Practices

Debt Finance

Our expertise:

Acting through our Dublin, London and New York offices, our Debt Finance Group specialises in structuring, documenting and advising on complex and high profile transactions in the debt finance sector. We bring extensive experience of advising on market leading transactions and offer our clients an unparalleled insight and understanding of the lending environment and bespoke lending transactions. We bring this experience and market knowledge to every transaction ensuring every client receives efficient, collaborative and reliable deal execution.

Key highlights include advising:

• AIB, Barclays Bank, Rabobank, Danske Bank, HSBC and Bank of Ireland in relation to Greencore Group plc’s £350m sustainability-linked revolving credit facility.
• Marlet Property Group in respect of its new investment facility with a fund managed by BlackRock, which was used to refinance its senior and mezzanine development debt at its Green Acre Grange development of 307 build to rent apartments.
• Bank of Ireland, ING, and BNP Paribas in relation to Bord na Mona’s €160m sustainability-linked revolving credit facility and €180m letter of credit facilities.
• AIB in funding certain term and development financing to MHL Hotel group assets, held variously QIAIF, limited partnership and limited company structures.
• Deutsche Bank on its loan facilities to Archer Hotel Capital to acquire the five-star Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin from Kennedy Wilson.
• Citibank on facilities advanced to Center Parcs Ireland, secured primarily against the Irish real estate and operational assets of the Irish Center Parcs branch.
• MML on the financing of its acquisition of the Innopharma Education and Technical Services group, a leading provider of higher education courses and recruitment services, primarily focussed on the pharmaceutical and manufacturing sectors based in Dublin.
• Bank of Ireland in providing an investment facility to Round Hill Capital for the purpose of refinancing four existing term loan facilities secured on a portfolio of PBSA properties.
• Global Student Accommodation, a leading provider of student hosing in Ireland, on the financing raised by it with Wells Fargo and secured against certain assets held in a Unit Trust structure.
• Cardinal Capital in relation to its debt facility wih Press Up Hospitality Group in the context of the acquisition by Lifestyle Hospitality Capital (backed by Elliott Investment Management) of a majority stake in companies associated with The Dean Hotel, Dublin. 
• Wells Fargo as lender on all Irish aspects of the $50 million credit facility made available to the Gambling.com group, a multi-award-winning performance marketing company and a leading provider of digital marketing services active in the online gambling industry.
• Marlet Property Group in the financing of its development of 1,108 residential apartments in Howth and Grand Canal Harbour in Dublin with AIG and Activate Capital.