Mr Shane Sweeney > McCann FitzGerald LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

McCann FitzGerald LLP
RIVERSIDE ONE
SIR JOHN ROGERSON'S QUAY
DUBLIN 2
Ireland

Work Department

Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate Development, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Investment, Real Estate Leasing

Position

Shane deals with all facets of commercial property work in Ireland. He has considerable experience in the acquisition and disposal of real estate, including individual commercial properties, portfolios of commercial properties and residential developments. Shane is also at the forefront of the new Irish property development wave, as he is integrally involved in significant new commercial and residential developments in Dublin.

He advises a broad range of clients, including private equity funds/investors, financial institutions, semi-state bodies, insolvency practitioners, multinational corporations and hospitals. He has considerable know-how in the renewable energy sector, particularly with respect to the property aspects of wind farm developments acting for developers and funders.

Shane has a broad commercial leasing practice having acted for many years as lead property counsel to the landlord in one of Dublin’s largest shopping centres, in addition to acting on the tenant side for numerous high-street retailers. He would also act extensively in office lettings for both landlords and tenants.

Career

Qualified in 2005

Education

B.Corp Law & LLB (NUI, Galway)

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Real estate

(Leading individuals)

Shane SweeneyMcCann FitzGerald LLP

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 communicatorShane 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.