The ‘customer and solution focused’ team at Carson McDowell specialises in advising real estate finance, energy finance, and cross-border lending. Practice head Sinead McGrath regularly advises on the financing of solar, waste, and other renewable energy infrastructure. Damian McElholm has strong experience in advising real estate clients in secured lending transactions. In August 2023, Rachel Lewis was promoted to senior associate; she regularly works on real estate and infrastructure financing and refinancing transactions.
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Testimonials
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'Sinead McGrath and Rachel Lewis engage in a proactive manner and distil complex legal issues to simplified, easily understood advice, in a timely manner.'
'Rachel Lewis - proactivity; promptness; conciseness; attention to detail; availability to deal with queries; knowledge and expertise.'
'Sinead McGrath - knowledge and expertise; communication skills; readiness to be available to deal with complex queries; attention to detail.'
‘Wide range of skills and expertise.’
‘Efficient work with regular and clear communication of progress and timelines.’
‘Customer and solution focused. Experienced team with great depth.'
‘Attentions to detail, commercial mindset, meet deadlines, go the extra mile.’
Key clients
- The Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland/Bank of Ireland (UK) p.l.c.
- Northern Bank Limited trading as Danske Bank
- AIB Group (UK) plc
- Barclays Bank plc
- National Westminster Bank plc (trading as Ulster Bank)
- WhiteRock Capital Partners LLP
- Beach Point Capital Management
- Mussenden Properties Limited
- Cerberus European Investments LLC
- Bywater Properties Limited
Work highlights
- Advised RiverRidge, Northern Ireland’s leading integrated waste management company in connection to facilities provided by the Bank of Ireland.
- Advising National Westminster Bank plc in relation to the £14.8m financing of Healthcare Ireland, the largest privately-owned care home group in Northern Ireland.
- Acted as lead banking counsel to Mussenden Properties Limited in relation to its new £76,850,000.00 facility used to refinance its existing property portfolio and assist with the acquisition of the prominent Forestside Shopping Centre in the greater Belfast area.
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Practice head
Sinead McGrath
Other key lawyers
Damian McElholm; Rachel Lewis