Experience

Richard is a Partner in the McCann FitzGerald Real Estate Group and has extensive experience in the purchase, financing, letting and disposal of all types of commercial real estate in Ireland.

Key highlights include advising:

  • AXA Real Estate Investment Managers on its entry into a joint venture arrangement with Kennedy Wilson and the acquisition of a large portfolio of PRS, office and retail units.
  • Mapletree Investments in respect of its acquisition from Marlet of ‘The Sorting Office’ (now let to TikTok) in the Grand Canal Docks for a reported consideration of c.€240m.
  • EQT Fund Management on the Irish aspects of its multi-billion acquisition of EdgeConneX and the data centres it owns.
  • Summix Capital on the sale of a prominent site with planning permission for a large student accommodation development.
  • US Pharma Company on the acquisition of a pharma manufacturing facility valued at in excess of €400m.
  • Loan Star/Hudson Advisors on the sale of Lone Star’s Irish residential property landbanks at Adamstown, Clonburris and Portmarnock to private equity firm, TPG Angelo Gordon, for a reported sum of €200m+.
  • Land Development Agency in respect of the acquisition of 392 apartments in West Dublin to be developed and leased on a cost rental basis.
  • A family office on the sale and acquisition of a number of large scale residential assets and separately the acquisition of The Dawson Hotel, Dublin
  • EMEIS on its acquisition of a number of sites for the purposes of developing residential care homes
  • Apollo Global Management on the acquisition of Tullahennel wind farm from GE Capital and its subsequent sale to Greencoat Renewables.
  • Vodafone Ireland in connection with the demerger of its mobile telecoms masts business.
  • Lakeland Dairies Co-Operative Society in respect of its merger with LacPatrick Co-Op Society.
  • Towercom, one of Ireland's leading telecoms mast businesses, on its sale to the John Laing Group, a subsidiary of KKR.
  • Workhuman on its lease of its new European headquarters in Dublin.
  • Colgate Palmolive on its lease of its Irish office headquarters in Dublin.
  • EMI - MR Investments on its investment in the development of a biomass production facility and on its separate investment in a biomass fuelled power generation plant.
  • Lenders in connection with the real estate aspects of property finance transactions involving large real estate assets in Ireland, including Activate Capital on the financing of the development by Twinlite of a large build to rent scheme in Clongriffin, County Dublin that was sold by way of forward purchase to Tristan Capital Partners.