Byrne Wallace Shields LLP — Ireland

Alison O'Sullivan

Partner, Head of Property/Real Estate · Real Estate

Anthony Smyth

Head of Tax · Tax

Aoife Bradley

Aoife’s practice is primarily focused on contentious employment law matters and commercial litigation. Aoife is an experienced practitioner in the area of employment related disputes involving senior executives and pension and employee benefit related disputes. She has considerable experience in the area of unfair dismissal, employment injunctions, discrimination, redundancy, bullying and harassment and stress related matters, disciplinary investigations and proceedings. As part of her practice, Aoife regularly assists clients in developing risk management strategies in respect of employment and litigation issues. She also provides ongoing support to a range of domestic and multi-national clients on non-contentious employment law matters. Her approach is to provide practical advice and solutions that work for clients. Aoife also has considerable experience in commercial litigation and dispute resolution to include contractual disputes, commercial disputes and professional negligence claims defending solicitors, architects and engineers. Aoife is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences on employment issues and has had articles published on a wide range of topical employment law related matters. · Employment

Aoife Hearne

Partner, Property · Real Estate

Catherine Dowling

Partner, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

Ciara O’Kennedy

Ciara acts in a broad range of employment, commercial, contractual and tortious disputes. She advises on both contentious and non-contentious employment issues with significant experience in contentious employment matters and in particular resolving complex and sensitive disputes involving the senior executives and employee shareholders, to include the negotiation and drafting of severance packages relating to senior management exits and advising on all aspects of corporate governance issues associated with such exits. Ciara advises on all legal issues arising out of the employment relationship including employment contracts, TUPE disciplinary issues, dismissal, together with partnering with clients to implement remote working and hybrid working policies, tailored to the specific industry needs. Ciara is the Chair of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association Employment Committee and is a regular speaker at employment events. · Employment

Clair Cassidy

Clair has extensive experience in advising on all aspects of commercial property including acquisition and disposal of development land, property aspects of corporate and M&A transactions, sale and acquisition of multi-property investments and commercial landlord and tenant. Clair acts for a number of Irish and international clients, developers, real estate funds, family investment houses and oil companies. · Real Estate

Clare Dowling

Clare practises in commercial litigation, specialising in corporate insolvency and restructuring and commercial disputes. Clare has acted in large scale commercial disputes across a range of areas including shareholder disputes, property disputes and contractual claims. Clare advises on all aspects of debt recovery and enforcement issues. Clare has particular expertise in advising on liquidations, examinerships and receiverships as well as formal and informal restructurings and reorganisations. Clare also has wide experience of insolvency related litigation, acting for both insolvency office-holders and secured and unsecured creditors in disputes. · Litigation

Colin Sainsbury

Corporate Counsel, Corporate and Head of Life Sciences · Corporate / M&A

Daniel Holohan

Partner, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

David Naughton

David Naughton is a Partner in the Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Investment Funds and Financial Services Regulation Team. David focuses his practice on investment fund formation, debt capital markets, financial services regulatory advice and insurance advisory matters. He primarily represents institutional and entrepreneurial investment managers, financial services firms and private investment funds in all aspects of their business. David’s experience includes structuring investment management firms, hedge funds, private equity funds, hybrid funds and funds of funds; and structuring and negotiating seed and strategic investments. He frequently advises fund clients in the ESG and fintech spaces and is developing expertise in digital asset fund structures. David also acts for Irish and international issuers, originators, lead managers, arrangers, rating agencies and trustees on some of the most complex debt capital market issuances. He regularly advises investment management firms and their principals on financial services regulatory compliance. David also advises insurance and reinsurance companies, as well as intermediaries, on all aspects of their business including portfolio transfers, and regulatory matters. David is an active industry participant and contributes regularly to thought leadership pieces in leading Ireland based and international legal publications and journals. He is also a frequent conference speaker and has delivered lectures on financial services law for the Law Society of Ireland. He holds several senior positions on steering groups for Irish Funds and AIMA. · Investment Funds

