Mr Dean Barr > A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP > Belfast, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP
42-46 FOUNTAIN STREET
BELFAST
BT1 5EF
United Kingdom
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Work Department

https://www.algoodbody.com/belfast/our-services/restructuring-insolvency-belfast

Position

Associate

Career

Dean Barr is an associate in A&L Goodbody’s Restructuring & Insolvency group in Belfast. Dean specialises in all aspects of business recovery and insolvency, handling both contentious and non-contentious matters. Dean has experience in acting for local and national banks, financial institutions, funds, creditors and insolvency practitioners in relation to business recovery and insolvency matters in Northern Ireland. Dean is an experienced litigator who also advises financial institutions and banks on financial services related litigation. Dean actively prosecutes and defends cases before the Commercial Court and Chancery Court in Northern Ireland. Dean’s relevant experience includes advising:

  • Cerberus in relation to a wide variety of restructuring, enforcement, debt recovery and litigation related matters arising from their purchase of various loan portfolios in Northern Ireland.
  • Major retail banks including AIB (NI), National Westminster Bank plc, Bank of Ireland, Danske Bank, in relation to a wide variety of enforcement, debt recovery and litigation related matters.
  • Administrators including Deloitte, and Ernst & Young in respect of administrations, and fixed charge receiverships.
  • Corporate clients based outside of the Northern Irish jurisdiction, in relation to a wide variety of enforcement, debt recovery and litigation related matters.

Lawyer Rankings

Northern Ireland > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery

A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP fields a ‘commercial, practical, responsive and flexible’ team with expertise in both contentious and non-contentious insolvencies. The group has experience in complex and high-stakes matters, including those with multijurisdictional elements. Team lead Sam Corbett specialises in insolvency and restructuring work, and financial services litigation. Former co-lead and Belfast office head Michael Neill remains a core team member, and covers all aspects of corporate restructuring and business recovery work. Senior associate Ross Kane, whose practice includes advising on security enforcement and restructuring transactions, has over 16 years’ experience in the practice area. Other prominent names include senior associate Tanya Surgeon and associate Dean Barr.