Mr Burke is an experienced finance lawyer who advises institutional and private clients on a wide range of secured and unsecured finance transactions, specialising in development finance, real estate finance, acquisition finance, restructuring and asset-based lending.

In addition to general transactional corporate lending, he has also managed and participated in multi-departmental teams on loan sale projects involving large portfolio sales and bilateral off-market sales and acquisitions, acting for vendors and bidders/investors seeking to purchase new assets. Prior to joining Philip Lee, he was a partner in the Dublin office of an international law firm. 

Mr Mac Cumhaill has extensive experience in acting for financial institutions, alternative lenders and borrowers in relation to syndicated lending, real estate finance (development and investment), acquisition finance, project finance (with a focus on renewables), invoice discounting, and general corporate lending.

A member of the Donegal Dublin Business Network and as a trusted adviser for many large organisations, he has developed a strong connection with banks and large corporates trying to make sense of real commercial issues.  

Mr Burke said: “I am delighted to be joining Philip Lee at such an exciting time for the firm. I’m looking forward to working with the other partners to further develop what is already a well established banking and finance practice and to challenge and disrupt the status quo within the upper tiers of the Irish legal market.”

Mr Mac Cumhaill said: “I am very pleased to join Philip Lee and to play my part in the firm’s continued growth. I look forward to the challenge and the new opportunities that lie ahead.”