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Eversheds

ONE EARLSFORT CENTRE, EARLSFORT TERRACE, DUBLIN 2, IRELAND
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Ireland

Banking and finance

Within Banking and finance, Eversheds LLP is a third tier firm,

Eversheds advised Lloyds Banking Group on a number of Irish restructurings. Steve Rodgers heads the team, which sits on a number of key panels, including that of AIB, and counts EirGrid and the financial regulator among its regular clients.

Construction

Within Construction, Eversheds LLP is a third tier firm,

Eversheds has a broad range of clients across the energy, transport and projects spaces, and ‘deals with issues in the best possible manner’. Litigator Dermot McEvoy has ‘a deep understanding of construction conflicts’. Chris Wheeler is ‘very good at explaining the method and reasoning for his approach’.

Corporate and commercial

Within Corporate and commercial, Eversheds LLP is a third tier firm,

Eversheds provides ‘practical’ and ‘excellent’ advice, and acted for SEB Trygg Liv on the €80m acquisition of Irish Life International. Abigail St. John Kennedy and practice head David O’Beirne are recommended.

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, Eversheds LLP is a second tier firm,

Norman Fitzgerald’s meticulous team at Eversheds provides an ‘excellent overall level of service’. Dermot McEvoy is representing the Quinn family in its dispute with Anglo Irish Bank and related matters. Aisling Gannon, who joined recently with a team from Beauchamps Solicitors, bolsters the contentious healthcare practice and has a ‘focused, analytical mind’.

EU and competition

Within EU and competition , Eversheds LLP is a third tier firm,

Sean Ryan leads Eversheds’ practice, which advised the Irish Waste Management Association regarding a complaint under Irish and EU competition law.

Employment

Within Employment, Eversheds LLP is a second tier firm,

Eversheds’ ‘excellent’ team is sole adviser to Microsoft on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious issues. Practice head Joanne Hyde ‘understands the practical aspects of running a business’, and David Fagan is ‘very knowledgeable and extremely helpful’.

Insolvency and corporate restructuring

Within Insolvency and corporate restructuring, Eversheds LLP is a second tier firm,

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

Insurance

Within Insurance, Eversheds LLP is a third tier firm,

Eversheds’ balanced contentious and non-contentious insurance practice was boosted by the arrival of a healthcare team led by Aisling Gannon from Beauchamps Solicitors. Tyco International and Irish Life Assurance are regular clients.

Intellectual property

Within Intellectual property, Eversheds LLP is a third tier firm,

Consummate professional’ Kate Colleary heads Eversheds’ practice alongside Tony McGovern, and is advising Samsung on a pan-European advertising campaign.

Legal market overview

Within Legal market overview,

The alternative investment market remains a stalwart source of work in Ireland with offshore funds increasingly ‘onshoring’ their products to take advantage of the lower corporate tax rates and a better regulated market. Both Dechert LLP and Walkers have started to establish local practices with launches in Dublin. Walkers turned to domestic firms Matheson Ormsby Prentice and William Fry for a series of eye-catching hires, and Maples and Calder recruited Stephen Carty from Eversheds. It seems unlikely that there will be any more new international entrants into an already overcrowded Dublin.

Pensions and employee benefits

Within Pensions and employee benefits, Eversheds LLP is a first tier firm,

Eversheds is ‘excellent in all areas’, and Peter Fahy stands out for his ‘business acumen, practical solutions and balanced and fair advice’. The team advised trustees of the Goodyear Dunlop Ireland Pension Scheme, and CIE as the administrator of CIE’s two main defined benefit schemes.

Planning and environment

Within Planning and environment, Eversheds LLP is a third tier firm,

Eversheds is advising Whitestuff on regulatory matters including contamination, asbestos and energy efficiency. Sean Greene heads the team.

Projects, energy and natural resources

Within Projects, energy and natural resources , Eversheds LLP is a third tier firm,

Eversheds advised Oriel Windfarm Limited on its 330MW offshore wind farm. Mark Varian heads the team.

Public sector

Within Public sector, Eversheds LLP is a third tier firm,

Eversheds represented the Financial Services Ombudsman in a number of contentious matters and advised Bord Gáis on a wind farm.

Real estate

Within Real estate, Eversheds LLP is a second tier firm,

Eversheds is advising NAMA on a number of matters and has closed deals for PJ Walls and Earlsfort Group. The team includes the ‘hugely knowledgeable and very commercial’ Sean Greene and Joe Stanley, who is ‘very calm under pressure’.

TMT

Within TMT , tier 4

Eversheds is ‘fully aware of key and current factors in the marketplace’. Team head Tony McGovern recently led advice to Zamano on the reorganisation of its technology information business.

Tax

Within Tax, Eversheds LLP is a third tier firm,

Eversheds’ clients include Zamano and SEB Trygg. The team is extremely good at risk assessment. Gavin McGuire is well regarded.


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