Mr Richard Leonard > McCann FitzGerald LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile
McCann FitzGerald LLP Offices
RIVERSIDE ONE
SIR JOHN ROGERSON'S QUAY
DUBLIN 2
Ireland
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Mr Richard Leonard
Work Department
Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Investment, Real Estate Leasing
Position
Richard has extensive experience in the purchase, financing, letting and disposal of all types of commercial real estate in Ireland. Most recently, Richard has acted for NAMA and other international clients on the buy and sell sides of a significant number of the most substantial and high profile loan portfolio sales relating to loans secured by Irish real estate assets. He acted for the Irish and international brokers and corporate finance houses appointed as sponsors and book runners by Hibernia Reit plc and IRES Reit plc in relation to their respective public share offers. This role involved carrying out due diligence on the real estate assets of Hibernia Reit plc and IRES Reit plc and in each case negotiating and agreeing the form of the stock market prospectus to be published in the context of the Reits’ respective public share offerings.
Career
Qualified 2004
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Real estate
Acting for an impressive array of Irish commercial and residential developers, as well as for investors, occupiers and lenders, McCann FitzGerald LLP‘s ‘market-leading’ real estate practice is well equipped to handle high-profile deals in the office, retail, social housing and student accommodation sectors (and enjoys a particularly strong reputation for real estate finance). Donal O’Raghallaigh leads the group, while Shane Fahy, ‘excellent communicator‘ Shane Sweeney, Jennifer Halpin (a specialist in the sale of real estate loan portfolios) and Richard Leonard are other key names at senior level. Emily Mac Nicholas and Ruairí Stewart, who was promoted to partner in May 2023, are also noted.
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