Orla O'Connor

Finance partner. Worked on numerous financing and restructuring transactions for both banks and borrowers. Member of the firm’s Financial Regulatory Group and advises on bank reorganisations and a wide range of regulatory issues relating to payments, electronic money, anti-money laundering, mortgage arrears and consumer credit.  Advised a range of banks, private equity firms and servicers expanding and restructuring their operations on regulatory, licensing and other legal issues and on their interactions with the Central Bank. Advised on a range of bank asset disposals by both Irish and international banks operating in Ireland as part of their deleveraging strategies.

Advised:

• Nomura on the funding of the Project Eagle, Project Chestnut and Project Arrow portfolio acquisitions by Cerberus (2014-2015);
• Apollo on a range of bids and acquisitions in the Irish market and on related funding and restructuring issues (2014-2016);
• Sankaty on the purchase of the Project Coney and Project Finn portfolios from RBS and on related funding and restructuring issues (2015);
• KPMG as Special Liquidator of IBRC on the sale of two loan books – Project Stone (CRE) and Projects Sand and Pearl (Residential) (2013, 2014).

• Banking
• Financial restructuring
• Financial services regulatory
• Private equity
• Real estate finance

• Banking

• Ireland

• Associate, Institute of Taxation in Ireland
• Chairperson Consumer Protection Working Group - Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland

• LLB, Foundation Scholar, Trinity College Dublin, 1990
• BCL, Oxford University, 1991
• Admitted as a solicitor, 1995