Ms Vanessa Byrne > Mason Hayes & Curran LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
BARROW STREET
DUBLIN 4
D04 TR29
Ireland
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Work Department

Real Estate

Position

Partner, Co-head of Real Estate

Career

Vanessa is Co-head of the Real Estate team at Mason Hayes & Curran LLP, with a practice in all aspects of commercial property, conveyancing and landlord and tenant law. Vanessa heads a team of property lawyers that specialise in the property law and development aspects of energy and infrastructure projects and buying and selling trading assets such as nursing home and healthcare assets, hotels and student accommodation.

Vanessa has an extensive landlord and tenant practice and negotiates complex agreements for lease, commercial leases, licenses and concession agreements. She is admitted as a solicitor in Northern Ireland, as well as Ireland.

Vanessa also acts for financial institutions on commercial real estate backed lending. Vanessa is lead partner on the Mason Hayes & Curran LLP trainee recruitment panel and is known for her composure and commerciality.

Memberships

Law Society of Ireland; Dublin Solicitors Bar Association; Urban Land Institute; Irish Wind Energy Association.

Education

Queen’s University Belfast (LLB) (IAAS). Admitted as a solicitor in 1997.

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Real estate

(Leading partners)

Vanessa ByrneMason Hayes & Curran LLP

Counting institutional investors and developers, both foreign and domestic, among its impressive roster of clients, Mason Hayes & Curran LLP’s real estate department continues to act on several complex high-value real estate transactions, including acquisitions, disposals and leasing matters. The energy, retail, PRS and social housing spheres are particular areas of focus. The team is co-headed by Vanessa Byrne, a key point of call for landlords and tenants, and Michael Doran, who is adept at advising on asset management issues. Other key team members include Áine Quigley, Marcus Kennedy, Jamie Fitzmaurice and Rachel Carney.