Shane Fahy Email & Phone Number

Shane is a partner in McCann FitzGerald LLP's Real Estate team, which is one of the largest and most respected practices in Ireland. He is personally recommended in Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal as one of the leading real estate lawyers in the jurisdiction. He has wide experience covering traditional acquisition, development, finance, leasing and re-structuring, through to advice on newer sub-sectors such as health, green energy, primary care and student accommodation.Having trained and qualified with a leading international firm in London, he returned to Ireland in 2004, becoming a partner in 2007. He has worked extensively with lawyers in other jurisdictions on property syndication transactions and the real estate elements arising in international M&A transactions. He headed up the Real Estate practice from 2015 to 2022 and has authored chapters on Irish real estate law for international comparative texts, lectured extensively on real estate topics and written for various national newspapers and legal journals.McCann FitzGerald is ranked Band 1 for real estate in Ireland, by international independent directories Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. The firm is also top ranked in the related areas of Construction, Banking & Finance, Environment and Projects, allowing it to operate at the highest level of complexity and deal value for real estate transactions in the jurisdiction.Recent Independent Legal Directory Comments:'Shane Fahy is a standout partner. He has provided exceptional client care and legal advice to give myself, as client, the advantage in negotiations. He is focused on protecting and adding value.' The Legal 500, 2022'The working relationships I have formed with all of the team in McCanns has been excellent. Shane Fahy stand[s] out for [his] commitment to [his] clients' needs.' The Legal 500, 2021'Shane Fahy … been brilliant to work with over the last number of years for what have been complex RE transactions.' The Legal 500, 2020Clients highlight his business acumen: "He simplifies matters and fully understands our commercial needs." Chambers 2020McCann FitzGerald LLP‘s ‘market-leading’ real estate practice is well equipped to handle high-profile deals in the office, retail, social housing and student accommodation sectors (and enjoys a particularly strong reputation for real estate finance). Chambers 2024Interviewees say that he has "an encyclopedic knowledge of all topics." Chambers, 2017

Listed skills include Commercial Real Estate, Lease Negotiations, Contract Negotiation, Legal Advice, and 10 others.