The Legal 500

Within Banking and finance, tier 4

WhitneyMoore advises on asset and project finance, and has particular expertise in commercial property finance.

Within Construction, tier 5

WhitneyMoore acts for contractors and public bodies on a range of contentious and non-contentious matters. Michael Doran and Michael Carney are the key contacts.

Within Corporate and commercial, tier 4

The highly regarded Therese Rochford heads WhitneyMoore’s team, which acted for Xstrata Zinc on the $17m conditional agreement to acquire certain lead and zinc interests from Minco.

Within Dispute resolution, tier 4

The ‘excellent’ WhitneyMoore’s areas of expertise include employment, IP, aviation and professional indemnity disputes. Gerard Carroll is highly regarded, and IP expert Aoife Murphy is also recommended.

Within Employment, tier 4

WhitneyMoore advised the Affordable Homes Partnership and Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency on the closure of the former and transfer of staff to the new agency. John Lynch leads the practice.

Within Insolvency and corporate restructuring, WhitneyMoore is a third tier firm,

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.

Within Intellectual property, WhitneyMoore is a second tier firm,

WhitneyMoore is particularly strong for patent advice and recently advised Medinol in a patent infringement case against Abbott Laboratories. The highly respected Aoife Murphy ‘keeps her nerve in tense situations’.

Within Pensions and employee benefits, WhitneyMoore is a third tier firm,

WhitneyMoore advises on a wide range of pensions and benefits matters including assisting a multinational with the closure of its defined benefit scheme and the implementation of a defined contribution scheme.

Within Real estate, tier 4

Michael Doran leads the team at WhitneyMoore, which provides ‘solid advice that is commercial and balanced’. It advised the co-owners of Ilac Centre on leasing a department store unit to Iceland.