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Corporate tax partner, Anthony Walsh is widely known for his “outstanding expertise in financial services, structured international transactions and cross-border financing”.
Tax: Chambers Global 2011
Clients say Anthony Walsh "understands the big picture and can see matters in their wider commercial context".
Tax: Chambers Global and Chambers Europe 2010
Anthony Walsh is an "insightful and practical guy who will always find a solution to a problem".
Tax: Chambers Europe 2009
Clients highlight Anthony Walsh as an"outstanding professional".
Tax: European Legal 500 2009
Anthony Walsh is commended for his "unerring judgement and clear and incisive advice," he was also appreciated for his"ability to see beyond just tax".
Chambers Europe 2008
Clients give Anthony Walsh "full marks". Seen as "one of the top guys in Ireland", he is "practical, thorough, knowledgeable and very solution-oriented". He is appreciated for his "creativity in terms of structuring" and for his ability to "respond quickly and accurately with advice that is readable and to the point".
Chambers Global and Chambers Europe 2007
Anthony is recommended by international directories World Tax and PLC Which Lawyer.
Expertise
Anthony practises corporate tax at Matheson Ormsby Prentice and specialises in financial services and structured international transactions (including leasing, insurance and securitisation transactions) and cross border financing. He advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, aircraft owners and lessors both in Ireland and internationally.
Anthony has advised a leading US corporation in relation to establishing a bank in Ireland, and he acted for a leading US investment bank in structuring the acquisition of non-performing assets in Korea using joint venture vehicles with third party investors. He has advised a number of European Banks and insurance companies in relation to the establishment of CP & MTN funded securitisation structures. He has also advised some of the world's leading aircraft leasing companies in relation to their trading operations in Ireland.
Anthony is a member of the International Fiscal Association and the European American Tax Institute. He is a fellow of the Chartered Association of Certified Accountants and an associate of the Institute of Taxation in Ireland.
Anthony lectures and writes regularly on international tax issues. He is the Irish correspondent to the International Tax Review and is on the editorial board of the Irish Tax Review. Anthony was on the Steering Committee of the Irish Securitisation Forum and chairperson of the legal sub-committee.
Education
University College Dublin, Bachelor of Engineering
Highlights
Anthony has advised:
- a leading Irish bank in relation to the establishment of a senior secured note programme
- a number of leading European banks in relation to securitising their loan portfolios using a credit default swap structure
- in relation to the establishment of a two-tier structure which created the first real collateralised debt obligation backed by private equity investments
- an Australian based investment group on the setting up of an aircraft leasing business in Ireland
- a leading Irish based aircraft leasing group on the acquisition of a portfolio of aircraft involving the acquisitions of in excess of 20 Irish companies
- in relation to a number of transactions involving the setting up of Irish companies for the purpose of acquiring Life Policies or an interest therein
- in relation to the Irish tax implications on the setting up of Irish Collective Investment Undertakings (CIU) for both the CIU and the investors
- in relation to the tax implications of the setting up of a regulated insurance activity in Ireland
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