OVERVIEW
Craig is a partner of Maples and Calder's Real Estate team in the Maples Group's Dublin office. Craig advises on all types of commercial real estate transactions. He specialises in all aspects of commercial property work including, the acquisition and disposal of investment property (including multi-family and BTR schemes), commercial landlord and tenant, real estate finance, the property aspects of liquidations, receiverships and examinerships and the property aspects of corporate transactions. He has also acted on loan portfolio transactions, where the loans are secured by commercial property.
BACKGROUND
Craig is widely regarded as a market leader in this sector, advising some of the country’s largest investors, landlords and developers on their property portfolios. Craig has advised financial institutions, private equity investors, overseas investors, insolvency practitioners and landlord and tenant clients. Craig has been consistently recommended in independent legal directories, including Chambers and Legal 500. In Legal 500's 2023 Guide he is described by clients as "a stand-out lawyer" and is noted as having an "exceptional ability to conclude deals quietly without fanfare – consistently achieves good results for clients".
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
PropertyCorporate
BAR ADMISSIONS
2007 - Admitted as a Solicitor in IrelandEDUCATION
Law Society of Ireland, Ireland, Postgraduate Diploma in Commercial Property, 2006University College Dublin, Ireland, LLM (European and Competition Law), 2003
University College Dublin, Ireland, BCL (Honours), 2001
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KNOWLEDGE
- French SCPIs Investing in Irish Property 18 May 2023
- The Real Estate Law Review 04 April 2023
- A Leaf Through Key Considerations Relating to Green Leases in Ireland 08 November 2022
- Chambers Real Estate Guide 23 June 2022
- Practical Law Commercial Real Estate Global Guide 2022 26 May 2022
- Electronic Signatures and Registered Land - No Change in Practice Despite New Irish Regulations 16 March 2022
- The Real Estate Law Review 11 Edition Ireland 16 March 2022
- Chambers Global Practice Guide to Real Estate 2021 Ireland 14 May 2021
- The Real Estate Law Reviews Tenth Edition 08 April 2021
- The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide to Real Estate 2020 07 December 2020
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