Lawyers in Ireland

Maeve Mac Dermott Casement

Senior Knowledge Lawyer

McCann FitzGerald LLP

Maeve Moran

Maeve is partner in the Corporate and M&A Group. Maeve advises on public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments, equity capital markets and corporate reorganisations. Maeve advises on both domestic and cross border transactions across various industries. Maeve was previously based in the London and New York offices of Arthur Cox and also advises international clients on inward investment and corporate governance matters.

Arthur Cox LLP

Maeve Murphy

Maeve is a Director within our Corporate, M&A and Structuring team, with over 12 years post-qualification advising Irish and international public and private entities. Her expertise encompasses a broad spectrum of corporate law disciplines, with a particular focus on acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and corporate governance. Maeve's dynamic and pragmatic approach to client solutions, combined with significant international experience has made her a trusted advisor in the corporate law landscape. “My commitment to client delivery is enriched by a global perspective, personable interactions built on trust, and multidisciplinary collaboration, all converging to produce pragmatic legal solutions for EY Law’s clients' diverse needs.”

EY Law Ireland

Mairead Sherlock

Partner

A&L Goodbody LLP

Maireadh Dale

Maireadh is a Partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department and advises on all aspects of real estate finance, leverage finance, corporate finance, asset finance (aviation, property and shipping) and restructurings. Maireadh's practice is transaction based and varied and unique in the Irish market covering large international corporate financings (on both borrower and lender sides), property and development financings (through ICAVs, limited partnerships and forward fundings), corporate leveraged and acquisition financings and aviation financings (including ABS, portfolio sales, establishing new platforms and restructurings). Maireadh also has extensive experience in fund finance, loan sales, mezzanine finance, receivables finance, invoice discounting and green and sustainable finance. Maireadh leads multi-disciplinary transactions and coordinates large teams both domestically and internationally, managing multi-jurisdictional transactions and counsels. Prior to joining Matheson, Maireadh practiced with another top tier Irish and international law firm and was previously part of the international finance team at Bank of Ireland. Maireadh has a keen interest in Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, particularly developing and mentoring key talent and in Environmental, Social and Governance Initiatives.

Matheson LLP

Mairéad Ní Ghabháin

Mairéad Ní Ghabháin is a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department and Debt and Enforcement Group of Matheson, also known as AB Wolfe & Co. Mairéad has over 13 years’ experience in litigation across a range of areas including debt recovery, enforcement of security, contractual disputes, banking and financial services. She advises financial institutions, international and domestic companies, regulated entities, credit unions, state and semi-state bodies as well as private clients. She has significant enforcement experience in respect of domestic and international judgments. She has conducted examinations of witnesses in the District Court and High Court as part of enforcement procedures. She also has experience in progressing orders for sale through the Examiner’s Office. Mairéad is an experienced advocate in her own right and has represented clients in all court jurisdictions. She is on the Law Society’s Irish Language Register and tutors on the Law Society of Ireland’s Professional Practice Irish and Advanced Legal Irish Practice courses. She was appointed by the government to the Irish Legal Terms Advisory Committee.

Matheson LLP

Mairéadh Dale

Partner

Dentons Ireland LLP

Maitiú Ó Dónaill

Maitiú is a senior partner in Beauchamps’ Commercial Real Estate department. Maitiú works with a wide range of public, private and institutional commercial property investors, lending institutions, State bodies, local authorities and commercial/retail landlords and tenants, in the areas of commercial property, property-based insolvencies and non-contentious construction law. Maitiú has particular expertise in complex development projects with long lead in and delivery periods, including hotels, nursing homes and designated rejuvenation areas.

Beauchamps LLP

Marc Fitzgibbon

Partner, Head of Employment

Lavelle Partners LLP

Marco Hickey

Marco is a senior corporate partner who has advised on many significant transactions including complex restructurings, tax-driven transactions and mergers and acquisitions. He has acted for many large corporations, both domestic and international, private equity firms, entrepreneurs, investment managers and management teams (MBOs and MBIs). He has considerable experience in EU and Irish competition law (antitrust) including merger control and State aid. Marco is also experienced in EU customs and trade law matters. Marco has advised extensively on various EU Block Exemptions Regulations including those applicable to the motor vehicle sector. Marco is an acknowledged expert on Irish competition law and has acted in some of the most significant complaints and merger reviews conducted under the Irish Competition Act. Marco has written extensively in the topic of EU, Competition and Regulated Markets and is the author of "Merger Control" which was published by the Thomson Reuters group in May, 2013. This book is the first book exclusively devoted to the competition law implications of mergers and acquisitions in Ireland.

