Lawyers in Ireland

Martin Cooney

Partner, Head of Construction

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP

Martin Kelleher

Partner, Head of Corporate

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Martin O\'Callaghan

Martin is a Partner practising in the firm’s Real Estate practice group. He brings comprehensive expertise across the full range of real estate transactions, advising clients on acquisitions, disposals, refinancing, and leasing matters encompassing commercial, residential, and mixed-use properties, as well as strategic development sites. He has built a sophisticated and diverse practice, representing property developers, financial institutions, investment funds, landowners and corporate clients across multiple industries. Martin is known for his strategic, commercially focused approach to complex and high-value property matters, particularly those involving multiple stakeholders and competing interests.

RDJ LLP

Mary Brassil

Partner

McCann FitzGerald LLP

Mary Cooney

Mary Cooney is a Partner in our Litigation & Investigations Department. Mary holds a qualification in Bachelor of Civil Law (Hons) and Masters in Law (LLM) from University College Cork. Mary also holds a Certificate in Healthcare Law from the Law Society of Ireland, a Diploma in Professional Regulation from University College Dublin and in 2023 graduated with first class honours from a Masters in Healthcare Law and Ethics in Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) in Ireland. Mary specialises in healthcare law and regulation. She has particular expertise in the defence of complex clinical negligence cases, the defence of multi-party product liability claims and advising clients on regulatory compliance within the healthcare sphere.

William Fry LLP

Mary Hough

Partner and Head of the Healthcare team at Hayes solicitors. She specialises in professional indemnity defence litigation and in particular dealing with high value clinical negligence claims. Mary has extensive experience in civil litigation, acting for insurance companies, indemnifiers and plaintiffs. For many years, Mary has advised public and private hospitals, medical professionals and their indemnifiers in a wide range of contentious and non-contentious medico-legal matters. These include issues relating to consent, policies, guidelines and protocols, patient complaints, Data Protection and Freedom of Information legislation, retention of records and claims management.Partner specialising in professional indemnity defence litigation and in particular dealing with high value clinical negligence claims. Mary has extensive experience in civil litigation acting for insurance companies, indemnifiers and plaintiffs. For many years, Mary has advised public and private hospitals, medical professionals and their indemnifiers in a wide range of contentious and non-contentious medico-legal matters. These include issues relating to consent, policies, guidelines and protocols, patient complaints, Data Protection and Freedom of Information legislation, retention of records and claims management. She has also served on a hospital ethics committee. Mary is an experienced advocate and has represented individual clinicians and hospitals at inquests and was the sole advocate for a major public hospital in the Dunne Inquiry. She has lectured to clinicians and medical students in public and voluntary hospitals on issues such as informed consent, mediation and claims management. Mary has a strong interest in alternative dispute resolution. She is a CEDR accredited mediator and has participated in the mediation of disputes related to healthcare and non-healthcare issues.

Hayes Solicitors LLP

Mary Liz Mahony

Mary Liz is a partner in Matheson’s Energy, Infrastructure and Construction Group. She has over 15 years experience acting for stakeholders in resolving challenges and mitigating risks through the full life cycle of construction projects. Mary Liz acts on complex transactional matters across sectors including office and commercial development, residential, industrial, retail and leisure. She is also known for her advice on claims management and dispute resolution with experience in all forums of dispute resolution including negotiation, adjudication, conciliation, mediation, multi-party high court proceedings and arbitration. Mary Liz is co-lecturer of the Law Society Construction Law Masterclass and the Law Society PPC Construction Law Elective, and is a member and former chairperson of the Society of Construction Law Astra Committee (Dublin Branch).

Matheson LLP

Mary O’Neill

Mary is a partner of Maples and Calder's Asset Finance team in the Maples Group's Dublin office. Mary advises private equity investors, operating lessors, financial institutions and airlines on a wide range of asset finance structures. These include asset backed securitisations, aviation platform establishment, warehouse financings, portfolio asset sales & purchases, operating & finance lease structures as well as export credit agency facilities. Mary has an extensive aviation industry background having worked in this sector for many years and brings a wealth of sectoral knowledge to her role.

Maples Group

Mary Purtill

Mary is a Partner, practising as part of the Dispute Resolution team. She is a highly skilled litigator with experience, in both public and private practice, in all aspects of defence litigation, to include EL, PL, Bullying and Harassment, Defamation, Property Damage, RTA’s and Product Liability, at all court levels, across all court circuits. Mary has extensive experience in the provision of in-house services and in dealing with insurance companies and self-insured entities in Ireland and the UK. She has advised in all areas of defence litigation, to include Casualty- personal injuries/fatalities in the areas of employer’s liability, public liability and RTA’S, product liability, professional and medical negligence, property damage, defamation, dispute resolution, arbitration and insurance indemnity.

RDJ LLP

Mary Ward

Mary is a Partner in William Fry's Banking & Finance department with a particular emphasis on Aviation and Asset Finance. Mary advises on a broad range of banking and finance transactions with a particular focus on asset finance and structured finance. She also advises banks, funders, investors and corporates on all forms of investment and acquisition finance.

William Fry LLP

Matt Hedigan

Matt specialises in financing and leasing aviation assets and is a member of our Asset and Aviation Finance Practice Group. Matt advises private equity investors, operating lessors, financial institutions and airlines on tax-efficient leasing and financing structures. That includes platform establishments, warehouse financings, joint ventures and transportation business acquisitions disposals. He also specialises in advising clients on derivative and securities-lending transactions for a wide range of Irish entities using industry standard documentation like the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s master agreements and global master repurchase agreements. Matt has a strong finance background and particular expertise in cross-border debt capital markets transactions. This includes aircraft securitisations and loan portfolio financings, acquisitions and restructurings. He regularly advises on Irish and European Union financial services and securities law including: The Prospectus Directive The European Market Infrastructure Regulation The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive The Market Abuse Directive The Securitisation Regulation.

