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Richard Curran, Partner

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Richard is a Partner in the Banking and Financial Services Group of the Business Department, having joined the firm as a Partner in 2005. Richard practices in the areas of project finance, corporate finance and banking.

In project finance transactions Richard has experience of public private partnership (PPP) and other PFI-type transactions across several sectors, including healthcare (hospitals and primary care facilities), education (schools) and transport (the London Underground PPP).

In corporate finance transactions Richard has acted for both buyers and sellers in M&A transactions across all sectors as well as advising in private equity transactions and shareholder arrangements. He also advises clients on the Takeover Rules.

In banking matters Richard advises both corporate clients and financial institutions on secured lending transactions, with a particular focus more recently on NAMA related facilities.

Richard began his career at another leading Dublin firm and recently spent five years working in London and Berlin with Hammonds, a leading UK law firm.


Practice Areas
  • Project Finance
  • Corporate Finance
  • Banking
  • Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Takeovers
Professional Information
  • Member of the German-Irish Chamber of Industry and Commerce
  • Fluent in German
Recommendations
  • Recommended for corporate/M&A and also as a "Regional Expert" on
    Germany. "Richard Curran is fluent in German and offers plenty of cross-border experience." Chambers Global 2011.

  • “He has seen many different transactions and is commercially focused.” Recommended for corporate/M&A and projects in Chambers Europe 2011.

  • "Singled out for [his] ‘pragmatic approach'". The Legal 500, 2011 edition.

  • "Richard Curran is a key figure in the [projects] group. He specialises in project finance and is 'commercially astute, and maintains a good overview of a project.' Sources add: 'He has valuable experience of PPP in London, which he applies to his practice in Ireland.'" Chambers Europe 2010.

  • "Corporate finance specialist Richard Curran is 'charming to deal with
    and always remains unflustered.'" Recommended for corporate/M&A.
    Chambers Global 2010.

  • "Clients single out ... Richard Curran for his ‘balanced view of key issues’."
    The Legal 500, 2010 edition.

  • Recommended for corporate/M&A and projects in Chambers Europe 2010.

Qualifications
  • Admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales, 1999
  • Diploma in European Law, University College Dublin, 1997
  • Admitted as a Solicitor in Ireland, 1996
  • B.A. (Mod), European Studies with German, Trinity College Dublin, 1992





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