Ailish specialises in all forms of taxation, including corporate tax, stamp duties, capital gains tax and VAT and acts for a broad range of both domestic and international clients. Ailish advises on tax planning, including the tax aspects of leasing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, disposals, reorganisations and corporate restructurings, inward investment projects, securitisations and financing. She also advises on property related issues and has represented clients in tax disputes. Ailish also has a particular focus on aircraft and equipment leasing and advises investors, lessors and lessees on all aspects of leasing transactions. She has also advised many participants in the energy trading sector and particularly on carbon trading. | Practice Areas |
A selection of the deals that Ailish has been involved in on the tax side recently include:
- Advised Hypo Real Estate Holding AG on a refinancing of the Hypo/Depfa group by the Deutsche Bundesbank and the German Government and a consortium of banks led by Deutshe Bank as part of a major recapitalisation of the German banks driven by the German government.
- Advised Medco Health Solutions Inc. on its recently announced joint venture with United Drug plc to provide home-based pharmacy care services in the United Kingdom.
- Acted for Gold Fields on the cash offer made for Glencar Mining plc
- Acted for Sysco Corporation on the acquisition of Pallas Foods Limited
- Acted on the establishment of Solaris Mobile Limited, a joint venture between SES ASTRA and Eutelsat which offers Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) in S-Band.
- Acted for Alchemy Capital Partners on the acquisition of the A-Wear group from Brown Thomas Group Limited for a consideration of c.€71 million.
- Acted for ntl Incorporated on the €325 million sale of its Irish cable operations to MS Irish Cable Holdings B.V.
Education
- H.Dip in Business, 1997, Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, University College, Dublin
- LLM, 1996, University College, Cork
- B.C.L., 1995, University College, Cork
Professional
- Admitted as an associate of the Irish Taxation Institute, 2002
- Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland, 2000
Memberships
- Law Society of Ireland
- Irish Taxation Institute
Published Material
- Ailish has lectured in tax for the Irish Taxation Institute and has presented on various tax issues to the Law Society of Ireland. She has also written articles on tax matters for the “PLC Guide to Doing Business in Ireland”, the “Tax in Corporate Transactions Handbook” and for the International Tax Review.
Contact MeAilish Finnerty
Partner
Arthur Cox
Earlsfort Centre
Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin 2
Ireland
t: +353 (0)1 618 0561