major direct funder participants in the market on both domestic and cross-border facilities.
- Real Estate Finance – Michael’s team has extensive experience advising domestic and international borrowers and lending institutions on domestic commercial and in recent times a specific focus on residential development finance involving private, PRS and social and affordable residential projects.
- Loan Sales/Acquisitions – Michael has managed and participated in multi-departmental teams on loan sale projects involving large portfolio sales and bi-lateral off market sales and acquisitions, acting for vendors and bidders/acquirers.
- Regulatory Advice – Michael and his team primarily assist in-house counsel and principals in banks, fintechs and direct funders entering and participating in the Irish transactional financing market.
Memberships
- Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
- Member of the Law Society of Ireland Business Law Committee Brexit Working Group
Education
- Bachelor of Arts – National University of Ireland Maynooth
- Diploma Financial Regulation – City Colleges
- Diploma Legal Studies – Dublin Institute of Technology
- Diploma Corporate Governance – Law Society of Ireland
- Diploma Finance Law – Law Society of Ireland
- Professional qualification as a solicitor, Law Society of Ireland, 2002.
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Banking and finance
Flynn O’Driscoll is a growing force in banking and finance. Led by Michael Hanley, the team regularly acts for a solid client base of borrower entities in matters, and is also adept at representing bankers and alternative lenders. Key areas of strength for the group include acquisition finance, development finance and real estate investment finance.