Breen Purcell | Fieldfisher
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Professional background

Professional background

I lead the Real Estate Department comprising a team of Lawyers who provide a wide range of services to Financial Institutions, Government Agencies, Retailers, Property Developers, Receivers and Local Authorities.

I adopt a commercial, pragmatic and personal approach to transactions in order to bring my clients through the more complex and diverse legal issues that may arise in any given transaction.

I have overseen the management of many hundreds of acquisitions and disposals by the Housing Agency and the Local Authorities in the Social Housing Sector.

I advise a number of large Irish Retailers in the acquisition of their nationwide retail outlets and upon all of their Landlord and Tenant issues arising on an ongoing basis.

I manage and provide high level advice to a number of Financial Institutions in relation to the security held over their property backed assets and their ongoing disposals of their portfolios of property backed loans.

I am an experienced public speaker, and regularly deliver in-house training seminars and workshops to lending institutions and their customers on a range of topics to include prescriptive easements, certification of title and competing priorities.


 

Awards & recognition

Awards & recognition

Legal 500 EMEA 2019
Apart from providing advice on residential, mixed-use and commercial developments, the team around ‘pragmatic’ and ‘knowledgeable’ name partner Breen Purcell has been very active in the social housing sector, acting for local authorities and housing bodies.
Legal 500 EMEA 2018
Extremely good at driving out solutions to difficult and challenging transactions in the real estate sector.  Breen is tenacious and good at getting deals over the line

Authored pieces

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A scientist wearing blue gloves is placing a small vial into a machine filled with multiple vials in a lab. The setting is brightly lit and appears sterile, emphasizing the scientific nature of the work being conducted.
Corporate and Commercial
Insight

Fieldfisher Ireland advises Lisnabrin Engineering on sale to Kaleidex Group

28.08.2026
Fieldfisher Ireland has advised Lisnabrin Engineering Limited on its sale to Kaleidex Group, as part of Kaleidex’s largest acquisitions to date and its strategic expansion into Ireland.
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A street with a row of colorful terraced houses in shades of pink, blue, green, and cream. Cars are parked along the curb, and a lamppost stands in the foreground. The weather appears overcast.
Real Estate
Insight

Rental Market Reforms – March 2026

10.12.2025
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Real Estate
Insight

Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) Practice Direction

13.08.2025
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Real Estate
Insight

The Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025

12.08.2025
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Real Estate
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Increase in the Purchase of New Build Homes

26.06.2023
A report issued by estate agents Daft shows that demand for housing in Ireland has increased by 17% compared to this time last year. Daft’s findings show that demand for homes rose in 18 of the 26 counties in Ireland.
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What others say…

Legal 500 EMEA 2019
Apart from providing advice on residential, mixed-use and commercial developments, the team around ‘pragmatic’ and ‘knowledgeable’ name partner Breen Purcell has been very active in the social housing sector, acting for local authorities and housing bodies.
Legal 500 EMEA 2018
Extremely good at driving out solutions to difficult and challenging transactions in the real estate sector.  Breen is tenacious and good at getting deals over the line