Carol Maguire

Carol Maguire is a partner in our commercial property department. Carol is one of the founding partners of OCWM Law LLP, having previously worked in an international law firm. Carol has been recognized in the 2019 Legal 500 as having an “exceptional team and practice”.

Carol qualified as a solicitor in 2007 and is also qualified to practice in England and Wales. Carol holds a Diploma in Commercial Property Law and a Diploma in Construction Law from Law Society of Ireland.

Carol’s clients include regulated property funds; property developers; landlords and tenants of retail, industrial and office spaces; asset managers and insolvency practitioners. Her recent experience includes:

• advising on the disposal of a substantial industrial property portfolio by a regulated fund;
• advising various landlords and tenants in negotiations of rents and lease terms due to the effects of the recent pandemic;
• advising a Dublin local authority on various property and industrial development matters to include acquisition of lands by CPO for road development projects; disposals of industrial lands; consent applications; acquisition of properties to meet housing requirements;
• advising a developer on various elements of its application to An Bord Pleanala for planning permission to build a Strategic Housing Development;
• acting for a receiver on the disposal of multiple residential units by way of fixed asset receivership sales, to include advising on the rights of sitting tenants and assisting in dealing with uncooperative borrowers;
• acting for a property fund on the disposal of a development site which is the subject to complex litigation;
• working with our commercial and corporate teams in advising the promoters of a novel housing project.

Carol also works closely with her clients’ other professional advisers to include their property agents and valuers, asset managers, accountants, planning consultants, architectural and engineering teams and financial advisors. Many of Carol’s clients require advice from across the firm and she works closely with the partners in our other departments to ensure we deliver a full firm, collaborative service.