The Legal 500

A&L Goodbody provides ‘very practical and commercial legal advice’. The team continues to lead on the Quinn Group restructuring and is advising the examiner of the McInerney Group. David Baxter is ‘first class’ and ‘thinks outside the box’, and Mark Traynor is also highly recommended.

Arthur Cox, which ‘views matters from a commercial and not just legal perspective’, is advising KPMG as receiver of the Parnell Centre and Ernst & Young as receiver of the Holiday Inn in Pearse Street. Renowned team head William Day has ‘a practical and deep understanding of issues’.

Tony O’Grady heads the team at Matheson Ormsby Prentice, which now has four partners following Niamh Counihan’s promotion. It advised Aer Arann on a petition to put the Aer Arann trading company into examinership.

McCann FitzGerald continues to advise the administrators of Quinn Insurance and has picked up a number of mandates through Anglo Irish Bank. Jane Marshall is ‘the doyen of the local bankruptcy Bar’, and Michael Murphy ‘provides good, solid commercial legal advice’.

William Fry advised NAMA on enforcement proceedings against properties linked to developer Paddy Kelly. Michael Quinn and Fergus Doorly are ‘technically knowledgeable and very practical’.

Eugene F. Collins was retained by Nortel Networks to provide Irish counsel on corporate restructuring and insolvency issues. Pierse Contracting is also a client. Doug Smith is one of Ireland’s leading practitioners.

Eversheds acted for Grant Thornton as the receiver and manager of various companies within the Lynch Group. Practice head Norman Fitzgerald is recommended.

LK Shields Solicitors’ Jill Callanan acted for 4 Star Pizza when a number of affiliated companies were placed into examinership. Ernst & Young and Baker Tilly Ryan Glennon are key clients.

Maples and Calder is acting as Irish counsel to Bingham McCutchen (London) LLP in the Quinn Group restructuring. Better Client and Prime Focus are also clients. Paul Dobbyn is the group’s lead partner.

Mason Hayes & Curran fields ‘an incisive, commercial and technically good team’, which includes Maurice Phelan, Declan Black and Judith Riordan, who are ‘up there with the best’. The group advised Xtra-vision on its application for examinership.

Beauchamps Solicitors acted for a healthcare supply firm in the successful rescue of a pharmacy chain from receivership through to examinership.

Led by Gavin Smith, ByrneWallace advised NAMA and Mazars on the Capel Group receivership.

Dillon Eustace advised Donnellys, a major supplier to Superquinn, which underwent large-scale restructuring in 2011. Lorcan Tiernan is the main contact.

Holmes O’Malley Sexton’s proactive team advised liquidators on a number of voluntary and court liquidations.

Lavelle Coleman acts for number of receivers and liquidators, and has a strong track record in insolvency work. Michael Lavelle leads the team.

McDowell Purcell advised Friel Stafford Corporate Recovery as liquidator of the Capital Bars Group. Mark Woodcock has ‘a deep understanding of dealing with all aspects of insolvency’.

Nicholas Comyn and Emma Crowley lead the team at Ronan Daly Jermyn, which acted for the examiner of Fastnet Lines.

WhitneyMoore is advising on the complex receivership of Kilternan Hotel and Country Club development. Ernst & Young is a key client. Frank O’Reilly heads the team.