Clair is Head of the Commercial Property Department at LK Shields.

Clair has extensive experience in advising on all aspects of commercial property including acquisition and disposal of development land, property aspects of corporate and M&A transactions, sale and acquisition of multi-property investments and commercial landlord and tenant. 

Clair acts for a number of Irish and international clients, developers, real estate funds, family investment houses and oil companies. 

Experience

  • Acting for the purchaser in respect of its acquisition of The K Club Hotel & Golf Resort.
  • Advising a large semi-State pension fund on its investment in a significant aparthotel scheme in Dublin City through a forward funding structure
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  • Advising a global multi-family office on its acquisition of several investment properties spanning the development, retail and office sectors

  • Advising the Reihill family on the property aspects of their agreement to sell Top Oil to Irving Oil. Top Oil’s fuel retail network comprises of 180 service stations and a fuel terminal in Dublin Port.

  • Acting for a developer in the sale of a large tract of development land in north county Dublin to Glenveagh Properties plc.

  • Advising a leading US owned lifestyle retailer on the sale and leaseback of two of its flagship stores in Wicklow and Dublin.

  • Acting for a private Irish family office on the acquisition of large commercial property portfolios and development land.

  • Acting for a number of international corporates in relation to the negotiation of leases (from both a landlord and tenant perspective) in respect of retail, industrial and office premises.

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Awards &
Recommendations

Recommended for Real Estate.

Legal 500 2022
Awards &
Recommendations

Recommended for Real Estate.

Legal 500 2021
Awards &
Recommendations

Recommended for Real Estate.

Legal 500 2020
Awards &
Recommendations

Recommended for Real Estate.

Legal 500 2019
Awards &
Recommendations

Recommended for Real Estate.

Legal 500 2018
Awards &
Recommendations

Recommended for Real Estate.

Legal 500 2016
Awards &
Recommendations

Clair Cassidy is described as an ‘absolute professional’.

Legal 500 2015
Awards &
Recommendations

Recommended for real estate, Clair Cassidy gives straightforward answers.

Legal 500 2014
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  • Admitted as a Solicitor in Ireland
    Law Society of Ireland
    2005

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