Deirdre McBennett

Partner, Banking and Finance · Banking & Finance

Donal O'Donovan

Partner, Banking and Finance · Banking & Finance

Eamon Jones

Eamon has extensive experience in litigating commercial matters including, dealing with disputes before the Commercial Court, appeals to the Court of Appeal and ultimately to the Supreme Court. Eamon has advised clients through complex and time-critical statutory and regulatory tribunals, and proceedings. He has represented clients in actions taken by and against regulators and advises on all aspects of white collar crime. Eamon has particular expertise in partnership disputes. · Commercial Litigation

Eamonn Carey

Partner, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

Elaine Kelly

Partner, Employment Law · Employment Law

Elizabeth Ryan

Partner, Banking and Finance · Banking & Finance

Emmet Scully

Emmet is an experienced corporate lawyer with expertise advising on a variety of M&A and private equity transactions, as well as corporate and private equity structuring. Emmet’s expertise includes corporate restructuring, private equity and venture capital transactions, venture capital investment structures, M&A transactions, joint ventures, and shareholders' agreements. Emmet is the co-author of "The Law and Practice of Irish Stamp Duty" and the editor of the annual stamp duty legislative update both of which are published by the Irish Taxation Institute. He regularly provides support to tax advisers and other solicitors on technical stamp duty issues. Emmet is the former Chairman of the Taxation Administration Liaison Committee Audit Sub-committee and former member of the Taxation Committee of the Law Society of Ireland. · Corporate / M&A

Emmet Whelan

Partner, Employment Law · Employment Law

Eoghan Wallace

Partner, Health and Social Care · Health & Social Care

Eoin MacAodha

Eoin is a partner in the Litigation and Regulation Team at Byrne Wallace Shields LLP. · Litigation

Feargal Brennan

Managing Partner · Corporate / M&A

Fergal Ruane

Partner, Head of Projects and Infrastructure · Projects & Infrastructure

Gillian O'Shaughnessy

Partner, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

Ian Lavelle

Ian is a partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution department. He advises domestic and international businesses in complex litigation and regulatory investigations and inquires. He is accustomed to acting in strategically important cases before the higher courts in Ireland and England, having practised in London for seven years prior to re-joining LK Shields. Ian also advises clients in mediation, adjudication and other forms of alternative dispute resolution. He is a strong advocate of these often more business-friendly means of disposing of disputes. · Litigation

Jennifer Clarke

Jennifer is highly experienced in commercial litigation and dispute resolution and has particular expertise litigating high value commercial disputes before the High Court (including its Commercial Court division) and in appeals to the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Jennifer acts for domestic and international companies in the commercial, banking, non-bank lending, construction and hospitality sectors. Through the processes of mediation, arbitration and negotiated terms of settlement, Jennifer has successfully resolved disputes on behalf of clients. · Commercial Litigation

Jennifer McGuire

Jennifer is partner and Head of the Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) team. Jennifer advises leading Irish and international public and private companies and private shareholders on all aspects of corporate and commercial law and specialises in mergers and acquisitions. Jennifer has been lead Partner on some of the largest and highest profile deals the firm has been involved in domestically and internationally. Jennifer is a trusted advisor to her diverse range of clients who value her wealth of experience and commercial acumen. Jennifer has gained considerable experience in corporate and commercial law and particularly in transactional work both in Ireland and abroad. Jennifer has worked on several large, high profile and complex transactions in Ireland, the UK, central and eastern Europe, the Caribbean/Central America, Pacific Rim area, the Middle East and China. Jennifer also regularly advises on private fund raisings, shareholders/joint venture agreements, start-ups, corporate finance, management buy-outs, corporate reorganisations and commercial law. Jennifer has extensive experience advising on foreign direct investment, assisting international companies planning on doing business in Ireland and advising on related matters. · Corporate / M&A

