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RDJ LLP

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RDJ LLP has a fast-developing banking and finance practice, taking an ever greater share of the mid-market, representing Irish banks and alternative lenders, along with a multitude of corporate borrowers. The firm has genuine credibility in acquisition and leveraged finance, real estate and development finance, loan portfolio sales, and debt restructurings. Cork based Brendan Cunningham, Tom Fox and Cian Fenton bring a huge amount of experience to the banking and finance sector with Dublin’s Brian Quinn adding further senior expertise in acquisition and leveraged finance, development finance and refinancing.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘RDJ provide an excellent well-rounded and concise form of legal service dealing with transactions practically and knowledgeably.’

  • ‘Aisling O'Donovan provides prompt and clear advice with a real focus on progressing the transaction.’

  • ‘RDJ are excellent communicators with the work they are doing for us. They come with solutions with the problems.’

  • ‘Cian Fenton has a superior knowledge to any of the solicitors we deal with.’

  • ‘Excellent people in the team, who are solution driven and very approachable to discuss issues as they arise.’

  • ‘Excellent people in the team who have a can do attitude - Aisling O'Donovan and Brendan Cunningham.’

  • ‘Knowledgeable, proactive and superior customer service in a friendly and helpful manner are core to the practice.’

  • ‘Cian Fenton - exceptional service levels received from him and extremely knowledgeable in his specialist area with the interest our company to the forefront at all times.'

Key clients

  • Beechbrook Capital
  • Castlehaven Finance
  • Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c.
  • Bank of Ireland
  • Finance Ireland
  • Marlet Property Group
  • West Cork Distillers
  • Carbery Group
  • Home Building Finance Ireland (HBFI)
  • Permanent TSB plc

Work highlights

Advised University College Cork on a €50m project finance loan from European Investment Bank to fund the construction of a new 15,000m2 business school.
Advised Allied Irish Banks on a suite of Green Loan facilities to Limerick Polymers Production and Full Circle Packaging in connection with their being appointed as exclusive collector and processor under Ireland’s new Deposit Return Scheme (Re-turn) for plastic bottles and aluminium cans.
Advised iNua Hospitality on the refinancing of a portfolio of eight 4 and 5-star hotels located across Ireland.

Lawyers

Practice head

Brendan Cunningham; Tom Fox

Other key lawyers

Cian Fenton; Brian Quinn; Aisling O’Donovan