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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Real Estate
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Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) Practice Direction

13.08.2025
The Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) 1 is a new tax introduced as part of the Government’s “Housing for All: a New Housing Plan for Ireland”. The RZLT is intended to increase the housing supply by encouraging the development of lands that have been serviced and zoned wholly or partly for residential use.
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The Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2025

12.08.2025
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Silhouettes of construction workers are seen on a building site at sunset. Several cranes are in the background against a sky with pink and blue hues, highlighting the ongoing construction activity. The sun rays add a warm glow to the scene.
Real Estate
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Increase in the Purchase of New Build Homes

26.06.2023
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Real Estate
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Amendments to the Compulsory Purchase Order System in Ireland

05.04.2023
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Real Estate
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Tailte Éireann

23.03.2023
The Tailte Éireann Act 2022 provided for the dissolution of the Property Registration Authority (PRA), the Valuation Office (VO) and Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) and the establishment of a new independent statutory agency, Tailte Éireann. The new organisation was officially launched on 1 March 2023 and will operate under the aegis of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.  
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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