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Expertise

Kevin has extensive experience in banking and finance transactions with emphasis on domestic and cross border finance transactions and financial services; Kevin acts for a wide range of financial institutions, funds and corporates advising on asset/property finance, acquisition finance, financial/energy/developing derivative products, structured finance and lending to funds, financial regulation, film finance, workouts and debt restructuring.

Experience

• Advising Kaupthing Bank in relation to the debt restructuring and workout for Karen Millen, Coast Stores, Warehouse Fashions, Oasis, Principles and The Shoe Studio.
• Advising Natixis in relation to a debt and security restructuring with an Irish fund.
• Acting for an Irish bank in relation to restructuring of the debt of and security provided by various companies connected with a large property developer.
• Acting for a syndicate of banks led by ING Bank in relation to facilities of €700 million advanced to the Euromedic Group including its Irish subsidiaries.
• Acting for an Irish credit institution in relation to a €1.25 billion financing transaction.
• Acting for Canada Life Assurance (Ireland) Limited in relation to financing the acquisition of commercial property in Leeds, London, Berlin and Dusseldorf.
• Acting for Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. in relation to development facilities advanced for a development at South King Street, Dublin.
• Advising a multi-national corporation in relation to the Irish aspects of a debt restructuring and workout.
• Advising Ixis Corporate and Investment Bank in relation to certain Irish banking law aspects of its merger with Caceis Bank.
• Acting for Merrill Lynch in relation to the financing of the MBO of CNG Travel p.l.c.
• Acting for a syndicate of banks led by ABN Amro Bank N.V. in relation to the Irish law aspects of the acquisition by IBA Health Limited of the shares of iSoft Group p.l.c.
• Acting for Bank of Scotland (Ireland) Limited in relation to development, acquisition and working capital facilities advanced in relation to the Kildare Retail Village.