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22/10/24

About William

William is the firm’s current Managing Partner. He represents financial institutions and corporate borrowers on a range of lending transactions.

He advises financial institutions on both the execution of their customer transactions and also providing strategic advice on their own business requirements. Relying on his in-depth knowledge of the loan market and financial services industry in Ireland, he advises clients on their approach to specific risk and strategy considerations. William acts as trusted advisor on complex debt restructurings and the analysis of finance and investment decisions.

Project finance is an area of deep expertise, particularly for renewable energy projects and multi-jurisdictional finance transactions. William is recognised as a renowned expert in the market, who is both technically and commercially informed.

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Clients

William advises:

Financial Institutions
Corporate borrowers
Domestic and international banks
Debt funds
Mezzanine lenders
Private equity
Institutional investors
Government

Additional Information

Engagements

Will has lectured to the legal trainee students of the Law Society of Ireland
He regularly delivers lectures, presentations and addresses to Financial Services and Energy industry conferences and seminars

Education

University College Dublin (BCL)
The Law Society of Ireland

Professional Memberships

The Law Society of Ireland
The Institute of Banking
The International Project Finance Association

Representative Matters

Advising Citibank N.A as administrative agent, joint lead arranger and book runner, and Bank of America, N.A. as syndication agent, joint lead arranger and book runner in connection with a $28.5 billion senior unsecured bridge loan facility for Amgen Inc. The facility will be available to Amgen Inc. to pay a portion of the cash consideration for its €26.8bn acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics PLC by means of a recommended cash offer, to be effected under a scheme of arrangement.
Advised a syndicate of banks comprising Allied Irish Banks, Santander, Royal Bank of Canada, BNP Paribas and Commerzbank on the provision of a €250 million revolving credit facility to Greencoat plc, the renewable energy infrastructure publicly listed investment fund.
Advised Allied Irish Banks on the financing of iCare Housing’s mortgage to rent scheme, part of Ireland’s social housing and impaired mortgage resolution initiatives.
Advised Nordeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale on the project financing of Knockalough and Magheramore wind farms, totalling debt facilities of €137 million and electricity generation capacity of 75MW between them.
Will, alongside a large team in MHC, is advising the Irish government on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan, in particular in relation to the financing and security aspects of the project, a government led initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland.
Advised Bank of Ireland on the financing of the acquisition and development of a portfolio of 4 primary healthcare centres in Ireland by MedicX, a listed healthcare fund with a value of €440 million which has 157 primary healthcare properties across the UK and Ireland.
Advised Ulster Bank Ireland on the financing of the €33 million acquisition of Beechfield Care nursing homes by the German based IMMAC Group, part of a care group with €1.3 Billion in assets in Germany, Austria and the UK.

William Carmody

The Business Post Legal 100

About William

Engagements

Education

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