Byrne Wallace Shields LLP advises public and private sector clients on project planning, procurement and delivery work, notably across the transport, healthcare, data centre and energy sectors. The team continues to support large, medium and smaller-scale projects, with expertise spanning tender and project documentation. Practice head Fergal Ruane has a wealth of experience handling various public procurement, PPP and infrastructure mandates, regularly advising on commercial, consultancy and construction contracts. Martin Cooney and Michael Walsh are other key lawyers in the group.
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- 'The partners are excellent and they lead Byrne Wallace Shields as a team. They work together across departments in a proactive collaborative manner to deliver in the required time frame. They provide regular updates and coordinate the legal process in an efficient manner.'
- 'We have had numerous time dependent projects and they have given whatever was required to ensure timely delivery. They are very responsive. They have an ability to assist in delivering novel innovative structures with an ability to address complex matters satisfactorily, explaining thing in an easy to understand manner for counterparties.'
Key clients
- Keppel Data Centres Ireland Limited
- Clancourt Group
- Hitachi Energy Ireland
- Castlethorn Construction
- Geopura
- Ballymore Group
- K2 Data Centres
- Neodyne
- European Parliament
- Fingal County Council
- Dublin City Council
- National Paediatric Hospital Development Board
Work highlights
Advising an international private equity client on the design, build, finance, lease and operation of an 18MW data centre, the acquisition of a strategic site with planning permission for a 10MW data centre, and the development of an 80MW data centre campus and a 10MW data centre, all in Dublin.
Advising Gridbeyond in relation to on-site solar power purchase agreements and the development of battery energy storage systems.
Advising an Irish consultancy firm in relation to a number of design team lead consultancy appointments for various projects in connection with the design and build of a whiskey distillery in County Sligo.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Fergal Ruane
Other key lawyers
Martin Cooney; Michael Walsh