A team of specialists at the forefront of PPPs and Project Finance in Ireland
Overview
McCann FitzGerald's Project Finance Group has been to the forefront of PPPs in Ireland and has extensive experience in advising both public and private sector interests across a large number of sectors including road, rail, education, water, waste, leisure, justice and housing. We are widely recognised as the Irish market leader with many attributing this to our integrated offering of expertise including project finance, PPP/Projects, procurement, real estate, planning, environmental, employment, tax and construction.
Expertise
McCann FitzGerald has been involved in the vast majority of PPP projects to reach financial close in Ireland to date and are advising in the procurement stages of virtually every other significant PPP project currently contemplated by the National Development Plan and the Infrastructure Investment Priorities 2010 – 2016 framework.
We act for various State agencies, sponsors, lenders, contractors and suppliers. Our broad experience advising the full range of market participants means that we are able to anticipate, and importantly to understand, issues and problems that may arise during the course of a project and find constructive solutions to them.
Directory Comments
“ renowned for its exceptional PPP (public-private partnership) team, which leverages off its leading banking practice and is regarded as one of the leaders in this field. ‘McCann FitzGerald in my view would have set the bench mark on PPP in Ireland. They've got a very good team and they remain very strong’”. International Financial Law Review, 2012
"This firm has long been recognised as a market leader for projects work, 'The team's relationship with clients is professional yet also highly engaging, and the lawyers are invariably correct in their judgement'". Chambers, 2011
"They are hardworking and pragmatic. They are practical and always deliver which is the main thing". International Financial Law Review, 2011