Matt Hedigan
Partner
Ireland
Matt specialises in financing and leasing aviation assets and is a member of our Asset and Aviation Finance Practice Group.
Matt advises private equity investors, operating lessors, financial institutions and airlines on tax-efficient leasing and financing structures. That includes platform establishments, warehouse financings, joint ventures and transportation business acquisitions disposals. He also specialises in advising clients on derivative and securities-lending transactions for a wide range of Irish entities using industry standard documentation like the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s master agreements and global master repurchase agreements.
Matt has a strong finance background and particular expertise in cross-border debt capital markets transactions. This includes aircraft securitisations and loan portfolio financings, acquisitions and restructurings. He regularly advises on Irish and European Union financial services and securities law including:
Matt has a strong finance background and particular expertise in cross-border debt capital markets transactions. This includes aircraft securitisations and loan portfolio financings, acquisitions and restructurings. He regularly advises on Irish and European Union financial services and securities law including:
- The Prospectus Directive
- The European Market Infrastructure Regulation
- The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
- The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive
- The Market Abuse Directive
- The Securitisation Regulation.
Matt Hedigan is described by clients as 'very diligent and responsive'.
Experience and recent work
Before joining Walkers, Matt was a senior associate in the finance team of a large corporate law firm in Dublin. He also did a secondment with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Qualifications
Admitted in:
- Ireland
Education:
- LLB, Trinity College Dublin
- Diploma in Applied Finance, Law Society of Ireland
Member of the Law Society of Ireland
Irish Debt Securities Association
2024 Legal 500 - "Matt Hedigan leads the Asset Finance practice in Dublin. He is an excellent asset finance lawyer working on very sophisticated transactions and should be considered as highly regarded."
2023 IFLR1000 - Highly Regarded, Asset Finance - "Very friendly, knowledgeable and approachable."
2022 IFLR 1000 (32nd Edition) - "An expert in the asset finance field, a great all-rounder, very attentive and business-minded. Very adaptable to changes in structures."
2022 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner and Recommended Lawyer (Capital Markets: Debt) - "We worked with Matt Hedigan and Michael Caulfield. Both had an excellent understanding of the particularities of a continental jurisdiction such as Greece and their drafting in the Irish law documents of the transaction was also very clear. They were available at short notice most of the time."
2021 IFLR 1000 (31st Edition) - Rising Star Partner - "Matt is an absolute pleasure to work with. He is incredibly knowledgeable and authoritative and happy to talk through any elements of a deal, which, when acting as legal counsel alongside him, is really helpful in ensuring that we present a united front to the client. He is also really happy to introduce us to clients and to suggest ways that we can win more work together, which I really like."
"Good at problem solving and understanding our business. Great at communication and has a deep understanding of the industry."
2021 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner and Recommended Lawyer (Capital Markets: Debt) - ‘Andrew Traynor and Matt Hedigan have been very professional, reliable and most helpful with the task at hand. They have shown their dedication to the client and flexibility where required.’
2021 Chambers Global Guide - Up and Coming (Capital Markets: Debt) - Sources say that Matt Hedigan is "a very efficient and practical lawyer who gets things done with no fuss." Clients further highlight his ability to find "innovative" solutions. He regularly assists asset management companies with note issuances, structured finance products and loan portfolio acquisitions.
2020 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer (Asset Finance) - "The team provides an almost unique coverage of the Irish and certain offshore jurisdictions such as Bermuda and is able to provide an integrated service across these jurisdictions."
2020 Chambers Europe Guide - Up and Coming (Captial Markets: Debt)
2020 Chambers Global Guide - Up and Coming (Capital Markets: Debt) - "client-focused and thinks outside the box."
2019 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer (Capital Markets)
2018 Chambers Europe Guide - (Capital Markets: Debt) Associate to Watch.
2017 Chambers Europe Guide - (Capital Markets: Debt) Associate to Watch. "Matt Hedigan is described by clients as 'very diligent and responsive'."
Matt has contributed to industry publications in areas of securitisation and capital markets and has spoken at industry events presenting on the topic of "Derivatives Compliance for SPVs" at the Irish Debt Securities Association industry briefing in June 2017.
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