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP

Marcus Walsh

DLA Piper Ireland LLP

Margaret Austin

Margaret is Partner within the Construction & Engineering Department. Margaret's Representative clients include: Tuath Housing Association, Home Building Finance Ireland, Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish Banks plc, Golden Port Estates, CA Ventures, Irish Distillers Limited and Fold Housing Association. Margaret advises on construction, planning and environmental law matters arising on construction projects promoted by public and private developers. Margaret’s practice is a combination of both contentious and non-contentious construction matters. She has extensive experience in the construction sector advising contractors, developers, funders and professional teams on construction projects and on dispute management and resolution. Margaret advises on planning and environmental compliance as well as civil and criminal liability and judicial review of planning decisions. Margaret advises on agreements for lease, building licences, construction contracts, performance bonds, collateral warranties and construction funding agreements as well as statutory compliance requirements for construction projects.

Addleshaw Goddard

Margaret Muldowney

Margaret Muldowney is a Consultant to the Clinical Advisory team within our Life Sciences division at William Fry, Margaret has advised healthcare clients including hospitals, doctors and nurses, on all aspects of their work for almost 30 years. She acts as lead legal advisor in the defence of clinical claims and fitness to practice inquiries.

William Fry LLP

Margaret Ring

Margaret is a Partner, practising as part of our Real Estate team. She advises on all aspects of property law with a particular emphasis on the development, sale and purchase of commercial property projects throughout the country. Margaret is also recognised as one of the country’s leading lawyers in the commercial letting area. Her experience in this field includes work on the development, sale and purchase of commercial property projects throughout the country as well as advice to vendors, purchasers, developers, landlords and tenants of commercial property (investment and development), large and small. Margaret has acted for developers and tenants in numerous office and retail developments across the country including Liffey Valley shopping Centre, Mahon Point Shopping Centre, Mahon Retail Park, Opera Lane and Half Moon Street, The Capitol, 85 South Mall, Cork and is currently acting in the letting of Navigation Square and Penrose Dock, Cork. She has advised on many hotel transactions including Fota Island Resort, Castlemartyr, Tulfarris, The Anner, The McWilliam and The Connemara Coast Hotel. Margaret recently acted in the acquisition of the Webworks building on behalf of a German fund

RDJ LLP

Marguerite Seymour

Of Counsel

Holmes O’Malley Sexton LLP

Maria Edgeworth

Maria is a partner in Ogier's Dispute Resolution team in Ireland. She oversees disputes at all levels of the Irish Court system and in forums of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitration, adjudication and mediation.

Ogier

Maria McElhinney

Partner

A&L Goodbody LLP

Marianne Lonergan

Marianne is a Partner, practising as part of the Dispute Resolution team. She specialises in advising clients in respect of commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, corporate governance, intellectual property and information technology, product liability and in respect of insurance led professional indemnity claims. Having worked for a number of years in the firm’s Commercial and Corporate Department, Marianne is well placed in respect of company law based disputes. She is involved in providing advice to both corporate entities and individuals on all aspects of inter-company disputes, with a particular focus on shareholder/partnership, contractual and product liability disputes. She has extensive experience of the Courts at all levels with a particular focus on High Court (including Commercial Court) and tribunals of enquiry. Marianne had the opportunity to recently provide exclusive legal services to a Third Level Institution on a full time basis which, in association with her previous experience she advised extensively in respect of complex IP issues and Agreements.

RDJ LLP

Marie Gavin

Marie is a Partner, practising as part of the firm’s Corporate and Commercial team. She has extensive experience advising corporate and institutional clients on corporate transactions and company law. On the transaction side, Marie has advised companies and both private and venture capital investors on investment projects and equity fundraising. She has extensive experience in advising the research performing community on collaborative research generally to include advices on appropriate contractual frameworks for the establishment of research centres and advices on multi-lateral collaborative research projects taking into account state aid considerations and funding party requirements. Marie also regularly advices industry parties on knowledge transfer transactions to include IP licensing arrangements, patent assignments and participation in research consortia generally.

