Lawyers in Ireland

Oisín Tobin

Partner

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Olive Doyle

Partner, Health and Social Care

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP

Oliver FitzGerald

Partner

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Olivia Mullooly

Olivia is a Partner in the Technology and Innovation Group and head of the Intellectual Property Group, advising on domestic and cross border intellectual property transactions and licensing, the protection, development and exploitation of IP rights as well as IP disputes and enforcement. She also advises on data protection compliance and commercial contracts. Olivia has advised clients across a range of sectors, including the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, food and beverage industry, technology and internet companies, third level education and research institutions, energy sector, large retailers and in the advertising, media and entertainment sector on intellectual property matters and data protection compliance. Olivia speaks regularly on intellectual property, data protection and related areas in Ireland, Europe and the US. Olivia is also very experienced in advising on the negotiation of IT and commercial contracts. Olivia is also a member of the Sanctions group in Arthur Cox, advising on export control and sanctions compliance. Olivia has advised a number of exporters on licensing requirements under the Dual Use Regulation as well as several clients on compliance with EU trade sanctions most recently in respect of the sanctions against Russia and Belarus.

Arthur Cox LLP

Orla O’Leary

DLA Piper Ireland LLP

Orlaith Finan

Orlaith is a partner in the Asset Management Department at Matheson. She practices financial services law and advises many of the world’s leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies and service providers carrying on business in Ireland or through Irish vehicles. Orlaith has extensive experience advising a wide range of domestic and international clients on the structuring, establishment, marketing and sale of both UCITS and alternative investment funds in Ireland across the full range of investment strategies and asset classes. Orlaith has completed secondments with two large asset managers in London as well as with a large service provider in Dublin advising on both the depositary and administrator services.

Matheson LLP

Orlaith Sheehy

Partner

McCann FitzGerald LLP

Owen Burke

Owen is a partner, Trust and Estate Practitioner and Chartered Tax Adviser in the Property and Private Client teams at Hayes solicitors. He specialises in wills, probate, administration of estates, succession and tax planning, enduring powers of attorney and residential conveyancing. He is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) having come first in Ireland in the Diploma in Trusts and Estates in 2014. He is a member of the STEP Ireland Committee and the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association Probate and Taxation Committee. He qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser in 2018 having completed the Irish Taxation Institute exams. He acts as a consultant to other solicitors’ firms in relation to private client matters.

Hayes Solicitors LLP

Owen Collins

Owen is a partner in the Energy, Infrastructure and Construction Group. He advises on project development, project financing, energy M&A and energy regulatory matters. He has experience advising on all types of energy projects, including wind (onshore and offshore), solar, energy storage, biomass, hybrid projects, renewable gas and conventional generation. Owen specialises in the structuring, drafting and negotiation of power purchase agreements (PPAs), regularly advising in relation to REFIT and RESS PPAs, merchant PPAs and corporate PPAs (as well as related contracts such as trading services agreements). Owen is ranked in legal directories as a leading Irish energy lawyer in the areas of project development, project finance and projects (energy and infrastructure).

Matheson LLP

Owen O’Sullivan

Owen O'Sullivan is a Consultant in William Fry’s Litigation & Investigations Department and a former Managing Partner of the firm. He specialises in commercial disputes, particularly shareholder and investment disputes, as well as disputes in the financial sector. He has been involved in many high profile property disputes and has product liability defence experience in the pharmaceutical, energy drink, motor and tobacco sectors.

William Fry LLP

Paddy Rath

Partner

Walkers

Padraic Brennan

Padraic is a Partner, practising in the firm’s Dispute Resolution team with an emphasis on medical negligence defence litigation, healthcare law and administrative law. He has represented the (former) Western Health Board/Health Service Executive on healthcare, medico-legal/ethical, child protection, disability and special needs issues. Padraic also represented the interests of the (former) WHB at the Lindsay Tribunal and the Organ Retention Inquiry. He has twenty three years experience in defending medical negligence claims on behalf of the State Claims Agency, Irish Public Bodies and St Paul’s/Travelers. He has acted in a large number of cases including catastrophic birth injury cases, cases involving alleged misdiagnosis of cancer and acquired brain injuries. He has represented various healthcare institutions at coroners inquests, frequently without the assistance of counsel. Padraic also has significant experience gained over a long number of years in representing healthcare institutions on medico-legal matters including the refusal to accept blood transfusions, the right to die, the right to refuse medical treatment, consent/informed consent issues, capacity to make informed decisions on healthcare options, and the care of patients with eating disorders refusing treatment. Padraic has been a legal adviser to NUI Galway for over twenty years, in particular, in the areas of employment law, administrative law, freedom of information, data protection, and corporate governance. He also serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the School of Law in NUI Galway.

