Areas of Expertise
Craig is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Property 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.
Craig has been ranked in Chambers Europe and The Legal 500.
“An exceptional real estate lawyer who is practical, solution-oriented and a pleasure to work with” – Chambers 2024
“He is very knowledgeable, with a deep understanding of the commercial market” – Chambers 2024
“Excellent industry knowledge” who “gives calm and considered legal advice and is both commercial and pragmatic” – The Legal 500 2023
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”.
Bar Admissions
2007 – Admitted as a Solicitor in Ireland
Education
Law Society of Ireland, Ireland, Postgraduate Diploma in Commercial Property, 2006
University College Dublin, Ireland, LLM (European and Competition Law), 2003
University College Dublin, Ireland, BCL (Honours), 2001