Sheelagh Cooley > Shoosmiths > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Shoosmiths Offices
9 Haymarket Square
EDINBURGH
EH3 8RY
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Sheelagh Cooley
Work Department
Real Estate
Position
Sheelagh is a Partner in the Real Estate Division who specialises in Real Estate Finance, acting for many major financial institutions and lenders and also provides advice to borrowers on their funding requirements and associated documentation. Sheelagh also undertakes a range of real estate work such as acquisitions, disposals, and all aspects of leasing work.
Sheelagh is listed as an “Up and coming” lawyer in the 2021 Chambers Directory.
Having spent time on secondment to a City of London firm in 2006, Sheelagh has significant experience of acting on large portfolio and multi-jurisdictional finance work, gained both during her time on secondment and subsequently.
Sheelagh is also regularly involved with insolvency and restructuring, acting for a range of insolvency practitioners and banks in, for example, reviewing security packages, advising, on real estate strategy and disposals.
Her recent notable transactions include:
- acting for lender in relation to £12 million refinance of mixed use development site in Central Scotland;
- acting for borrower in relation to £28 million refinance in relation to a significant student accommodation development in central Edinburgh;
- acting for High street lender in £40m refinance of major national logistics company;
- acting for lender in £1.3 million asset finance deal involving materials being supplied for major infrastructure project in Scotland;
- acting for lender in £8m refinance of renewable energy company including multiple wind farm sites in Scotland
- acting for borrower in Scottish aspects of UK wide refinance of onshore wind portfolio
- acting for major lender in £3 million financing of open space land management company and;
- acting for residential development client in disposal of significant portfolio of their UK properties.
Career
Sheelagh is dual qualified in Scotland and England and Wales and is a notary public.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Finance > Banking and finance
Seeing considerable growth in the firm’s leveraged finance and general corporate lending practice, Shoosmiths‘ banking team has built upon their already solid reputation for real estate finance work, drawing on specialist experience in key property sectors such as build to rent and purpose-built student accommodation. Fiona Cameron jointly leads the team and has overseen the continued development of niche expertise in Islamic finance and ESG matters, while co-head Sheelagh Cooley acts for both borrowers and lenders in the local real estate market.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Social housing
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Employment > Employment
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction