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Simon Hannigan

Simon Hannigan is “very clever and experienced: he saw things happening before they started to happen.”
Chambers Europe: Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2017
“Advising on all aspects of commercial property law, Simon Hannigan particularly impresses commentators with his work on property financing.”
Chambers Europe: Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2016
‘Up-and-comer Simon Hannigan advises on all aspects of commercial property.’
Chambers Europe: Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2015
Simon Hannigan is ‘extremely skilled’.
The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa, 2015

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Simon has a broad practice encompassing all aspects of commercial property work, including:

Acquisition, disposal and financing of asset portfolios and loan portfolios
Negotiation of commercial leases and agreements for lease for both landlords and tenants
Sale and leaseback transactions
Property aspects of liquidations, receiverships and examinerships
Property aspects of infrastructure, energy and natural resource projects
Commercial property aspects of corporate transactions, including the sale and purchase of both private and public companies
Advising on the acquisition, development and disposal of data centres

Simon recently advised:

Facebook on the acquisition and development of a data centre at Clonee, Co. Meath
Hibernia REIT on the acquisition, funding and development of the Windmill Lane and Sir John Rogersons Quay developments
Kennedy Wilson on the refinancing of Sanford Lodge, Clancy Quay, Brooklawn House and the Alliance Building
Lloyds Banking Group on all day to day property matters in Ireland, including the recent Project Phoenix and Project Paris residential loan portfolio sales
Groupon, Inc. and Ebay, Inc. on their property and data centre requirements in Ireland
Jazz Pharmaceuticals on the acquisition of its EMEA headquarters at Waterloo Exchange, Dublin 2

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‘Comparing the firm with several others in the M&A top tier, another [client] remarks: "Most large law firms provide good legal advice, however, sound commercial guidance is not always as readily available and this is the difference between this and the other firms as far as I'm concerned."’
IFLR 1000, 2015 edition

Although the firm is well regarded in all fields, transactional corporate work is one where it excels. “We worked on the other side to Arthur Cox and were very impressed.” says one client.
IFLR 1000, 2014 Edition
Arthur Cox is widely admired for the excellent quality of its legal advice and its overall service. Considered one of the “blue bloods” of the country’s law firms.
World Tax 2014

Arthur Cox remains one of the premier Irish law firms, lauded for offering an exceptional quality of service across an impressively broad range of practice areas.
IFLR 1000, 2014 Edition