Deirdre Barrett
Partner |
Dublin
+353 1 920 1100
[email protected]
Ten Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin 2
D02 T380
Ireland
Deirdre is a Chambers Band one ranked lawyer with extensive experience in commercial real estate across all asset classes and with a particular focus on offices, PRS, logistics, healthcare, retail and hospitality.
Deirdre advises clients across the full spectrum of real estate transactions including forward commitments and forward funding, portfolio and single-asset acquisitions and disposals, financing, landlord and tenant, development and asset management. She has advised our most high profile domestic and international investors on the largest real estate investment and leasing transactions of recent years.
Relevant Experience
- Advised Blackstone on Lahinch and Cedar office portfolio acquisitions, sale of Nova Atria and purchases and sales of Project Platinum and Elysian Tower
- Advised Kennedy Wilson on the forward sale, development and leasing of Capital Dock, sale of Herberton, acquisition of The Grange and PRS platform
- Advised Spear Street Capital on the acquisition, development, financing, leasing and part disposal of Cherrywood Business Park and Belfield Office Park
- Advised DWS on the forward purchase of Fairway, Cheevers Court & Haliday House PRS schemes and acquisition of existing Abbot Court PRS stock
- Advised Blackrock & SW3 Capital on the forward purchase of Dublin PRS scheme
- Advised Green REIT plc on the sale of its property portfolio by way of a scheme of arrangement and, prior to that, portfolio assembly and asset management
- Advised Cofinimmo on the sale and leaseback of Trinity Care nursing homes
- Advised Union on the forward fund acquisition of Premier Inn hotel in Dublin docklands
- Advised Oaktree on the sale of 5 Hanover Quay and acquisition of the Square Shopping Centre
- Advised Chartered Land on the sale of Dundrum Town Centre and other retail schemes
- Advised Green Property Limited on the sale of Blanchardstown Centre
- Advised Center Parcs on its Irish operations
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