Gavin Fitzgerald

Gavin is a partner in Ogier Leman's Real Estate team. With more than seven years' post qualification experience, he advises on all areas of commercial property and, in particular, focuses on commercial development, property finance, acquisitions and disposals, commercial lettings and development structuring.

Background and experience

Gavin has advised some of Ireland's largest commercial property companies and regularly works with top-tier Irish developers on several of their commercial property portfolios.

A Business and Law graduate of University College Dublin, Gavin also holds a Diploma in Finance Law and a Certificate in Conveyancing and Property Law. He has previously worked in a top-tier law firm in Dublin.

Recent work:

• Advising a large Irish developer in relation to the forward sale and development of a 265 Unit PRS Scheme pre-sold to an Irish Pension Investor together with advices in relation to the financing of the development with an Irish pillar bank
• Lead Property Finance Counsel to one of Ireland’s largest retail banks. Highlights from Gavin’s continuing advices include:
  • advising on all aspects of a €18.5 million facility to a retail borrower in relation to its acquisition of shares in, inter alia, one of Ireland’s most famous pubs and refinancing of debt with Bank of Ireland; and
  • advising on the refinancing of seven commercial properties in relation to a €13 million facility being refinanced by a large corporate borrower
• Acquisition of Greenfield Site in North County Dublin and financing of the development of a 331 Unit PRS Scheme in North County Dublin
• Acting for large Irish developer in a historical and monumental pre-sale and development of Town Centre Scheme in North County Dublin
• Re-finance of Greenfield Site in Blackrock, Co Dublin and pre-sale and development of 65 apartments for Local Authority
• Acquisition of Greenfield Site in North County Dublin and financing of the development of a 331 Unit PRS Scheme in North County Dublin
• Acting for one of Ireland’s largest REITs in a strategic acquisition of a Brownfield Site for future development
• Advising one of Europe’s leading office supply distributors in a pre-letting of a 55,000 square foot newly constructed unit in Greenogue Business Park, Co. Dublin

Admitted in:
2014 - Ireland