Alma Campion

Alma Campion has been appointed as Banking & Finance Consultant at William Fry LLP, one of Ireland's largest law firms. She brings more than 18 years of experience as a finance and capital-markets lawyer, establishing herself as a seasoned legal professional in the Irish banking sector.

Campion joins from Matheson, where she was a Partner and led the Knowledge Management & Innovation function in Matheson's Finance and Capital Markets departments. She joined Matheson in 2005, spending over two decades developing expertise in the Irish market. She advised domestic and international banks, financial institutions, and corporations on cross-border leveraged finance, acquisition finance, project finance and real estate finance transactions, as well as deleveraging projects, restructurings and related regulatory work.

Campion specializes in acquisition finance, property and development finance, debt issuances, general secured and unsecured lending and syndicated lending. She has considerable experience reviewing and updating standard form lending and security documents on behalf of financial institutions and has worked on several large loan portfolio sale transactions, consensual workouts, and debt restructurings.

According to Padraic Kinsella, partner and co-head of banking and finance at William Fry, Campion is a highly experienced finance and capital-markets lawyer who has spent years at the front of how legal work is delivered, automating complex banking documents, building knowledge systems, and testing AI tools reshaping the market.

Career History

• Banking & Finance Consultant, William Fry LLP (2026–present)
• Partner, Finance and Capital Markets Department, Matheson (2005–2026), leading Knowledge Management & Innovation function

What Alma Campion could bring to Banking & Finance Consultant at William Fry LLP: Campion's appointment reflects her unique positioning at the intersection of traditional finance law expertise and legal innovation. Her background leading knowledge management and innovation at Matheson—combined with her recognized authority in complex cross-border transactions—positions her to help William Fry advance its competitive positioning in AI-driven legal services. Her extensive experience advising syndicates on large credit facilities and major loan portfolio transactions brings institutional knowledge valuable to the firm's advisory work, while her commitment to automating legal processes and building knowledge systems aligns with the firm's investment in technology-enabled delivery.