Mark Barr

Partner, Head of Property

+353 (0)1 618 0303 (Direct Line)
mark.barr@arthurcox.com

Dublin » Arthur Cox, Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland

Expertise

Mark is a partner in the Property Group. He specialises in all aspects of commercial property including development, construction, property finance, commercial landlord and tenant and investment acquisitions and disposals.

Experience

In recent years Mark has advised in relation to a number of headline property transactions including:

Advising Dublin Airport Authority in the disposal of the Great Southern Hotel chain
Advising Royal Liver Assurance Limited in investment property disposals and acquisitions with an aggregate value in excess of €200 million
Advising Dublin Institute of Technology in relation to its new campus development at Grangegorman, Dublin
Advising Royal & Sun Alliance on their new headquarter building at Dundrum Town Centre
Advising the Rohan Group on the development of several commercial schemes including Dublin Airport Logistics Park
Mark was a member of the Arthur Cox team that advised the State on the establishment of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA). Mark has since advised NAMA on a range of property related issues.

Mark also advises several State and semi-State companies in relation to their property portfolios including Dublin Port Company, Dublin Airport Authority, the Health Service Executive, and Dublin Institute of Technology amongst others.

Mark has acted as external examiner to the Law School of the Law Society of Ireland in the area of Landlord and Tenant Law.

Mark is a regular contributor to Law Society CPD Seminars on Commercial Leases.

Practice Areas

Education

BCL (Hons), 1984, University College Dublin

Professional

Admitted as a solicitor, 1988

Publications

Property Brief: Property Group Newsletter, Autumn 2011 Property: 09.12.2011 | Format:
Lease Guarantees and their Enforcement, November 2011 Property: 09.12.2011 | Format:
Property Brief: Property Group Newsletter, Spring 2011 Property: 25.05.2011 | Format:
Methods of Realisation and Enforcing Security, Spring 2011 Corporate Recovery and Insolvency, Financial Regulatory, Property, Capital Markets: 19.05.2011 | Format:
Property Brief (Property Group Newsletter), Winter 2010 Property: 22.11.2010 | Format:
Revaluation of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Area, June 2010 Environment, Planning and Climate Change, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Property: 06.07.2010 | Format:
The National Asset Management Agency, Spring 2010 Banking, Corporate and M&A, Financial Regulatory, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Tax, Property, Structured Finance and Securitisation, Company Compliance and Governance, Capital Markets, Financial Services Litigation: 30.04.2010 | Format:
Property Brief, Property Group Newsletter - Spring 2010 Property: 25.03.2010 | Format:
Briefing - Property Group Newsletter, Autumn 2009 Property: 22.09.2009 | Format:
Briefing - Property Group (Property Updates), May 2009 Property: 29.05.2009 | Format:
Property Group Brief - Property Developments and Updates Property: 12.05.2009 | Format:
Restructuring Group Brief - Examinership in Ireland Restructuring: 06.04.2009 | Format:
Restructuring Group Brochure Restructuring: 02.04.2009 | Format:
Legislative Update - Property Group: ECHR Judgment on the Doctrine of Adverse Possession Property: 31.10.2007 | Format:

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