Jennifer O'Neill

Jennifer is a Consultant in the Employment team. Jennifer is an experienced practitioner in the area of employment law and has considerable expertise advising clients on employment issues arising on the acquisition or sale of a business or corporate entity. This includes conducting in depth due diligence and risk analysis exercises and negotiating warranty and indemnity protection in asset and share purchase agreements. Jennifer regularly advises clients on the implications of the transfer of undertakings regulations whether on the outsourcing of services or the lease or sale of a business and assists employers with the related consultation and employee benefit issues. Jennifer provides both domestic and international clients with ongoing employment law support to include compliance with legal requirements on working time, leave arrangements, incapacity and disability issues, employment permits, compromise agreements, redundancies and drafting and/or reviewing contracts of employment, handbooks, policies and arrangements with independent contractors Jennifer has published employment law articles on a wide range of issues. · Employment

Jenny Ahern

Jenny is a corporate banking specialist and has extensive experience in dealing with domestic and cross-border transactions involving multi-jurisdictional finance arrangements. Jenny advises both lender and borrower clients on notable acquisition and leveraged finance transactions as well as a range of corporate lending, commercial real estate, development finance and fund finance transactions. Her wealth of experience also includes advising on high profile debt restructurings and significant portfolio acquisitions and disposals. · Banking & Finance

Jill Callanan

Jill is a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution team and advises on all aspects of commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Jill is an experienced litigator whose practice spans a broad range of complex commercial and regulatory disputes. Jill has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial litigation, in particular contractual, shareholder and property disputes. Jill has also extensive experience representing parties before tribunals of enquiry and commissions established by the Oireachtas. Jill is also a leading member of the Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency team and has acted in some of the most high-profile insolvencies in recent years. Jill has vast experience of advising in restructuring, examinerships, receiverships and liquidations on behalf of all stakeholders including companies, directors, officeholders, insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, shareholders and creditors. · Litigation

Jon Legorburu

Partner, Head of Litigation and Regulation · Litigation

Jonathan Lynch

Partner, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

Laura Greene

Partner, Corporate / Technology Group · Corporate / M&A

Liam Connellan

Partner, Head of Pensions Law · Pensions

Lisa Cawley

Partner, Banking and Finance · Banking & Finance

Lorraine Smyth

Partner, Employment Law · Employment

Loughlin Deegan

Partner, Employment Law · Employment Law

Louise Holmes

Consultant, Litigation and Dispute Resolution · Litigation

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. · Corporate / M&A

Mark Kavanagh

Partner, Head of Banking and Finance · Banking & Finance

Mark O’Shaughnessy

Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution · Litigation

Martin Cooney

Partner, Head of Construction · Construction

Michael Kennedy

Consultant Employment Law · Employment Law

Michael Walsh

Partner, Chair of Property/Real Estate · Real Estate

Michelle McVeigh

Partner, Property/Real Estate · Real Estate

Michelle Ní Longáin

Partner, Head of Employment Law and Head of Public Sector · Employment

Mona Costelloe

Partner, Litigation & Dispute Resolution · Litigation

Muireann Granville

Muireann is a Partner in our Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. Muireann advises on a wide variety of general and commercial litigation disputes including contract disputes, construction disputes and property litigation, disputes in relation to complex financial structures, professional negligence claims and intellectual property disputes. Muireann has worked on a number of complex high-value disputes before the Commercial Court and has particular expertise in the area of discovery, having managed several large-scale e-discovery projects. She regularly presents and publishes on the issue of legal professional privilege. Muireann has also advised in several mediations. · Litigation

Olive Doyle

Partner, Health and Social Care · Health & Social Care

Paraic O'Kennedy

Partner, Banking and Finance · Banking & Finance

Patrick McClean

Partner, Health and Social Care · Health & Social Care

Patrick Ryan

Patrick practices in the areas of commercial property law (with a particular focus on industrial property), succession planning and trust law, and administration of estates law and practice. Patrick has expertise in all aspects of commercial property law with specific reference to purchase and sale transactions, the negotiation and conclusion of commercial transactions and advising on succession planning and trusts, will drafting and the administration of estates. · Commercial Property