RDJ LLP

Marie Kinsella

Marie is head of Philip Lee’s Healthcare Group and leads a team of highly experienced healthcare lawyers who advise on complex healthcare litigation and health and social care matters in Ireland. Marie specialises in healthcare and pharmaceutical law, public and administrative law, financial services regulation, statutory and non-statutory inquiries and regulatory and criminal investigations. Marie has been at the forefront in the development of healthcare and pharmaceutical regulation and healthcare jurisprudence in Ireland and the UK in both contentious and non-contentious matters for the last 20 years. Marie also has very broad experience and in-depth expertise in advising on the conduct of regulatory and enforcement investigations and statutory and non-statutory inquiries specifically relating to regulatory compliance, constitutional law, the right to fair procedures, reputation management, criminal sanctions and reporting obligations. She has advised on and represented clients in some of the most high profile and complex investigations and inquiries in Ireland including the Commission of Investigation into deaths in Leas Cross Nursing Home, the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation, the Clinical Review of Portiuncla Maternity Services, the Portlaoise Inquiry and the ‘Scally’ Inquiry into CervicalCheck.

Philip Lee LLP

Marie McGinley

Marie is a partner and Head of the Technology and Innovation Group at Matheson. A recognised leader in the technology sector and in data protection, Marie’s expertise is in technology regulation, including AI, outsourcing, commercial contracts, information law, and data protection. Marie also brings extensive experience in cyber security, crisis management, intellectual property, and consumer law. Marie is experienced in advising both domestic and international clients on intellectual property/technology development, procurement and licensing deals, including managed services, systems integration, technology and large-scale outsourcing projects. This experience includes advising on complex technology and commercial outsourcing arrangements in all sectors, ranging from e-commerce, franchising, international trade, technology distribution, telecoms, data centre and financial services. As many of these clients operate in innovation-led, intellectual property rich sectors, such as electronics, software and telecoms, Marie supports these clients in navigating the complex regulatory landscape throughout all aspects of the value chain, including pro-active and reactive engagement with regulators. She also has particular experience in advising on data protection law in the context of a wide range of data protection matters which are relevant to both domestic and international clients, including advising on the data protection and privacy aspects of direct marketing initiatives and activities, international data transfers in the context of service agreements and outsourcing, multi-jurisdictional audits and general/strategic data protection compliance. Marie is also credited for her cybersecurity work and supporting clients to prepare, prevent and respond in the context of large-scale data breaches/cyber incidents. Her experience includes advising on multi-jurisdictional breach incidents, high profile breach investigations, GDPR supervisory assessments/audits, assisting clients to manage their responses, coordinate with multiple agencies and stakeholders, and to manage potential claims and damage to reputation.

Matheson LLP

Marie O\'Brien

Partner

A&L Goodbody LLP

Mark Barrett

Mark is a Chartered Tax Adviser, practising as part of the Tax team. He advises Irish and international clients on a broad range of tax matters. Mark has extensive experience in advising international companies establishing in Ireland and Irish companies setting up operations overseas, and has a developed a wide professional network with tax advisers internationally. Mark works closely with the Corporate team on M&A transactions and has advised many individuals and families on succession and estate planning. He has extensive experience in advising clients and individuals on all aspects of interaction with the Revenue Commissioners, and in particular on Revenue audits and investigations. Mark is co-author of the Irish Tax Institute’s publication “Revenue Audits and Investigations – the Professional Handbook”. Mark is a past President of the Irish Tax Institute and a member and past chairman of Main TALC, the national liaison body between tax practitioners and Revenue in Ireland. He is a member of the regulatory investigation committee of the Institute. He is also a member of the Taxation Working Group of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ireland. Mark has also presented at many tax conferences nationally and internationally on a variety of subjects. He has contributed several articles to the Irish Tax Review and other publications on a wide number of tax matters.

RDJ LLP

Mark Devane

Partner

A&L Goodbody LLP