David is Head of the firm’s Debt Finance Group and advises leading private capital investors, private equity sponsors, debt funds, financial institutions and corporates on their most significant and complex financing transactions.

His practice spans real estate and development finance, acquisition and leveraged finance, public and private M&A financings, fund finance, corporate lending and refinancing transactions.

David is particularly recognised for advising on sophisticated financing structures involving international sponsors, lenders and investors across Irish, US and European markets.

David was recognised in the Business Post Legal 100 as one of Ireland’s leading lawyers in Banking, Assets and Funds in 2026.

Relevant Experience

  • Advising BAML and JP Morgan as lead arrangers in relation to a financing for Adient plc
  • Advising Brookfield and Hibernia Real Estate on the €400m refinancing of their Irish property portfolio
  • Advising Brookfield as lender on the €220 million financing of the Marshall Yards PRS portfolio
  • Advising Mallinckrodt plc on the Irish law financing aspects of its $6.7 billion merger with Endo, Inc
  • Advising Ares Management in respect of its financing of the first phase of the Kildare Innovation Campus data centre project
  • Advising Deutsche Bank in respect of a €415 million refinancing of the Glass Bottle site, a joint venture between Oaktree Capital Management and Pembroke Beach DAC, a Lioncor/Ronan Group joint venture vehicle
  • Advising Kennedy Wilson on the restructuring and refinancing of its Irish PRS platform, involving the consolidation of multiple investment vehicles and residential assets into a new platform structure and the refinancing of existing portfolio debt with new facilities from Wells Fargo and Deutsche Bank
  • Advising Blackstone on the financing of the acquisition of Salesforce’s European headquarters at Spencer Dock, Dublin
  • Advising KKR and Palm Capital on their acquisition and financing of logistics assets at Rosemount & Airport Business Park, Dublin
  • Advising Strategic Value Partners, LLC on its acquisition and financing of Blanchardstown Centre