Maeve
Delargy
Partner
Maeve is a partner in Matheson’s Disputes and Investigations Group, specialising in planning, environmental and safety law. Maeve has advised on a wide variety planning cases as well as non-litigious planning and environmental matters. She advises clients in relation to the full project lifecycle, anticipating regulatory challenges and aligning legal strategy with project goals.
Maeve has deep regulatory and transactional experience supporting clients by identifying planning and environmental risks and working collaboratively to mitigate those risks.
Maeve trained in a top tier firm and has specialised in PES since qualifying, including spending a number of years as advisor to the national planning body
She is recognised as a thought leader in this space, regularly speaking at public events on recent developments and trends in the environmental and planning spheres.
Experience and Education
Maeve’s experience includes advising:
- Global technology company on the planning aspects of procurement of renewable energy offsets for planning compliance.
- Bord na Móna on the planning aspects of current and future developments.
- Lenders in relation to project financing of hybrid wind and solar developments.
- Infrastructure investors on the acquisition of various projects.
- Seafood provider on the defence of legal challenges to its aquaculture licenses.
- ISIF in relation to financing of port infrastructure and a biomethane business.
- The Planning Commission in the defence of numerous significant judicial review proceedings taken on environmental and planning grounds.
- An offshore wind developer in relation to all aspects, including the consenting, of its Phase 1 ORE project.
- Sellers and purchasers on the planning and environmental due diligence in relation to a wide variety of businesses including pharmaceutical companies, hotels, food businesses, fuel suppliers, packaging and energy companies.
- On the project financing of numerous wind farm transactions and finding solutions to minimise risks identified.
- Ireland’s leading solar IPP on the acquisition of six ready-to-build solar farm across Ireland with a combined capacity in excess of 240 MW in 2021 and on securing €125,000,000 in project finance facilities in 2023.
- Developers in the maritime area in relation to MACs, MULs and development consent applications.
- Developers on planning applications for housing, renewable energy and data centre projects including legal review of environmental assessment reports such as EIAR and NIS.
- A major global real estate firm on the suite of planning application documents for a €646 million residential development.
- Licencees on EPA licence compliance and mechanisms for licence transfer and surrender.
- Major inward foreign investors on their importer obligations under Packaging/WEEE/Batteries/RoHS regulations/ELV.
- On the defence of litigation arising from the equine DNA crisis.
- A food client in the dairy sector in relation to compliance with planning, EPA licensing and EU environmental regulations.
- University College Dublin BCL (European) 2013
- Admitted as a solicitor, Law Society of Ireland 2016
- IPMA Certified Diploma Project Management, National College of Ireland 2016
- Advanced Diploma in Planning and Environmental Law The Kings Inns 2019
