Carol O’Shea

  • Senior Associate
  • Law Society of Ireland
  • Irish Tax Institute
  • University College Dublin – BCL
  • University College Dublin – LLM
  • Irish Tax Institute – Chartered Tax Advisor
  • Law Society of Ireland – Solicitor

Carol is a Senior Associate in the Banking and Finance team with significant experience, both domestically and internationally, in all aspects of real estate finance (property and development financings), leverage finance, corporate and acquisition finance and restructurings (all on both borrower and lender sides).

Prior to joining Philip Lee LLP, Carol spent over six years working in the Tier 1-ranked Banking & Finance teams at two top Irish law firms.

  • Advising a London based private equity firm on the financing aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in an Irish based group of pharma companies.
  • Advising a German based pension fund in relation to its acquisition of an Irish based shopping centre.
  • Advising international real estate investment managers in relation to the financing of their acquisition and management of Irish based property portfolios. 
  • Advising various lenders in relation to the provision of large syndicated and bilateral credit facilities to various Irish corporates.
  • Advising lenders in relation to the provision of acquisition financing to Irish corporates.
  • Advising Irish and international corporates in relation to borrowings and the provision of security in relation to such borrowings.
  • Advising international corporates in relation to the financing aspects of M&A transactions.