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Maritime and shipping
A&L Goodbody has a fine reputation for its practice, which advises shipping companies and ports on public procurement, state aid, competition, compliance, abuse of dominance and mergers and acquisitions. Catherine Duffy leads the team.
Marked as ‘ten out of ten’, Matheson Ormsby Prentice’s six-partner group advises on contentious and non-contentious aspects of shipping law. Its key clients include Allianz, BG Freight and Dublin Port Company. Practice head Helen Noble is ‘genuine and competent’.
McCann FitzGerald’s clients include Stena Line, Sunderland Marine and Shell E & P Ireland. David Hurley and highly rated practice head Roddy Bourke are recommended.
Kathleen Garrett leads the practice at Arthur Cox, which advised Multi Link Terminals on the refinancing of facilities with Nordea.
Dillon Eustace’s contentious shipping practice is highly regarded. It frequently represents core client Allianz in High Court and Commercial Court actions.
LK Shields Solicitors advises a wide range of clients including leading P&I clubs on ship arrests, cargo claims and marine fatalities.
Lavelle Coleman’s shipping team acts for P&O Irish and DFDS Seaways and provides local counsel support to leading UK law firms such as Hill Dickinson LLP and Clyde & Co LLP. Hugh Kennedy heads the practice.
Mason Hayes & Curran is widely praised. It advised on the renegotiation of Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company’s contract with Stena Line and acted for the same client in an arbitration dispute with Carillion.
Cork-based Comyn Kelleher Tobin has a long-held reputation for contentious and non-contentious work, including collisions, salvage and personal injury.