Sean Forsyth

  • Senior Associate
  • Financial Services
  • Hotels, Tourism and Leisure
  • Healthcare
  • Real Estate
  • Banking and Finance
  • Construction
  • Corporate
  • Law Society of Ireland
  • Bachelor of Civil Law, Dublin City University, 2015
  • Masters in Law (L.L.M.), University College Dublin, 2016

Sean is a senior associate in the banking and finance team. Sean has significant experience acting for a wide range of financial institutions, non-bank lenders and corporate borrowers on all aspects of corporate lending.

Sean has advised on a number of multi-jurisdictional transactions and has a particular focus on real estate, development and acquisition finance. Sean has been involved in a number of transactions which have been awarded the prestigious “Dublin Finance Deal of the Year” award.

Recent Work

  • Advised the lender in relation to the financing (approx. €200m) advanced to a property group to fund its exit from NAMA and the development of a number of residential schemes across Dublin;
  • Advised the lender in relation to the financing of a €53m mixed purpose development in Dublin;
  • Advised a leading Irish developer on the refinancing of its portfolio of development and investment properties;
  • Advised a lender in relation to the financing advanced to a limited partnership to be used to fund a housing development in Cork;
  • Acted in the provision of approximately €35m to finance a development site involving both a forward fund and turnkey sale to an Approved Housing Body;
  • Advised a lender on an initial €12m facility advanced to the only company in Ireland producing biomethane and injecting it into the national gas grid;
  • Advised an Irish developer in relation to the €30m financing of the development of a number of primary care centres across Ireland;
  • Advised a pillar bank in relation to facilities advanced to an approved housing body to fund the development and investment phases of a social housing portfolio;
  • Acted for a leading Irish bank in the financing of a number of acquisitions across multiple jurisdictions in the technology sector.
  • I would like to give specific mention to both Jonathan Kelly (Managing Partner) and Sean Forsyth (Senior Associate). Jonathan and Sean are excellent communicators with exceptional legal knowledge. They have an ability to close out deals in a more efficient manner than any of their competitors.
    Legal 500, 2025
  • Responsive, proactive and practical.
    Chambers Europe, 2021
  • Philip Lee provide an excellent service to our firm. They understand our needs and make sure that whatever we need completed is always done in a professional manner and in a timely manner. Their legal expertise is second to none.
    Legal 500, 2023

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