Irish law firm McCann FitzGerald has announced that twenty newly-qualified solicitors are to join the firm, as it continues to see substantial demand from new and existing clients, across all departments in the firm.
Georgina
O’Riordan, new leader of the Finance Group, focuses on banking and asset
finance transactions with a particular expertise in aviation. She advises
leading aircraft lessors, lenders and arrangers on all aspects of aircraft
financing and leasing including cross-border leasing transactions, sale and
leaseback transactions, portfolio acquisitions and disposals, secured lending
and aircraft capital markets transactions, and the establishment of leasing and
financing platforms in Ireland.
Stephen
FitzSimons, the new Head of the firm’s Corporate Group, specialises in public
and private M&A and equity capital markets. He advises public and private
companies, together with all other market participants, on the full range of
corporate governance and securities law requirements, with a particular
interest in the interaction of Irish and US securities laws and shareholder
activism.
Barry
Devereux, Managing Partner of McCann FitzGerald, said: “We are delighted twenty
of our qualifying trainees will join the firm, in a clear sign of our ambition
and growth plans. This past year has been a difficult year for many of our
clients, but they are seeing strong growth in their businesses as economies reopen.
I am very confident that Georgina and Stephen will build on the existing
strength of our Finance and Corporate teams. Our continued investment in our
people ensures that we can continue to provide the quality of service they
expect on their most significant transactions and critical disputes.”
