Lawyers in Ireland

Michael Coonan

Partner

McCann FitzGerald LLP

Michael Corrigan

Partner

Corrigan & Corrigan

Michael Coyle

Michael is a Corporate M&A partner and head of the firm’s Private Equity practice. Michael focuses on advising financial investors, public and private companies and family offices on all types of domestic and cross-border M&A, including buyouts, exits, secondaries, carve-outs and spin-offs, public M&A including public to privates, private investments and joint-venture structures. Michael also advises clients on shareholder activism, takeover defense, restructurings, corporate governance, executive incentivisation and securities law matters.

Arthur Cox LLP

Michael Doran

Partner, Co-Head of Real Estate

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Michael Doyle

Partner

A&L Goodbody LLP

Michael Finn

Bird & Bird

Michael Hanley

Partner

Flynn O'Driscoll

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson is the former Managing Partner of Matheson. Prior to his appointment as managing partner, Michael spent over ten years as head of Matheson’s Financial Services practice. Michael advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies, broker-dealers and corporations carrying on business in Ireland or from Irish vehicles. Michael was a member of the IFSC Funds Group established by the Department of An Taoiseach (the Irish Prime Minister) to consider and advise on legislative and other changes which are necessary or desirable to facilitate the continued growth of the Irish investment funds industry. He was also chairman of the legislative sub-group of the IFSC Funds Group. Michael was chairman of the Irish Funds Industry Association (Irish Funds), which represents the interests of the Irish funds industry, during the 2009 / 2010 session and is a former director of Irish Funds. Michael was a member of the Primary Market Committee and Funds Listing Committee of the Irish Stock Exchange. Michael has spoken at a number of international financial services conferences. He has lectured at the law school of the Law Society of Ireland on financial services law and is a regular contributor to financial services publications.

Matheson LLP

Michael Kelly

Michael is a partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team. He specialises in commercial litigation and dispute resolution and has acted for a wide variety of State bodies, financial institutions, and private entities in a variety of complex commercial disputes, insolvency matters, enforcement and recovery actions and personal injuries litigation. These disputes are generally progressed through the High Court or Commercial Court. Michael has particular interest in alternative dispute resolution and has concluded numerous high value disputes through mediation.

Hayes Solicitors LLP

Michael Kennedy

Consultant Employment Law

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP

Michael Lavelle

Managing Partner

Lavelle Partners LLP

Michael Madden

Partner

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Michael McDonald

Partner

Dentons Ireland LLP

Michael Murphy

Partner

McCann FitzGerald LLP

Michael Murphy

Partner

Holmes O’Malley Sexton LLP

Michael Neary

Michael is an experienced commercial real estate partner at Philip Lee and has a proven track record in advising on every aspect of commercial real estate including retail, office, industrial, hospitality and leisure, multi-family, student housing, affordable housing, data centre, leasing transaction, healthcare and real estate investment finance. Michael and his team provide a comprehensive property asset management legal service which includes day-to-day management of large property investment portfolios, mixed-use schemes, shopping centres, office developments, retail parks, and hotels. He has advised and continues to advise owners and developers on some of the largest mixed-use developments in Ireland and due to his vast range of practical property experience, he maintains an asset management role in many of these schemes. Michael offers practical advice that draws on his extensive industry experience, creative solutions to challenges and a fee model that delivers efficiency and transparency for his clients. His clients include institutions, private investors, developers, investment funds, asset managers, retailers, banks and private equity.

Philip Lee LLP

Michael Ohle

Michael is a partner in Whitney Moore's Dispute Resolution team as well as Head of the Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring team. He advises on the resolution of a wide range of commercial disputes including breach of warranty claims and commercial contract and shareholder disputes. Michael provides practical advice on alternative dispute resolution and is experienced in advising on mediation and arbitration matters. Michael is experienced in advising on insolvency and corporate restructuring. Michael advises banks, private equity groups and receivers in the realisation of distressed properties, from initial security review through to receiver appointment and, where necessary, possession proceedings. Michael has particular expertise in and advises on all manner of property-related disputes including boundary disputes and actions in trespass and nuisance. Michael advises on contentious construction matters and commercial landlord and tenant disputes. Michael has particular expertise in liquor licensing law and advises our retail and hospitality clients on all aspects of obtaining the appropriate liquor licences for their particular business needs. Michael is experienced in advising on the acquisition and transfer of publican’s licences, obtaining special restaurant licences, music, singing and dance licences, special exemption orders and off-licences. Michael has advised on the licensing requirements associated with establishing a new whiskey distillery.

Whitney Moore

Michael Quinlan

Michael is a Partner, practising in the firm’s Dispute Resolution team. He specialises in dispute resolution and insolvency and corporate restructuring. His core areas of practice are commercial litigation including corporate and personal insolvency, insurance defence litigation and corporate and shareholder disputes. Michael represents a board range of national and international clients, in the private and public sectors, in all aspects of contentious litigation (including contentious insolvency litigation) in Court, as well as in alternative dispute resolution processes including mediation, arbitration and regulatory investigations. He also advises in the areas of data protection, financial services regulation and compliance. Prior to joining RDJ, Michael worked in the Department of Finance and the Central Bank of Ireland as a legal and policy analyst. In that role he focused on financial regulation and legislative and policy development. He contributed to the achievement of key targets under the EU/IMF Programme of Financial Support for Ireland including developing legislation for the restructuring of the credit union sector in Ireland and the establishment of the Credit Union Restructuring Board (ReBo). Michael is a member of the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners (ISIP). He holds a professional certificate in Compliance from the Institute of Banking and a diploma in Corporate Law and Governance from the Law Society of Ireland. Michael also holds a practitioners’ certificate in data protection law.

RDJ LLP

Michael Shovlin

Michael Shovlin is Of Counsel at Arthur Cox and a member of the firm’s Pensions and Employee Benefits team, advising on all aspects of pension schemes and equity incentive arrangements. Michael trained at Arthur Cox and acquired a wide range of experience as a corporate lawyer with the firm prior to specialising in pensions and equity incentive work. His work today sees him advise employers and scheme trustees on the establishment, restructuring, and day-to-day operation of pension and equity incentive schemes, including drafting and amending scheme documentation, advising on liability management exercises, advising on IORP II compliance, reviewing and negotiating items such as investment management agreements and other agreements with service providers. He also advises on pension scheme reorganisations and on the pensions and equity incentive elements of corporate transactions.

Arthur Cox LLP

Michael Twomey

Michael is Head of our Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations Group and specialises in commercial and corporate disputes, including financial services litigation, shareholder and contractual disputes, property disputes, landlord and tenant issues, and tax disputes. Michael advises on high-value and complex disputes across all industry sectors. He is highly experienced in relation to risk management, formal litigation (including in the Irish Commercial Court), regulatory investigations, and alternative dispute resolution procedures such as arbitration and mediation. Michael advises Irish and international companies, professional services firms, financial institutions, statutory/government bodies, private equity funds, pension and investment funds. Michael speaks regularly at industry events on all aspects of litigation prevention and resolution and tutors at the Law Society of Ireland’s Diploma in Commercial Litigation course.

Arthur Cox LLP

Michael Walsh

Partner, Chair of Property/Real Estate

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP

Michael Walshe

Partner

Holmes O’Malley Sexton LLP

Michaela Herron

Partner, Head of Life Sciences and Head of Product Regulatory

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Michelle Cronin

Partner in the Healthcare and Child Law departments

Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP