A&L Goodbody LLP

The firm: A&L Goodbody is one of Ireland’s leading corporate law firms. Comprising A&L Goodbody LLP and related partnerships, the firm has 126 partners and 1000 staff. Headquartered in Dublin, with offices in Belfast, London, New York and San Francisco, we have specialist teams across all practice areas of Irish corporate law.

For over 100 years A&L Goodbody has been at the centre of corporate Ireland, advising some of the largest and most influential corporates, both domestic and international. With a large operation in Belfast, we provide full service legal advice across the island of Ireland, working on significant cross border mandates. With considerable international experience, the firm works closely with international law firms and other professional services advisors.

Main areas of practice
Corporate and M&A:  A&L Goodbody consistently advises on a large number of cross-border and domestic corporate transactions and other corporate finance assignments. The firm’s corporate and M&A group works closely with specialist departments and together A&L Goodbody offer its clients immediate and centralised access to market-leading technology solutions. The ability to layer innovation and expertise differentiates A&L Goodbody from other firms by ensuring that its clients can leverage new technology and best practices on an ever-evolving basis. The firm’s experience extends beyond transactional work and A&L Goodbody advises clients through every stage of the company life-cycle.

Finance: The firm’s finance department is recognised as the leading player in the market. It provides a comprehensive range of banking and finance related legal services including structured finance asset finance restructuring, insurance, investment funds, securitisation and corporate lending.

Disputes : A&L Goodbody is recognised as the market-leading Disputes practice in Ireland, with lawyers in Dublin and Belfast providing an all-island service. Our Disputes lawyers specialise in resolving complex, high value and cross border disputes, through litigation, arbitration, mediation, negotiation and expert determination.

Investigations: A&L Goodbody's Investigations group specialise in dealing with complex and business critical investigations across a broad range of regulators and law enforcement agencies, in Ireland and internationally.

Corporate tax: A&L Goodbody corporate tax department advises Irish and overseas companies on the taxation aspects of corporate deals and on corporate tax planning. The department also has a VAT service advising Irish and international companies and financial l institutions on corporate VAT strategy.

Commercial property: The firm’s s commercial property department is one of the largest in Ireland and advises Irish and international clients on every aspect of commercial property. The department’s services include investment property, property development, commercial leases, property financing retail, leisure, corporate recovery and environmental law. The firm’s service encompasses the tax, financing environmental and planning aspects of commercial property deals.

Inward Investment: The firm’s inward investment group focuses on advising overseas clients investing in Ireland. The firm was the first Irish law firm to establish a US office more than 30 years ago.

Other specialist areas: The firm also offers the most extensive range of specialist services available in Ireland including asset management and investment funds, EU, competition, and procurement, commercial and technology, insurance and reinsurance, environmental and planning, employment, pensions, benefits sand incentives, energy, infrastructure and natural resources, legal project management.