Angela Brennan

Angela is a partner in Matheson’s Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. Angela has over 14 years’ experience in advising in all aspects of commercial and financial services dispute resolution, shareholder disputes, insurance coverage disputes, aviation disputes, regulatory disputes, and contentious and non-contentious corporate restructuring and insolvency matters. Continuously recognised for her ability as an excellent lawyer and strategic litigator, Angela is recommended by Legal 500 and is noted as being a "Key Lawyer" in the Litigation Department. Angela also advises clients throughout their engagements with regulatory authorities, in internal and external investigations, risk mitigation, remediation programmes, mis-selling claims and enforcement actions. Her practice includes high-stakes, complex Commercial Court disputes and she has extensive experience in interlocutory applications, issues arising under the Civil Liability Act, pathfinder litigation and stay applications, security for costs applications, mediations and multi-party settlements. Angela is a champion in the firm in the use of legal technology and AI. She works very closely with Matheson’s Digital Services Group and has managed some of firm's the largest e-discovery projects. Angela’s clients include financial institutions, insurers and reinsurers, fund managers, fintech firms, domestic and international companies, directors and senior executives, insolvency practitioners, shareholders and creditors. Angela has worked extensively with financial services and professional services clients for many years and is familiar with the regulated environment in which they operate, having spent a year on secondment as Head of Legal at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited, where she managed an extensive litigation book, dealt with customer remediation projects and regulatory obligations and was its Data Protection Officer. Angela is a committee member of the Commercial Law Committee of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association. She is a former committee member and current member of the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners and INSOL. Angela also lectures and tutors on the professional practice course of the Law Society of Ireland, and is a regular contributor to industry publications. · Matheson LLP