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EU Russian Sanctions Regime

The EU’s Russian sanctions regime has been constantly evolving and adapting since February 2022. A key element of the sanctions framework is…

12/07/24

About Daragh

Daragh is head of our Debt Capital Markets and Structured Finance and Derivatives teams. He is a dual qualified solicitor, admitted in Ireland and England & Wales, practicing Irish and English law.

He has extensive cross border experience acting regularly on international debt capital markets, structured finance and securitisation transactions. His practice covers publicly offered and private placements of listed and unlisted debt securities. In addition, he also provides transactional and regulatory advice to a number of multilateral development banks on Irish, English and public international law.

Daragh previously worked as legal counsel with Black Sea Trade and Development Bank, a multilateral development bank, and as a privatisation lawyer with the Kosovo Trust Agency, which was the European Union/United Nations mandated privatisation agency in Kosovo.

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Education

University College Cork, BCL
University College Dublin, Postgraduate Diploma in Business Studies
Law Society of Ireland, Diploma in French Law

Professional Memberships

Law Society of Ireland
Law Society of England & Wales

Representative Matters

Lead counsel to a multilateral development bank in respect of sovereign guarantees being by certain G7 members in connection with loans to Ukraine’s gas utility and electricity network.
Lead counsel to a multilateral development bank on its entry into a €450 million Irish law InvestEU guarantee with the European Union.
Providing ongoing advice to Black Sea Trade and Development Bank in relation to the EU’s financial services regulatory framework (including, EMIR, SFTR, MAR) and the EU’s Russia/Ukraine sanctions regime.
Lead counsel to MM Capital Limited / Elgin Property Finance Limited in relation to the establishment of a direct lending platform in Ireland.
Continuing legal counsel to a leading Canadian institutional asset manager (which manages public/parapublic pension and insurance programmes), on the Irish law aspects of the establishment and approval by Euronext Dublin of its US$25 billion medium term note programme and issuances thereunder.
Advising Permanent PTSB PLC in its capacity as Noteholder of the Class V Notes issued by Glenbeigh Securities 2018-1 DAC.
Issuer counsel to CIX Capital International DAC on its US$10 billion secured note programme.
Trustee counsel to Apex Corporate Trustees (UK) Limited on the MBA Community Loans PLC €1 billion secured limited recourse note programme.
Trustee counsel to Ocorian (UK) Limited Trustee Limited on the Lfeeder DAC secured variable return amount note programme.

Daragh O'Shea

EU Russian Sanctions Regime

About Daragh

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