Shane Dunleavy
Shane Dunleavy
Shane Dunleavy
Shane Dunleavy

Biography

Shane is an Associate in White & Case's Tier 1 Project Development and Finance Group, advising lenders, borrowers, sponsors and government entities on the development and financing of major domestic and international energy and infrastructure projects.

Shane has experience in project finance, corporate and acquisition financings, private equity transactions and capital market deals.

Experience

Advised Smurfit Kappa Group on its bridge financing arranged by Citigroup for Smurfit Kappa's cross-border merger and combination with WestRock.*

Advised EirGrid plc on all aspects of the €800m financing of the Celtic Interconnector, a 700MW submarine power cable linking Ireland and France.*

Advised Beacon Medical Holdings Limited & Sayum Holdings Corporation Limited on the sale of Beacon Hospital to Macquarie.*

Advised Harvey Tool Company LLC on the acquisition of Rub Edibrac Ireland Limited, the parent company of ATA Tools. ATA is an Irish-headquartered precision engineering multinational with subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Switzerland.*

Providing legal and regulatory advice to Mercer Global Investments and its range of five Irish-authorised umbrella funds. These five umbrella funds comprise approximately 180 UCITS and AIF funds, operating across a wide range of asset classes, geographical scopes and investment strategies.*

Advising Gresham House Asset Management on the establishment of an authorised AIF structure
focused on investing in Irish forestry assets and opportunities.*

Advising Sands Capital Funds plc on its Irish UCITS operations, ensuring compliance with domestic
and EU legal and regulatory obligations.*

*Experience prior to joining W&C.

England and Wales, Solicitor
LLM
International and European Business Law
Trinity College Dublin
LLB
University of Galway
BA
Law & Economics
University of Galway
English

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