Lisa specialises in banking, finance, construction and commercial property and is head of the Banking and Finance Unit and the Construction Unit at Holmes.
Acting for both lenders and borrowers in loan transactions, Lisa advises on all aspects of banking and finance transactions, including refinances, new lending and development finance. She regularly acts for national and multinational private and corporate clients on their borrowings, including new and revised loan facilities, negotiation of security and pre- drawdown requirements. She works with leading Irish financial institutions (to include Bank of Ireland, AIB, and PTSB) on lending, including drafting and reviewing of facility agreements, drafting security packages and related corporate documents, completing security reviews, advising on complex financial assistance, other legal issues, managing condition precedent compliance and the transaction closing process.
Lisa acts for both public and private sector clients on construction projects. She navigates clients through all legal issues arising throughout all stages of projects, including project procurement, planning permission for the development, construction, contract drafting and negotiation, project insurances, project security and building regulation compliance. She regularly acts for lenders and borrowers on development finance transactions. Our construction team represent our clients in litigious matters which can arise in construction projects and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms such as mediation, conciliation, adjudication and arbitration. Lisa supports our lawyers dealing with the contentious matters with her technical skills.
Practising in all aspects of commercial property law Lisa acts in property acquisitions and disposals, property financing and property investment on behalf of corporate, individual clients and state and semi-state bodies. In addition, she has considerable experience in commercial leasing, having acted for many years for both landlords and tenants in retail, office and other commercial letting transactions.
With significant insolvency experience, Lisa advises receivers and financial institutions on enforcement of security, the disposal of secured assets and corporate restructuring. She regularly advises liquidators of secured assets and directors in insolvent companies.
Lisa is listed in the Legal 500 EMEA, a legal directory ranking top tier firms, in respect of Banking and Finance. The 2023 edition notes that Lisa is “– our banking partner – excellent to deal with – very knowledgeable and efficient’ and she provides “practical clear advice”.
Lisa was also listed in the 2021. 2020, 2019 and 2018 editions of Legal 500 EMEA. The 2021 edition comments as follows; “Lisa Killeen is top class – professional, diligent and leaves no stone unturned.’” and further states that “Holmes O’Malley Sexton’s ‘articulate and intelligent‘ team has a national presence”, and are “highly experienced in property and construction finance, as well as M&A finance and refinancings”
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