Peter O’Reilly

Peter specialises in property finance transactions and has extensive experience acting for financial institutions and alternative lenders in secured lending transactions including development finance and commercial property finance. Peter also advises corporate and high network clients on property aspects of secured lending transactions. Peter advises financial institutions on loan restructures and enforcement and works closely with receivers and other service providers in the realisation of secured assets. Peter also acts for corporate and investor clients in a wide variety of commercial property and property development transactions. Prior to joining Byrne Wallace Shields, Peter worked in-house for one of the country’s main financial institutions. · Real Estate

Philip Daly

Philip Daly is a Consultant in the Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Corporate Team and Energy and Natural Resources Team. Philip's practice is primarily in the areas of Corporate and Commercial, and Energy and Natural Resources. He acts for a wide range of businesses with a particular number involved in the area of energy and natural resources. In corporate matters, Philip has acted for both buyers and sellers in transactions as well as advising on private equity funding rounds, shareholders agreements and corporate restructurings. Philip also advises a number of trade associations on their regulatory and corporate law needs. Given his significant experience and focus on the energy sector, Philip is the Head of the firm’s Energy and Natural Resources team. He advises a number of household names in the energy sector on their legal, contractual and regulatory needs. · Corporate / M&A

Richard Curran

Richard Curran is a Partner and Head of the Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Corporate Team. Richard has extensive experience in corporate finance transactions. He practices in the areas of corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions and also development finance. In corporate finance transactions Richard has acted for both buyers and sellers in M&A transactions across all sectors as well as advising in private equity transactions, shareholder arrangements and joint ventures. In development finance transactions, Richard acts for developers of residential and retail developments as well as in healthcare, student accommodation and renewable energy. Richard began his career at another leading Dublin firm and earlier in his career worked in London and Berlin with Hammonds, a leading UK law firm (now part of international firm Squire Patton Boggs). Richard is a Ministerial Nominee to the Company Law Review Group, an expert body established under the Companies Act 2014 to advise the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on company law. Richard is a member of the Council of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce. · Corporate / M&A

Ross Little

Partner, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

Ruairi Mulrean

Ruairí practises in the areas of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and insolvency. Ruairí also practices in the areas of company and commercial law advising both international and domestic clients. In particular he focuses on corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and insolvency. Ruairí advises both domestic and international clients in a wide range of sectors including energy, waste and manufacturing. Ruairí has a particular interest in taxation being a member of the Irish Taxation Institute and has advised on various tax driven group reorganisations and the implementation of other tax driven structures. · Corporate / M&A

Sean Neville

Of Counsel, Restructuring and Insolvency · Restructuring & Insolvency

Sean O'Donnell

Partner, Litigation and Dispute Resolution/ Data Privacy and Data Protection · Litigation

Seanna Mulrean

Seanna practises in corporate and commercial law and is also a member of the firm’s Infrastructure, Construction and Energy team. She has expertise in a wide range of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions (in particular cross-border transactions) and advises on commercial contracts. Seanna has acted for both buyers and sellers in mergers and acquisitions and advised on joint ventures and corporate restructurings. In Infrastructure, Construction and Energy Seanna has experience advising on all stages of projects within the waste and wastewater, healthcare, telecommunications, energy and natural resources and transport sectors. Seanna advises on the key types of contracts and agreements most used during the projects and construction lifecycle. She has advised on public procurement, supply agreements and the drafting and negotiation of construction contracts including those based on industry standards such as RIAI, FIDIC, and LOGIC. This experience in construction and projects means Seanna is well equipped to support clients in navigating the challenges associated with corporate transactions and commercial contracts in the Projects and Construction space. · Corporate / M&A