Peter is a partner in the Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Property/Real Estate team.
He specialises in property finance transactions and has extensive experience acting for financial institutions and alternative lenders in secured lending transactions including development finance and commercial property finance. Peter also advises corporate and high network clients on property aspects of secured lending transactions.
Peter advises financial institutions on loan restructures and enforcement and works closely with receivers and other service providers in the realisation of secured assets. Peter also acts for corporate and investor clients in a wide variety of commercial property and property development transactions.
Prior to joining Byrne Wallace Shields, Peter worked in-house for one of the country’s main financial institutions.
Experience
- Acted for a number of major financial institutions in secured lending transactions with particular focus on property finance to include development finance and commercial property transactions.
- Acted on behalf of a number of banks in the negotiation and implementation of loan restructures and debt settlement arrangements.
- Advised financial institutions on enforcement options in distressed loan scenarios to include the carrying out of comprehensive title and security reviews, the appointment of receivers, liquidators and examiners, the issuing of injunctive proceedings and summary judgment proceedings.
- Advised clients on the acquisition and development of housing schemes and the onward sale of those schemes to local authorities and Approved Housing Bodies.
- Acted for clients on the acquisition and financing of large residential property portfolios.
- Advising clients in a wide variety of commercial property matters including the sale, purchase and leasing commercial property.
Qualifications
- Certificate in Banking Law and Practice, Law Society of Ireland, 2012
- Admitted as a Solicitor in Ireland, Law Society of Ireland, 2007.
- Bachelor in Business and Legal Studies (Honours), University College Dublin, 2000.
Recommendations
- Recommended for Banking and Finance. - Legal 500 2024
- ‘Peter O’Reilly is very pragmatic, and a solution focused lawyer.’ Recommended for Banking and Finance. - Legal 500 2023
- Recommended for Real Estate. - Legal 500 2023
- Recommended for Banking and Finance. - Legal 500 2022
- Recommended for Real Estate. - Legal 500 2020
- Recommended for Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring. - Legal 500 2020
