"Patrick Molloy is our go to lawyer in banking."
Chambers Europe
Expertise
Patrick is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department at Matheson. He advises on banking, structured finance, leveraged finance and other debt finance related transactions and provides regulatory advice to banks and other financial services institutions.
Patrick regularly contributes articles to financial services and banking publications and has spoken at a number of finance conferences. He also lectures on banking and finance law subjects for a number of educational and industry bodies.
Patrick's experience includes:
- regularly advising arrangers, lenders and borrowers in relation to a syndicated and bilateral credit transactions involving leading Irish corporates or Irish assets;
- advising a number of sponsors and underwriters in relation to asset backed securitisations involving Irish commercial property backed loans, home loans and other assets;
- advising in relation to a number of private placements of debt securities by Irish state owned entities and Irish corporates;
- advising Bank of Ireland on its acquisition of loan books, deposits and other assets and businesses of KBC Bank Ireland;
- advising Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) in relation to all legal aspects of the implementation of the Home Energy Upgrade Loan Scheme and the Growth and Sustainability Loan Scheme including the negotiation of a guarantee between the EIF and SBCI and a number of back-to-back guarantee agreements between SBCI and several Irish financial institutions;
- advising the European Investment Bank in relation to the provision of a number of credit facilities to Irish companies;
- advising the European Commission in relation to the ongoing provision of Irish law guarantees to support a variety of lending and other credit schemes (involving KfW, the International Finance Corporation, the EBRD, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of others);
- advising syndicates of lenders as well as borrowers in relation to the debt funding of large-scale infrastructural projects including wind farms and roads projects;
- advising a number of Irish and international credit institutions in relation to the sale of loan portfolios and has also advised a number of acquirers and financiers of loan sale transactions; and
- advising acquirers and lenders in relation to a number of management / leveraged buyouts of public limited companies as well as private companies.
"Patrick Molloy – technically very strong, responsive."
Banking & Finance: The European Legal 500 2024
"Patrick Molloy is one of the best lawyers in the market."
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global and Europe 2024
"He provides a top-class level of service and added value to the transaction."
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global and Europe 2024
"Paddy Molloy is a hugely experienced, no-nonsense lawyer who can handle anything you throw at him."
Banking and Finance: The Legal 500 2023
"Patrick Molloy is a superb banking lawyer. He is excellent."
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global and Europe 2023
Patrick Molloy "is very approachable and breaks things down to simple commercial points.
Banking & Finance: Chambers Global 2022
Patrick Molloy "is enormously experienced and very pragmatic and sensible."
Banking & Finance: The European Legal 500 2022
Patrick Molloy is “always available, commercial and very responsive.”
Banking & Finance: IFLR1000 2021
Patrick Molloy is "commercially focused" and a "tough negotiator."
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global and Europe 2021
Patrick Molloy is named a leading individual.
Banking & Finance: The European Legal 500 2020
Patrick Molloy is "very knowledgeable and has unique insights into the market and the commercial side of doing business in Ireland."
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global 2020
Patrick Molloy is named a ‘Market Leader’
Banking & Finance: IFLR1000 2020
Patrick Molloy is named a leading individual.
Banking & Finance: The European Legal 500 2019
Clients say Patrick Molloy “is excellent - one of the best banking and finance lawyers in the Dublin market. He is a heavyweight."
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global and Europe 2019
Patrick Molloy is named a leading individual.
Banking & Finance: The European Legal 500 2018
Lawyer of the year (Ireland) for Structured Finance Law
Best Lawyers Ireland 2019 edition
Patrick Molloy is named a Market Leader.
Banking & Finance: IFLR1000 2018
Recognised for Structured Finance Law, Banking Law and Finance Law
Best Lawyers Ireland 2018 edition
Patrick Molloy is named a leading individual.
Banking & Finance: The European Legal 500 2017
Patrick Molloy is "a market leader in the fields of structured finance, project finance and securitisation and extremely well regarded by sources".
Banking and Finance: Chambers Global and Europe 2017
Patrick Molloy is named a Leading Lawyer.
Banking & Finance: IFLR1000 2017
Lawyer of year (Ireland) for Banking Law, Finance Law, Structured Finance Law
Best Lawyers 2017 edition
Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland - 1993
Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (non-practising)
Georgetown University, Master of Business Administration - 1997
University College Dublin, Bachelor of Civil Law - 1989