Meet the Team – UK
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Ken Kennedy Law set up its UK office in January 2024. The UK firm advises on corporate, finance and commercial property matters with a particular focus on assisting Irish companies looking to expand their operations in the United Kingdom.
Ken Kennedy
Ken Kennedy is the principal of Ken Kennedy Solicitors. Before setting up Ken Kennedy Solicitors in 2018, Ken spent ten years working for various leading Irish and UK law firms including Matheson, Maples & Calder and Gowlings WLG.
Ken has extensive experience in corporate law, finance law and property law matters. Ken’s main practice areas also include construction law, private client matters and civil litigation. He also has significant experience in advising on a range of personal and corporate & personal banking and finance matters.
Ken is also qualified in England & Wales and holds a master degree in Project Management.
Michael Hastings – Head of Finance
Michael advises on a broad range of corporate and finance-related issues. His work primarily involves acting for lenders and borrowers in relation to corporate and property acquisitions, financings and restructurings. He has acted for a wide range of banks and financial institutions, as well as alternative lenders, in relation to domestic and international loan facilities.
Michael has extensive experience of drafting and advising on loan, security and intercreditor documentation. Before joining Ken Kennedy Law, he worked as a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Group at a Top 5 law firm in Ireland. He also lectures regularly in the Law Society of Ireland on property finance related topics
Ghazain Lehri – Consultant Property Solicitor
Ghazain qualified as a solicitor in 2015 and advises on a broad range of property-related matters. He has a particular expertise in commercial property having acted for a range of clients including hoteliers, retailers, large shipping companies, tech startups and private individuals. He has also acted for lending institutions in respect of both commercial and residential property cases.
Ghazain has worked for many central London-based law firms including Healys LLP heading their Landlord and Tenant team and prior to that, at Myers, Fletcher and Gordon working on a wide range of commercial and residential matters including enfranchisement and statutory lease extensions.