Ms Ruth Lillis > Arthur Cox > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Arthur Cox fields a ‘highly skilled and proficient‘ transport team which advises leading clients in the aviation, rail, road and shipping sectors on a wide range of finance, regulatory, projects, procurement and litigation matters. Practice head Aaron Boyle is widely recognised for his experience of handling project finance, procurement and PPP mandates across the transport sector, while Niamh McGovern is also a key figure for transport infrastructure projects with growing expertise in electric vehicle charging regulations. In the aviation sector, the team is also well regarded for its strength in complex financing transactions, acting for airlines, banks and aircraft leasing companies; the ‘excellent‘ Ruth Lillis and Fintan Kerins are the names to note here.

Arthur Cox‘s Dublin office works closely with the Belfast, London, New York, and San Francisco offices in order to advise international airlines, lessors, investment banks and private equity investors on a wide range of asset finance matters. Ruth Lillis is a well regarded name in the practice, and is very experienced in handling work connected to the recovery of the aviation sector after the Covid-19 pandemic. Other key practitioners include tax expert Elaine Mooney, the ‘very dependable‘ Bethan Leonard and Fintan Kerins, who has ‘great potential‘. In 2023 Caroline Devlin retired from the practice, and Laura Cunningham left the firm.