Michelle Daly is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance department. Michelle’s practice focuses on debt capital markets and structured finance, with particular expertise in mortgage-backed securitisation transactions, loan portfolio disposals, covered bonds and private placements. She also advises on regulatory capital structures and issuances and synthetic securitisations. Michelle also has broad experience on green and sustainability-linked financing including Green and Social Bonds.
Areas of Expertise
Finance/Capital Markets – Debt/ESG and Sustainability
Experience Advising:
- Bank of Ireland as lead transaction counsel on its recent €13bn retained RMBS securitisation (Luna Securities DAC), one of the largest ever Irish RMBS deals
- Bank of Ireland as lead transaction counsel on recent public RMBS securitisations including Mulcair Securities DAC and Mulcair Securities No.2 DAC
- Bank of Ireland Group plc on various regulatory capital issuances (AT1, Tier 2 and MREL) including as lead transaction counsel on recent AT1 issuances
- Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank on its €15bn covered bond programme.
- Bank of Ireland as lead transaction counsel on various NPL portfolio sales.
- An international financial group on consumer receivable securitisations
- National Treasury Management Agency and Ireland Strategic Investment Fund as a funder / key investor in a number of private credit platforms
- Irish corporates (including listed entities) on US private placement transactions
- On the establishment of section 110 structures for loan origination and asset acquisitions
- Various investors in synthetic securitisations and SRT transactions
- International lenders on secured lending facilities compliant with the Financial Collateral Directive
- International and domestic financial institutions and clearers on Irish law issues relating to clearing, close-out netting and collateral arrangements
Market Recommendations
"Michelle Daly is a tough negotiator. She understands the bank's needs and is a brilliant negotiator to have in our corner. She is great at finding a way through complex issues through a collaborative approach. She is results driven and understands her client's objectives and delivers every time. She is very responsive which is very important for our deals that have very short turnaround times." (Legal 500 2025)
"Michelle is extremely accessible and responsive, technically excellent, and understands our business really well. Her ability to look around corners at risk that we may face and problem solve for them in real time is outstanding. " (IFLR 1000 2024)
"Next Generation Partner. " (Legal 500 2024)
"A Rising Star." (Legal 500 2023)
Education
- Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland
- MSc, UCD Smurfit Graduate Business School, Dublin
- LLB, National University of Ireland, Galway
- B. Corporate Law, National University of Ireland, Galway
Michelle Daly
Partner,
Finance
Dublin