RDJ LLP

Padraic Kinsella

Padraic is a Partner in William Fry's Banking & Finance Department. Padraic has extensive experience in acting for financial institutions, alternative lenders and borrowers in relation to syndicated lending, real estate finance (development and investment), acquisition finance, project finance, invoice discounting and receivables financing, lending to fund structures and general corporate and personal lending.

William Fry LLP

Pamela Fitzpatrick

Pamela is a partner in the Commercial & Business team. She advises clients on a wide range of commercial and business law matters, including data protection law and the review and drafting of commercial contracts. She specialises in commercial litigation and dispute resolution, acting for financial institutions, private equity funds, private companies and individuals in a variety of matters including enforcement and recovery actions, landlord and tenant disputes and general litigation cases. Pamela advises clients on a wide range of commercial and business law matters, including data protection law and the review and drafting of commercial contracts. Prior to joining Hayes, Pamela worked in the commercial litigation and insolvency department of another leading Dublin firm acting in a range of commercial litigation and insolvency matters with a particular focus on acting for receivers in highly contentious injunctive proceedings, advising Official Liquidators in the performance of their statutory functions, and examiners and all stakeholders in the examinership process.

Hayes Solicitors LLP

Paraic O'Kennedy

Partner, Banking and Finance

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP

Pat English

Pat English is a partner in the Corporate Department at Matheson. He is head of the firm's International Business Group and co-head of the firm's US Business and Inward Investment Groups. Pat practises corporate law focusing primarily on advising overseas clients on establishing operations and doing business in and from Ireland. In addition to advising on establishment projects, Pat advises a broad range of international, and in particular US, clients on international corporate reorganisations, pre and post-integration transactions, cross border mergers and general commercial contracts, corporate governance and compliance issues and strategies. In September 2011, Pat returned from his role as resident counsel and head of the firm's US offices based out of our New York office where he had been based for two years.

Matheson LLP

Pat Nyhan

Pat is a partner in the Banking and Finance department, specialising in all aspects of secured and unsecured lending. Pat acts for both Irish and international financial institutions and borrowers, advising on enforcement of security, compromise agreements and debt settlement agreements, refinancings, structured workouts and security reviews / remediation of security defects. Pat is also a member of Beauchamps' franchising group and acts primarily for franchisors in the roll out of franchise concepts and the drafting of franchise agreements and related documentation.

Beauchamps LLP

Patrice O’Keeffe

Managing Partner

Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP

Patricia Taylor

Patricia Taylor is a Consultant in William Fry’s Asset Management & Investment Funds Department. Her practice focuses on the establishment of Irish-domiciled investment funds of all kinds including "long only" funds, derivative funds, hedge funds and funds of hedge funds, multi-manager funds and exchange traded funds. She also advises the promoters of, and service providers to, investment funds including asset managers, fund administrators and trustees/custodians.

William Fry LLP

Patrick Ahern

Pat is a Partner in the firm's Real Estate practice. He has a particular focus on commercial property transactions and regularly advises clients on acquisition/sale and development of retail, commercial and mixed use schemes, and the identification and resolution of key relevant issues. More recently, Pat’s work has related to security reviews, and the carrying out of due diligence from the borrowers, receivers, vendors and potential purchaser’s viewpoints in relation to assets/loan sales, as well as acting in the disposal of secured properties and secured loans. Pat focuses on achieving pragmatic results for his clients, delivering value through efficient management of the legal process. His extensive experience in this field includes work on the development, sale/purchase and general advices on commercial property projects throughout the country as well as advice to vendors, purchasers, receivers, banks, developers, landlords and tenants as regards commercial property (investment and development), and on renewable energy projects.

RDJ LLP

Patrick Brandt

Partner

A&L Goodbody LLP

Patrick Horan

Patrick is a partner in the Competition and Regulated Markets Group. His practice covers EU and Irish competition law, foreign investment screening and sectoral regulation. Patrick advises clients on a wide range of competition and regulatory matters, including merger control, foreign investment screening, investigations, State aid, competition law aspects of agreements, compliance programmes, and competition litigation. He has significant experience advising clients in regulated industries, in particular in the telecoms, transport and energy sectors. Prior to joining Arthur Cox in 2016, Patrick worked in the London and Brussels offices of Slaughter and May.

Arthur Cox LLP

Patrick Kane

Patrick is a partner in the firm’s Projects and Construction team, with expertise in public procurement and construction projects. Patrick provides strategic advice to clients in both the private and public sector and advises on all aspects of public procurement (including the preparation of tender documentation, the conduct of competitive dialogues, evaluation issues, the preparation of standstill letters and procurement challenges). He also has significant expertise in advising public bodies on the modification of public contracts during their lifecycle.

Philip Lee LLP

Patrick Longworth

Partner

McCann FitzGerald LLP