Walkers

Matthew Austin

Partner in the Commercial & Business team at Hayes solicitors. He is a highly skilled litigator across a wide range of commercial disputes and is particularly experienced in cases before the Commercial Court. In recent years Matthew has acted in both the prosecution and defence of significant loan recovery proceedings and is currently acting in the defence of very substantial construction/energy claims before the Commercial Court. His considerable experience of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms includes acting in a number of successful mediations to resolve large commercial claims. Matthew is an experienced commercial lawyer and advises a number of Irish and international clients on a wide range of commercial matters, including consumer law, contract law and intellectual property law. Matthew has a specialist interest in professional regulatory matters, particularly with regard to the veterinary profession, and has extensive experience in defending complaints before the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Veterinary Council of Ireland. He also advises widely in the defence of civil and criminal matters in the professional sphere.

Hayes Solicitors LLP

Matthew Broadstock

Matthew Broadstock is a partner in the Tax practice of Matheson specialising in Indirect Taxes. Matthew advises in relation to Value Added Tax (both at an Irish and EU level), Customs and Excise queries and Relevant Contracts Tax. Matthew advises a broad spectrum of Irish and international clients across various industries on contentious and non-contentious issues. Matthew provides detailed advice on VAT and RCT as it applies to property transactions in Ireland. Matthew also provides detailed advice regarding the application of VAT to clients in the exempt banking and insurance industries. Matthew is a member of the Indirect Tax committee of Irish Funds, the Funds industry representative body in Ireland and advises many clients in the industry. Matthew also has a lot of experience advising a large number of significant clients in the technology and pharmaceutical industries. He has recently advised clients regarding VAT on electronic supplied services in the EU and the implementation of MOSS throughout the EU. Matthew also has significant experience advising upon the VAT treatment of multi-jurisdictional supply chains. In this regard Matthew has also coordinated a number of large cross-jurisdictional projects regarding indirect taxes. Matthew is a qualified solicitor and a member of the Law Society of Ireland as well as being a non-practicing member of the Bar Council of England and Wales and a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and a qualified solicitor in England and Wales.

Matheson LLP

Matthew Cahill

Partner

Dentons Ireland LLP

Matthew Cole

DLA Piper Ireland LLP

Maura Connolly

Maura is Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Group. She also leads the Employment Law Group in Ireland. Maura’s disputes practice has involved the management of large scale litigation. This has recently included Commercial Court proceedings relating to professional negligence in the financial sector, management of a large e-discovery process, acting in a landmark case relating to the “Gig Economy” and the status of workers. In addition to representing clients in the Courts, particularly the High Court and Commercial Court, Maura has advised extensively on alternative dispute resolution procedures including mediation. Maura’s practice includes advice on regulatory matters, including professional conduct investigations and decision making, administrative law and legal proceedings. She has advised on statutory investigations, tribunals of inquiry and directors’ liability for statutory offences. Having practised for many years in the area of employment law Maura’s practice includes advising employers and employees on all aspects of employment law including contentious and non-contentious matters. She has been involved in many commercial transactions and has considerable experience of employment law issues arising in the context of mergers and acquisitions, including transfer of undertakings issues. She also advises on a contractual matters, development of policies and procedures, management of disciplinary, performance, absence and other processes. This includes regularly appearing in the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court and the Civil Courts. Data privacy and dealing with data access requests under GDPR is a feature of many cases in which we are involved. Most recently she has advised extensively on Covid-19 related issues, restructurings, redundancies and legislative changes.

Addleshaw Goddard

Maura Dineen

DLA Piper Ireland LLP

Maura McLaughlin

Maura has been a partner since 2007. Prior to joining Arthur Cox, she worked for Linklaters’ London office. Maura advises international and domestic companies, as well as public sector bodies, on all aspects of corporate law and governance, as well as a wide range of commercial matters. Her clients include Ireland’s largest companies, with a focus on the financial services, industrials, entertainment and technology sectors. Maura has extensive experience of advising on public and private M&A, with cross-border transactions being an area of focus. Maura regularly advises on both recommended and hostile takeovers, including schemes of arrangement and mergers. Maura works with companies at every stage of their growth cycle, from initial funding, to private equity investment and through to their IPO or other liquidity event. Maura’s international experience is invaluable in advising companies and investors seeking to establish and invest in Ireland (FDI). Maura provides strategic advice to the boards and senior management of Ireland’s largest and fastest-growing companies on transactions, compliance and governance matters and ESG risks and reporting.

Arthur Cox LLP

Maurice Phelan

Partner, Co-Head of Dispute Resolution

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Megan Hooper

Partner

McCann FitzGerald LLP

Melanie Crowley

Partner, Head of Employment Law and Benefits

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Michael Barr

Partner

A&L Goodbody LLP

Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne is a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. Michael advises on public law, regulatory and administrative law disputes, as well as more general commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on financial services litigation, defamation and product liability litigation. Michael has written articles published in the national press and has contributed to publications, including the Practical Law Company Dispute Resolution Multi-Jurisdictional Guide and the International Comparative Guide to Product Liability. Michael serves as Honorary Treasurer of the Commercial Litigation Association of Ireland.

Matheson LLP

Michael Carrigan

Consultant

Holmes O’Malley Sexton LLP