McCann FitzGerald LLP
McCann FitzGerald LLP announces nine new partners
We are very pleased to announce the promotion of nine new partners, taking the firm-wide total to 94 across four of the firm’s practice areas: Litigation, Real Estate, Finance and Corporate.
(L-R): Ronan Murphy, Patrick Longworth, Marie-Alice Cleary, Jack Kelly, Mark White, Liane Egan, Jerome Kennedy, Stephen Holst, Rachel O’Neill, Edel Corry and Mark O’Connor.
The new partners are, in Dublin, Marie-Alice Cleary and Patrick Longworth in the Litigation Group; Edel Corry in the Real Estate Group; and Liane Egan, Ronan Murphy, and Mark O’Connor in the Finance Group. In the Corporate Group, Jerome Kennedy, Rachel O’Neill taking up partnership in the New York office, and Jack Kelly becoming the Firm’s third partner in the firm’s London office.
Commenting on the new appointments, Stephen Holst, Managing Partner of McCann FitzGerald LLP, said: “These appointments highlight the strength and depth of ambition of our firm, also reflecting our international reach. The new partners will immediately bolster our leadership teams and ensure clients continue to benefit from exceptional legal services. I look forward to working closely with each of our new partners to deliver exceptional value to our clients.”
Marie-Alice is a general commercial litigator with a particular focus on regulatory investigations, contentious competition matters, corporate and M&A disputes, and mis-selling claims.
Patrick is an expert in commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Patrick has particular expertise in insurance disputes, including coverage and policy wording disputes and professional indemnity claims. Patrick is also experienced in advising clients in relation to pensions disputes, regulatory investigations and enforcement matters, shareholder disputes, and administrative law matters and related judicial reviews.
Edel maintains a diverse practice across the full spectrum of real estate transactions, including asset acquisition and disposal, commercial leasing and advisory work for the State sector and regulated entities. She combines deep industry knowledge with a proven track record of delivering for clients on complex, high-value transactions, with particular expertise in the energy infrastructure/renewables sector. Edel regularly collaborates across the Firm on a variety of transactions, including large-scale development financings in multiple sectors (PRS, offices, hotels, retail and healthcare) and on corporate M&A deals.
Liane has considerable experience and knowledge in advising on project finance, PPPs and structured finance for public sector clients and financial institutions. Liane has particular experience in advising statutory agencies in the transportation sector and advises on the current legislative and regulatory framework which governs such clients.
Ronan acts for aircraft lessors and other market participants across a range of aviation finance transactions, including those relating to aircraft leasing, aircraft financing and the trading of aircraft assets. He has advised a number of aircraft lessors in a diverse range of secured and unsecured debt financing transactions and on a variety of aviation-related capital markets transactions (including aircraft portfolio securitisations and unsecured note issuances). In addition, Ronan has acted for the firm’s clients in the establishment of aviation-related joint ventures, in servicing arrangements involving aviation assets and in significant M&A transactions in the aviation sector.
Mark advises domestic and international sponsors, corporates, financial institutions and private credit funds. With over six years of experience in London at both a Magic Circle firm and a leading US law firm, he has developed extensive expertise across a wide variety of debt products, including leveraged financing, investment grade financing, fund financing, asset-backed lending, real estate and development financing and derivatives.
Jack specialises in public and private M&A and equity capital markets. He also advises public and private companies, together with all other market participants, on corporate governance, securities law requirements and shareholder activism. Jack spent several years working at two leading US law firms in London and New York and spent nine months on secondment to the EMEA ECM execution desk of a leading international investment bank.
Jerome advises Irish and international corporate and individual clients on cross-border acquisitions, disposals, restructurings and other general corporate matters. Jerome has particular expertise in private equity, advising private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, sellers and management teams on private equity transactions.
Rachel specialises in advising US and international clients on all aspects of cross-border M&A, with a focus on private equity transactions, together with general corporate advisory matters, including establishing and expanding operations and investments in Ireland.
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