Olga is highly experienced in several key areas of law including commercial property, commercial law, and data protection.
She is also a lecturer and tutor with the Law Society of Ireland, and consultant and editor with the Irish Tax Institute.
Experience
- Advises real estate investors and property developers on all aspects of commercial, residential, and industrial developments.
- Provides ongoing advices to many of Ireland’s leading property developers and devises scheme documentation, both residential and commercial.
- Advises landlords and tenants of commercial and industrial units in negotiating and drafting commercial leases, surrenders, assignments, sub-leases, and associated issues.
- Advises on commercial contracts, data protection, due diligence, issues arising in financing transactions and associated commercial law issues.
- Advises leading lending institutions, trustees, and receivers in relation to asset management, due diligence, fixed asset and trading receiverships and bankruptcies (both domestic and foreign).
Education
- B.A. (Hons), LL.B (Hons), National University of Ireland, Galway, 1997.
- Law Society of Ireland, admitted as a Solicitor, 2000.
- AITI Chartered Tax Adviser, Irish Tax Institute, 2001.
- Diploma in E-Commerce, Law Society of Ireland, 2003.
- Diploma in Commercial Property, Law Society of Ireland, 2006 and 2016.
- Master of Laws in Commercial Law (LLM) (Distinctions in all subjects), National University of Ireland, Dublin, 2006.
- Diploma in Trusts and Estate Planning, Law Society of Ireland & Society for Trusts & Estate Practitioners (STEP), 2008.
- Post Graduate Certificate in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, DIT & Law Society of Ireland, 2011.
- Diploma in Civil Litigation, Law Society of Ireland, 2011.
- Law Society of England & Wales, admitted as Solicitor, 2012.
- Registered Trade Mark Agent, 2012.
- Certificate in Data Protection Practice, Law Society of Ireland, 2018.
Memberships
- Law Society of Ireland
- Law Society of England and Wales
- Irish Tax Institute
- Association of Patent & Trade Mark Attorneys
Olga Gaffney
Solicitor