Doug Smith
Europe Guide 2024
Band 3 : Restructuring/Insolvency
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Band 3
About
Provided by Doug Smith
Practice Areas
Doug Smith has a broad range of experience in the area of commercial law and specialist knowledge of corporate restructuring and insolvency law. He represents companies in financial difficulty, their creditors, insolvency/restructuring office holders and the executives of companies in financial difficulty. He has been involved in most of the significant Irish restructuring and insolvency cases in one capacity or another. He has also been involved in cross-border restructurings and insolvencies and has extensive experience in the area of personal insolvency.
Professional Memberships
Member of the International Bar Association (IBA – section on insolvency restructuring and creditors’ rights), INSOL, the UK Insolvency Lawyers’ Association and the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners (ISIP). Doug is a member of the Company Law Advisory Group, a statutory body advising the Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation on the review and development of company law in Ireland.
Chambers Review
Europe
Doug Smith is an adept lawyer who is well versed in an array of complex mandates, such as liquidations and examinerships.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is very prominent in the Irish market."
"He is very prominent in the Irish market."