- Banking and Finance
- Energy
- Environment and Climate
- Real Estate
- Restructuring
- Law Society of Ireland
- Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland, 2007
Ruairí Mac Cumhaill is a partner in the banking and finance department.
Ruairí has extensive experience advising in relation to secured and unsecured lending transactions, bilateral loans, real estate finance, syndicated loans, debt restructuring, receivables finance, project finance and fund finance. He acts for a wide range of leading Irish and international banks and financial institutions, non-bank lenders and a wide range of corporate borrowers.
Recent Work
- Advised a large Irish Corporate in the Agri sector on a $250m bilateral facility with a pillar bank relating to a cross-border M&A transaction.
- Advised KPMG as joint receiver of the business and assets of an Irish corporate in receivership.
- Advised one of Ireland’s pillar banks on a leasing facility of €15m made available to a subsidiary of a plc relating to the acquisition of a fleet of electric buses for use in Ireland.
- Advising a number of Irish and international lenders on real estate finance transactions involving different lending structures and green loan elements.
- Advised a large Irish corporate in relation to a cross border debt finance transaction.
- Advising one of Ireland’s leading alternative lenders with respect to acquisition and development finance transactions.
- Advised a syndicate of banks on a cross border debt finance transaction in the pharma sector.
- Advised a U.S. technology company on its refinancing with a U.S. private equity house.
- Acted for eEnergy Group in the negotiation of a €15m funding facility from SUSI Partners AG, through its Energy Efficiency Fund II.
- Advised a leading Irish bank in relation to a multi-million loan agreement in the social housing sector.
- Advised an international bank on a €50 million term loan multi tranche facility to an approved housing body.
- Advised one of Ireland’s largest modular home manufacturers in relation to a €50 million acquisition and development finance facility.
- Advised a leading farmers co-op in respect of term and invoice discounting facilities made available to it by a number of Irish and international banks.
- Advised a number of Irish lenders on student accommodation development finance projects.
Philip Lee offers exceptional communication skills and an ability to close deals in an efficient manner
Chambers, 2025I deal primarily with Ruairí Mac Cumhailll. Outside of his great knowledge of the industry, I find him personable and approachable. On a particularly cumbersome transaction, Ruairí was assertive and managed the process well.
Legal 500, 2024Ruairí Mac Cumhaill is very engaging and pragmatic in his approach.
Legal 500, 2023We completed a transaction with Ruairí Mac Cumhaill and his team and our team were very impressed with how responsive and professional the team were in dealing with the transaction. Ruairí was calm, client focused and influential throughout the transaction which are the character qualities we value from a partner. We look forward to the next transaction.
Legal 500, 2024