Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Firm Details

Managing Partner: Will Carmody

Chair: Christine O’Donovan

Number of partners: 117

Number of lawyers: 320

Languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Firm Overview:

Mason Hayes & Curran is an Irish business law firm with 117 partners and total staff in excess of 600. The lawyers understand the challenges domestic and international organisations face in business. They assist our clients in meeting their ongoing legal and commercial imperatives through every business life cycle.

Corporate social responsibility is a natural fit with the way they do business. MHC invests in their society and communities through a range of focused programmes.

MHC has offices in London, New York and San Francisco, three of Ireland’s most important conduits for inward investment to Ireland. They have comprehensive knowledge of the issues involved in investing and locating in a foreign country.

Main Areas of Practice:

Corporate: The firm’s corporate team is recognised as a leading adviser to domestic and global corporations on all types of transactions across a broad range of industry sectors. They work with organisations at every level, from fast-growth companies to multinational listed enterprises. They routinely advise on some of the most high-profile, innovative and complex transactions in the Irish market.

Contact: Martin Kelleher

Email: [email protected]

Dispute Resolution & Commercial Litigation: The dispute resolution team possesses unrivalled experience in acting for clients in all types of high value and complex commercial disputes. Their lawyers are leaders in their fields, specifically in the areas of boardroom and shareholder disputes, intellectual property, government and regulatory enquiries, employment, and competition disputes. The team is frequently retained by international clients on multi-jurisdictional disputes which involve providing strategic guidance driven by the different systems of rules and practices worldwide.

Contact: Maurice Phelan

Email: [email protected]

Employment & Benefits: The employment and benefits team has unique understanding of the challenges faced by employers in all sectors and industries and provides a tailored approach to meet the individual needs of each client. The team empowers employers to confidently make the right decisions. Their client list includes leading domestic and multinational operations.

Contact: Melanie Crowley

Email: [email protected]

Financial Services & Banking: The financial services team provides high-calibre advice to domestic and international clients. It acts across a range of activities including acquisition and leveraged finance, asset finance, debt capital markets, project finance, and transaction restructurings and refinancing. Their financial services experts provide specialist advice in corporate acquisition and leveraged finance, particularly for international private equity and corporate clients.

Contact: Neil Campbell

Email: [email protected]

Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities: The firm’s renowned construction, infrastructure and utilities team is a dominant force in the Irish market and offers extensive local and international experience in complex construction and engineering projects. They routinely represent clients in all forums of dispute resolution, advising on complex legal issues. Having acted for the entire range of stakeholders in construction and engineering projects, the team can provide comprehensive commercial and solution-driven advice from project inception through to completion.

Contact: Rory Kirrane SC

Email: [email protected]

Real Estate: With the largest real estate team in Ireland, the firm offers extensive expertise critical for structuring complex real estate transactions. It advises banks, state agencies, corporates, multinationals and both private equity and institutional investors on the most high-profile mandates. The lawyers possess strong sectoral and industry knowledge, particularly in the areas of energy, technology, health and hotels and leisure.

Contact: Vanessa Byrne

Email: [email protected]

Technology: The firm’s technology team are the ‘go to’ lawyers for multinational technology companies. This is reflective of their position as Ireland’s leading technology and data protection advisers. They regularly advise social media and search organisations, along with high potential start-ups and entrepreneurs. From first round funding to strategic outsourcing partnerships, intellectual property management or global privacy structures, the team offers high-calibre, commercial advice.

Contact: Philip Nolan

Email: [email protected]

Taxation: The firm’s specialist tax team comprises internationally experienced tax law partners and professionals and provides innovative and leading-edge tax services to its international corporate and individual client base. Its service offering is focused on companies and individuals using Ireland as part of their global tax management strategy.

Contact: Niamh Caffrey

Email: [email protected]