Louise Bailey > A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP > Belfast, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP Offices
42-46 FOUNTAIN STREET
BELFAST
BT1 5EF
United Kingdom
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Louise Bailey
Work Department
Position
Partner
Career
Louise Bailey is a partner in A&L Goodbody’s Finance department in Belfast. Louise has over twenty years’ experience acting for a wide range of domestic and international financial institutions, sponsors and borrowers in a broad range of bilateral and syndicated cross-border financing transactions. Louise advises on corporate lending, real estate finance, development finance, securitisations, debt restructurings and loan portfolio sales.
Experience Advising:
- Wells Fargo Bank in relation to facilities to the EQT Exeter Group.
- Northern Ireland Investment Fund in relation to development financing for the Ebrington Hotel.
- Tristan Capital Partners in relation to The Junction and The Outlet Retail Parks.
- National Westminster Bank plc t/a Ulster Bank in relation to the acquisition by Marram Hotel Partners of the Bushmills Inn.
- Advising Radius Payment Solutions in relation to various aspects of their financing requirements.
- Advising Insight Investment Management (Global) Limited in respect of the Northern Irish aspects of investments in trade receivables securitisations.
- Advising a lender on a potential expansion of their lifetime and retirement interest only mortgage business to Northern Ireland.
- Various financial institutions in relation to loan portfolio sales.
- Various banks on the Northern Irish aspects of ring-fencing pursuant to Part VII FSMA.
- Contributing author for Northern Ireland in respect of a Basel II database for the Federal Association of German Banks, the Federal Association of German Mortgage Banks, the Federal Association of Germany’s Public Sector Banks and other member banks.
Education
- Solicitor, Law Society of Northern Ireland
- Cert. PLS, Queen’s University of Belfast
- LLB (Hons) Law, Queen’s University of Belfast
Lawyer Rankings
Northern Ireland > Finance > Banking and finance
(Leading partners)A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP, ‘a great team with a wide breadth of knowledge’ regularly advises a strong network of Northern Ireland and international clients on high value lender work. Ciaran McAlinney, who is ‘very knowledgeable, experienced, personable and calm under pressure’ leads the practice. Louise Bailey is well experienced in advising on large facilities agreements for banks and investment funds. Judith Brown has recently been advising clients on the sale of distressed business loans and social housing private placement transactions. Christopher Jessup is well known for financial services regulatory work. Senior associate Hannah McDaid has a wide range of experience on financing and refinancing real estate and infrastructure.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance Northern Ireland > Finance
- Leading partners Northern Ireland > Finance > Banking and finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms