Daniel Donoghue

Commercial Real Estate

• Drafted and negotiated leases, side letters, deeds of renunciation and replies to pre-lease enquiries for a large international client as part of a headquarters relocation and subletting of existing premises.
• Drafted a deed of variation for a major health insurance provider.
• Completed ancillary property documentation, including family law declarations, completion deliverable lists, title review summaries and various applications for Land Registry registrations.
• Conducted detailed title investigations, including review of folios, burdens, right-of-way issues, planning history, maps and prior transaction documents.
• Assisted in a large-scale due diligence exercise for the proposed sale of a residential portfolio of 1,000+ units, including conducting rent review sample notice exercises, letting and property management service agreement and invoicing reviews, preparation of red-flag reports and maintenance of a virtual data room.
• Supported a receiver tender process for a significant development site by coordinating data room uploads, carrying out folio, company, planning and judgment searches, conducting mapping/title reviews, drafting deeds of release and statutory declarations, obtaining roads & services confirmations and preparing client guidance notes on RZLT and LPT implications.
• Advised a major health insurer regarding statutory and contractual requirements for external signage and landlord consent in respect of a new licence agreement.
• Drafted legal correspondence on behalf of a landlord client contesting an invalid notice to quit and addressing disputes concerning tenant contributions to a sinking fund.
• Supported property finance transactions, including review of loan/security documents, verification of title for charge creation and coordination of release/registration steps.
• Liaised with Tailte Éireann and local authorities regarding registrations, planning queries, mapping issues and compliance confirmations.
• Reviewed and prepared completion checklists, organised execution of documents, coordinated undertakings and assisted with post-completion registrations and stamp duty filings.
• Engaged with clients, surveyors and managing agents to progress transactions, obtain confirmations, clarify commercial points and resolve title or planning issues.

Restructuring and Insolvency

• Drafted winding-up petitions, affidavits of service/qualification, statutory advertisements and letters to directors and notice parties for both provisional and official liquidations.
• Prepared books of papers for court, attended hearings for appointment of liquidators and examiners, and managed subsequent CRO and court filings.
• Conducted legal and procedural research on Companies Act provisions, cross-border enforcement, director restriction, COI quorum requirements, administrator fee approvals and succession law issues.
• Drafted correspondence to senior counsel seeking detailed advices, prepared briefs, and coordinated materials for counsel and clients in contentious restructuring matters.
• Supported liquidators by preparing reports to committees of inspection, drafting responses to creditor queries, issuing statutory demand letters and coordinating meetings.
• Assisted receivership appointments by drafting deeds of appointment, preparing E8 filings, arranging advertisements, conducting High Court searches and compiling extensive exhibit books.
• Managed large workstreams including chronologies, correspondence trackers and document bundles for litigation-adjacent restructuring matters.
• Attended creditors' meetings, prepared minutes and proxy forms, and engaged with accountancy-firm restructuring teams, lenders and distressed companies.

Mergers & Acquisitions - Private Equity

• Drafted share award and vesting documentation, dividend instructions and ancillary corporate authorisations for complex incentive structures.
• Drafted and arranged execution of limited partnership documents, board minutes, LPAs, powers of attorney and statutory forms (LP1s, LP2s, LP4s, RBN forms) for capital contributions, restructurings and profit distributions.
• Assisted on corporate restructurings by updating step plans, drafting deeds of retirement and appointment, preparing cooperation agreements, managing signatures and collating executed bibles.
• Prepared SPA drafts, resignation letters, consents to act, non-reliance letters, due diligence reports and share transfer documentation for the sale of a regulated business.
• Conducted due diligence work including group structure mapping, NDA negotiation and tracking, virtual data room organisation and IP checks.
• Shadowed European Commission investigators during a dawn raid on a large international construction and engineering company, taking detailed notes, identifying red-flag issues and reporting findings to the competition partner.

Aviation and Asset Finance

• Supported the sale, novation and lease transfers of commercial aircraft, preparing redlines, execution versions, CP checklists, closing logistics and fully executed bibles for multi-party cross-border transactions.
• Drafted and coordinated legal opinions, corporate certificates, CRO filings (C1, C6), Section 1001 notices and director authorisations for aviation financing transactions.
• Prepared first drafts of lease novation agreements, servicing agreements, servicing amendment agreements and transaction ancillaries, adapting precedents for lessor-to-lessor transfers.
• Managed conditions precedent and subsequent processes by liaising with counterparties, reviewing correspondence, obtaining required documents and updating CP checklists.
• Conducted company searches, priority searches, International Registry searches and insurance reviews.
• Prepared bible indices and organised large volumes of aircraft transaction documents (over 40 MSNs) following SMBC's acquisition of Goshawk, ensuring accurate categorisation and naming conventions.
• Drafted replacement servicer notices, Eurocontrol revocation letters and other notices for multi-aircraft lease portfolios, addressing comments from counterparties.

• Assisted transaction lawyers in project-managing aircraft sale, purchase, lease, novation and financing transactions, supporting all phases including structuring, due diligence, documentation, conditions precedent tracking and closing.
• Prepared first drafts of core transaction documents, including novation agreements, lease amendments, ancillary certificates, corporate approvals, notices and CP/CS documentation.
• Coordinated with internal teams, counterparties, technical teams and external counsel to progress deal milestones, resolve documentation queries and ensure timely execution.
• Managed the organisation and maintenance of legal files, including transaction folders, signature packs, corporate records and internal document-control systems.
• Compiled closing bibles and narrative summaries, producing both electronic and hard-copy transaction bibles in line with firm naming conventions and client expectations.
• Took responsibility for special projects, such as document harmonisation, template updates, internal process improvements, asset data audits and transaction summary reporting.
• Conducted searches (CRO, Vision-Net, International Registry), reviewed draft documents for consistency, and prepared accurate CP checklists for lawyers and deal teams.
• Assisted in the coordination of signings and closings, including the collection of signatures, the collation of fully executed suites, circulation to counterparties and liaising with relevant registries for filings.
• Supported the legal team with ad hoc research, corporate housekeeping tasks, entity updates and preparation of board minutes, resolutions and KYC documents.