Ms Karen Sheil > Matheson LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Ms Karen Sheil

+353 1 232 2909 [email protected]

Work Department

Partner in the Commercial Real Estate Group

Position

Karen is a partner in the Commercial Real Estate Group at Matheson.  She specialises in all types of property development and investment transactions (both loan and asset based) including syndicate investments using corporate, funds and other structures.  Karen has extensive experience in the site assembly, financing, structuring, letting and disposal of retail developments and mixed schemes on behalf of landlords and developers including multi-family, private rented sector ‘PRS’ development and the build-to-rent ‘BTR’ sector. She advises tenants taking space in all types of commercial property including retail, office and industrial.

She has worked on some of the largest property transactions in the country including Project Jewel – Ireland’s largest real estate transaction – where she acted for the purchaser of a portfolio of prime retail assets including Dundrum Town Centre.

Prior to joining Matheson, Karen was a partner at another Irish law firm for over a decade.  She is a frequent speaker and writer on commercial property and tax related issues. She lectures in build-to-rent schemes at the Law Society of Ireland.  She is consistently ranked as a leading lawyer by legal directories.

Education

Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland

University College Dublin, LLM (European Law)

University College Dublin, BCL