Prior to joining Walkers, Paddy worked in the Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Group of a top five Irish Law firm. During this time Paddy also completed a six-month secondment in the Global Restructuring Group of a large bank based in Dublin.

Admitted In:
Ireland

Qualifications:
BBLS, University College Dublin
Diploma in Applied Finance, Law Society of Ireland

2022 IFLR 1000 (32nd Edition) - "He is a dynamic and knowledgeable lawyer, incredibly hard-working and dedicated to his clients. Highly attentive and always very pleasant to deal with. "

2022 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer (Capital Markets: Debt) - "Noeleen Ruddy and Paddy Rath are a great team of partners that work well together. Both are very attentive and pragmatic both on deal and off deal. Very clued into the market and collaborative with all deal parties."

2022 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer (Capital Markets: Debt) - "Walkers has a leading Irish capital markets practice with particular strength in structured finance, including CLOs and insurance-linked securities, both of which I work on as transaction counsel. Paddy Rath, Andrew Traynor, Noeleen Ruddy, Ian Mcnamee are our main contacts. They are all top professionals who invest in relationships and build them over time. They also make it easy for their clients by being proactive with points and actively driving resolution while not resorting to aggressive practices common in the legal world."

2021 Legal 500 - "Paddy Rath and Noeleen Ruddy are a great team that have really developed a fantastic Irish CLO team. Very collaborative with each other internally and with others on transactions. Very proactive about keeping in touch off deal."

2020 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer (Capital Markets: Debt) - "Matters are given due attention by partners and other senior lawyers, and their advice is pragmatic and commercial."

2019 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer (Capital Markets) - "Paddy Rath is 'very commercial, responsive and collaborative"

2018 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - "Concise and to the point"

Member of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland

Member of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association

NEWS

• Walkers Named #1 Global CLO Market Offshore Service Provider in Creditflux's CLO Census 2022 - Walkers is pleased to announce that its law firm and Walkers Professional Services ("WPS") have been...
  
• Creditflux's CLO Symposium 2022 - Walkers is pleased to be an exhibitor at Creditflux's CLO Symposium in London on 10 May 2022. The CL...
  
• Walkers Ireland LLP Wins Four Finance Dublin Deals of the Year Awards 2021 - Walkers Ireland LLP is delighted to announce that together with a number of clients, it has won four...
  
• Walkers Announces Record Promotion Round for 2019 - Walkers is pleased to announce that 18 attorneys across its global offices have been invited to join...
  
• Asset Finance and Capital Markets practices lead excellent Legal 500 results for Walkers Ireland - Walkers Ireland has been recognised in the 2019 Legal 500 EMEA Guide's Ireland section with five law...
  
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EVENTS

• Walkers is a sponsor of Opal Group's European CLO Summit 2022 - Walkers is delighted to sponsor the Opal Group's European CLO Summit 2022 at the London Marriot...
  
• 26th Annual Global ABS Conference 2022 - Barcelona - Walkers is pleased to be an associate sponsor of IMN and AFME's Global ABS Conference in Barcelona o...
  
• Creditflux's CLO Symposium 2022 - Walkers is pleased to be an exhibitor at Creditflux's CLO Symposium in London on 10 May 2022. The CL...
  
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ADVISORY

• EBA Publishes Final Draft Regulatory Technical Standards Relating To Risk Retention - On 12 April 2022, the European Banking Authority (the “EBA”) published its long awaited final dr...
  
• Ireland - Listings Bulletin 2020 - In this edition of our Listings Bulletin, we celebrate the successful listings undertaken by clients...
  
• Ireland Update – Credit Reporting – Delay to Reporting of Guarantor Data - The Central Credit Register ("CCR") has indicated that lenders are not required to report informatio...
  
• Ireland Update - Government Publishes Strategy for International Financial Services - On 26 April 2019, the Irish Government published a report on its strategy for the development and ad...
  
• Irish Securitisation Regulations - The Irish Securitisation Regulations were published on 18 January 2019 and take effect from 1 Januar...
  
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ARTICLES

• Chambers Global Practice Guide 2019: Ireland Capital Markets (Debt) - Ireland Managing Partner Garry Ferguson, partners Jonathan Sheehan and Eoin O'Connor and of counsel ...
  
• Ireland Listings Bulletin - Debt Securities - Welcome to our Listings Bulletin where we take an opportunity to reflect on the highlights of 2017 a...
  
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