Holmes O’Malley Sexton LLP

Banking, Finance and Construction

Partner

Lisa joined Holmes in 2013.  She leads the firms’ Banking and Finance group as well as the Construction and Engineering group.  She specialises in the areas of banking and finance, construction, commercial property, corporate restructuring and insolvency.

Lisa acts for both lenders and borrowers in loan transactions and advises on all aspects of banking and finance transactions, including refinances, new lending and development finance.  She regularly acts for national and multinational private and corporate clients on their borrowings, including new and revised loan facilities, negotiation of security and pre-drawdown requirements.

Lisa acts for both public and private sector clients on construction projects.  She navigates clients through all legal issues arising throughout all stages of projects, including project procurement, planning permission for the development, construction, contract drafting and negotiation, project insurances, project security and building regulation compliance.

Practising in all aspects of commercial property law, Lisa acts in property acquisitions and disposals, property financing and property investment on behalf of corporate, individual clients and state and semi-state bodies.  In addition, she has considerable experience in commercial leasing, having acted for many years for both landlords and tenants in retail, office and other commercial letting transactions.

With significant insolvency experience, Lisa advises receivers and financial institutions on enforcement of security, the disposal of secured assets and corporate restructuring. She regularly advises liquidators of secured assets and directors in insolvent companies.

Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners

Director of EVA International

Financial Services Bar Association

Director of Limerick Chamber.

Law Society of Ireland

Bachelor in Corporate Law - National University of Ireland, Galway

LLB - National University of Ireland, Galway

Diploma in Commercial Conveyancing – Law Society of Ireland

Certificate in Banking Law and Practice – Law Society of Ireland

Diploma in Construction Law – Law Society of Ireland

Certificate in Leadership - Ingenium Smart Choice Leadership Programme

Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland