Construction Finance Conference

AGENDA

09:00

Conference Chairperson & Opening Remarks

Martin Cooney, Partner and Head of the Byrne Wallace LLP Construction Law team

- How to support voluntary data sharing between companies
- How to facilitate the fulfilment of data sharing obligations set by law
- A look into how organizations share data without fear of it being misused or losing competitive advantage
- Examples of how Individuals exercise their rights under the GDPR
- Enable individuals to gain control over their data and allow them to share it with trusted companies

Project and Infrastructure Finance

Ruairi Mac Cumhaill, Partner, banking and finance department, Philip Lee

Overview
Key Parties
Security Considerations
Current Trends
Summary / Outlook

Risk Evaluation of Cost Overruns in Construction

Keith Kelliher, Accredited Mediator, Accredited Adjudicator, Kelliher &Associates Quantity Surveyors

Proactive Measures for Accurate Initial Budget Estimation
Identifying Potential Cost Overruns
Learning from past mistakes
Effective Project Management Strategies to Prevent Budget Blowouts in Large-Scale Constructions

The Sustainable Finance/ESG Agenda

Ciara Dooley, Senior Associate, Arthur Cox

Irelands Built Environment & Targets
What funders are looking for
Green Reporting
Net Zero / TCLP Clauses

11:30

Coffee Break

Securing Funding for Projects and Scarcity of Debt Financing

Neil Collins, Managing Director Corporate Finance’s Infrastructure & Government team KPMG

Managing Insolvency and Restructuring of Contractors

Graham Kenny, Partner, Commercial Litigation & Corporate Restructuring Specialist,
Eversheds Sutherland

Insolvency overview from 2023
Signs Construction Contractor may be in financial distress
Steps to mitigate Construction Contractor Insolvency
Drafting – insolvency provisions to be included in construction contracts
What to do following notification of construction company insolvency
Position of Construction Companies insurance policies upon liquidation
Types of Insolvency – Liquidation, Receivership, Examinership, SCARP (“Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process”).
Examples of Construction Companies in Examinership and SCARP

13:00

Lunch Break

Dealing with Delays and Delay Claims

William Brown, Director, Fortfield and Brown

Typical causes of project delays and how to avoid them
Managing delay under PWC and RIAI contracts
Delay costs
Forensic delay analysis – a dark art?
NEC contracts – a potential solution?

Bonds in Construction

Finola Igoe, Senior Associate, Projects and Construction Team, Phillip Lee

Purpose & Scope
Types of Bonds
Evolution of Bonds
Market Caselaw and Future

Unanticipated Tax Leakages in Construction Finance Arrangements

Lee Squires and Julie Herlihy, of ByrneWallace Tax Advisors

Relevant Contracts Tax (RCT) - Common pitfalls and mistakes leading to unexpected withholding
Stamp duty and VAT – Combined land sale and development arrangements
Interest/withholding tax leakages
New outbound payment rules in Finance (No. 2)Act 2023
Trading status and deductibility of financing costs

16:30

Conference Close

- What are third-party cookies?
- Not all cookies are good cookies
- Why are third-party cookies going away?
- What are first-party cookies?
- What aboutzero-party data?
- How can zero-party data build trust?
- How to prepare for the third party phaseout

09:00

Introduction to The Most Creative Conference

Arlene Miles

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09:30