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Grainne Fairbrother

Grainne is a banking and finance senior associate based in the Belfast office. Grainne acts for borrowers, banks, private equity and financial institutions across a variety of transactions to include debt finance including real estate finance and asset-based lending, acquisition finance and general corporate lending. Recent transactions include: acting for a large UK bank on a real estate acquisition and development facility of over £11,000,000; acting for a major motor financing company in relation to various real estate and corporate acquisitions and restructures; advising on the finance aspects of a £10,000,000 investment from a private equity investor to leading construction supplies company; advising a major UK high street bank on the refinancing of its existing facilities with a number of borrowers; and regularly advising major UK and Irish banks on the Northern Irish aspects of English Law or Irish Law governed transactions · Shoosmiths LLP

Northern IrelandBanking & Finance, Real Estate

About

Grainne Fairbrother is a banking and finance senior associate in Shoosmiths LLP's Belfast office who advises borrowers, banks, private equity and financial institutions on debt finance matters, including real estate finance, asset-based lending, acquisition finance and general corporate lending. She qualified in 2016, relocated from Manchester and joined Shoosmiths in April 2022, and is dual qualified in England and Northern Ireland.

Practice areas

Banking & FinanceReal EstateAsset-Based LendingAcquisition FinanceCorporate / M&APrivate Equity

Office

Expertise

Real Estate FinanceAsset-Based LendingAcquisition FinancePrivate Equity FinanceMotor FinanceCross-border (England / Northern Ireland / Ireland)

Admissions

  • England
  • Northern Ireland