Restructuring/Insolvency
Europe Guide 2024 : Ireland
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Email address
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+353 1 232 2000About
Provided by Matheson LLP
Our Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Group comprises some of Ireland's leading lawyers in the corporate recovery and corporate insolvency field among its team. The group is led by Tony O'Grady, Julie Murphy-O’Connor, Niamh Counihan and Brendan Colgan and provides specialist advice on all contentious and non-contentious corporate restructuring and insolvency matters.
With a team of over 16 legal specialists, we are the largest Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Group among the top 5 Irish legal firms. It is this strength, expertise and experience that has seen us deal with the most significant domestic and cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters in recent years.
We provide advice on the full range of corporate recovery and restructuring assignments to banks, factors and discounters and other financial institutions, and we advise our clients in relation to:
- domestic and cross-border insolvencies involving Irish companies
- security reviews and enforcement actions
- out of court rescheduling and debt restructurings
- both insolvent and solvent court restructurings and schemes of arrangement
- asset and debt recovery in Ireland and internationally
- work outs and rescues
- bankruptcy and voluntary schemes of arrangement
- practical, commercial, legal support to boards of company directors faced with financial difficulty to try and ensure that they comply with their duties
Chambers Review
Matheson is a premier law firm renowned for providing high-quality advice and vast experience in complex Irish and multi-jurisdictional distressed mandates. The impressive team boasts strong relationships with many leading banks and insolvency practitioners, working on a range of top-end contentious and non-contentious matters, such as examinerships, liquidations and receiverships. The law firm is also well placed to assist distressed companies with corporate restructuring.
Work Highlights
- Matheson advised the examiner of the Silverpail Group, including on the formulation of proposals for a scheme of arrangement to ensure the future survival of the companies.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are very responsive and commercial."
"The partner I am dealing with is very experienced in litigation matters generally and is very proactive in dealing with issues as they arise."
"They are very responsive and commercial."
"The partner I am dealing with is very experienced in litigation matters generally and is very proactive in dealing with issues as they arise."
Notable Practitioners
Brendan Colgan is a highly admired practitioner with experience acting for liquidators and examiners in a wide range of domestic and cross-border proceedings, including bankruptcy and enforcement proceedings.
"Brendan is an exceptional solicitor."
"He is extremely good - very competent and well respected."
Tony O'Grady is experienced in multi-jurisdictional restructuring and examinership proceedings, acting for debtors, examiners and creditors.
"Tony O'Grady is a first-class insolvency lawyer."
Julie Murphy-O'Connor has extensive experience representing creditors and receivers in restructuring and insolvency proceedings.
"Julie and her team make me feel very valued as a client and I trust our collaboration. I know the advice and service is first class."
Kevin Gahan is an increasingly prominent lawyer who regularly assists with restructuring and examinership proceedings.
"He is very strong, technically capable and commercial."
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