Donal Keane

Partner, Dentons

Donal is a partner in Dentons' market-leading Aviation Finance team, and is qualified (and practices) both as an Irish and English solicitor. He is experienced in a broad range of aviation-related matters, including finance and operating leasing, portfolio sales and purchases, securitizations, and secured and unsecured debt and equity financing for fixed-wing, helicopter and engine assets. In addition to his private practice experience, he has completed secondments with a major lessor and separately with an asset arranger and manager.

Due to this experience, Donal has been recognized as a Rising Star in Aviation by Airfinance Journal. He has also advised both sponsors and lenders in shipping and offshore infrastructure transactions. Donal trained with Matheson in Dublin and joined Dentons from Allen & Overy in London.

Contributed to

2 Other work

Ireland—Assignments by way of security

This Practice Note explains the nature of assignments by way of security (which are a type of mortgage) and the kinds of assets they are used to secure. It explains the difference between statutory assignments by way of security (also referred to sometimes as legal assignments) and equitable assignments by way of security. It also considers the circumstances in which notice of an assignment by way of security is required for the assignment to be effective.

Ireland - Banking & Financial Services

Ireland—Priority between security interests

This Practice Note examines the rules which determine the priority of competing security interests where the holders of those interests have not specifically agreed an order of priority among themselves by contract.

Ireland - Banking & Financial Services