Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP > Firm Profile

The firm:  With a team of more than 60 professionals, Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP (CKT) is ranked in the top 25 law firms in Ireland. Established in 1982, CKT has offices in Cork and Dublin, and is internationally recognised as a full-service law firm handling work of a quality and scale that places it among the leading firms in the insurance market, employment and healthcare sectors. CKT’s dynamic team of lawyers have a strong reputation of providing strategic legal advice and superb service in litigation and dispute resolution, healthcare and medical law, insurance, commercial, employment, residential and commercial property, and child and family law.

Main Areas of Practice:

Dispute Resolution – Healthcare Litigation:

CKT has one of Ireland’s largest healthcare teams and an unsurpassed reputation in the provision of top-class legal services to healthcare clients including the HSE and Tusla – The Child and Family Agency, hospitals, doctors, nurses, midwives, allied health professionals, clinics and their indemnifiers. CKT also represents healthcare indemnity organisations, as well as the State Claims Agency. We have a deep understanding of all the legal issues that arise for healthcare clients, as well as a complete knowledge of the real challenges faced by healthcare providers, hospitals, and clinicians. The team actively pursue all avenues of dispute resolution available and advise clients on choosing the method most appropriate to them and the particular matter. Resolving disputes quickly and effectively is central to how we approach any matter. The dispute resolution partners are all CEDR Accredited Mediators.

Insurance/Insurance – Dispute Resolution:

CKT provides legal services to insurance and reinsurance companies in the Irish and UK markets. The firm represents leading domestic Irish insurers and intermediaries, for whom the firm undertakes both contentious and non-contentious work. CKT has a proven track record of finding solutions using alternative dispute mechanisms such as mediation, conciliation and arbitration where appropriate. The firm assists and supports clients in the investigation of circumstances which are likely to lead to claims and provide and/or advise on coverage options. The firm ensures no case proceeds to trial or hearing without having first considered alternative methods to resolve even the most contentious of disputes. The firm’s mediators are one of the most sought-after in the country for contentious disputes.

Employment:

CKT is a recognised leader in employment law in Ireland. The firm prides itself on the ability to listen and understand its clients’ requirements, and to deliver that service in a timely and cost-effective way. As advisors to state bodies, schools, universities, large corporations and small companies, the firm ensures advice is tailor-made to each individual business’ requirements. While most clients are employers, the firm also represents high-level employees and offers an understanding that allows it to see both sides of every situation. CKT’s employment law team are involved in advising at all stages, from recruitment of employees through to termination. Clients appreciate that the team’s in-depth working knowledge of their business and advice in non-contentious work significantly limits client’s exposure to contentious issues in the workplace. Each member of the employment team is a CEDR Accredited Mediator, and strives to find a practical solution to the most complex of workplace issues. The firm is a regular contributor to Legal Island, a multi-award winning workplace compliance company, frequently providing expert analysis of topical and landmark Judgments.

Child & Family Law:

CKT’s child and family law team, headed by Denise Kirwan, has specialised knowledge in the area of child care and family law. With one of the largest child care legal teams in Ireland, the team comprises of highly experienced solicitor advocates who advise and represent several public bodies on all matters relating to child care, juvenile justice, wardship, mental health issues, capacity and statutory duties and responsibilities. The team advises on regulatory issues, risk management, Codes of Conduct and bring prosecutions on behalf of TUSLA – The Child and Family Agency, and others. The team appears in courts nationwide including District Court, Circuit Court and High Court dealing with complex and sensitive child care cases. The team also delivers extensive client training to TUSLA – The Child and Family Agency and has delivered lectures to the Law Society of Ireland, social workers, Bessborough family support service, Arbour House Addiction Services, HSE and other national counselling services.

Real Estate/Property:

CKT’s property and commercial conveyancing team, headed by Deborah Moore, offers clients the innovation, experience, technical expertise, clarity of advice and commitment to get their deals done efficiently and effectively. The team handle transactions for leading builders, developers, banks, investors, landlords, tenants and businesses. CKT is ideally placed to advise on a range of complex transactions with specialist property capability and excellent skills in finance. The firm advises on development and planning, projects and construction, large loans, mezzanine, loan workouts, distressed debt acquisition (including loan-to-own strategies), investment, corporate occupation, tax, finance, securitisation, structuring and joint ventures, and complex real estate mergers and acquisitions.

Commercial:

CKT’s commercial law team works in partnership with business, to ensure the team has a thorough understanding of the client organisation and its objectives. Through this understanding and service promise the team has developed long term working relationships with a broad and diverse client base including the Health Service Executive. The team focus on understanding the importance of cost certainty and providing value. The commercial team combine exceptional transactional skills with specialist expertise including employment and benefits, environmental and intellectual property. This enables the team to handle the numerous issues that can arise in a single corporate transaction.

Lawyer Profiles

Photo	Name	Position	Profile
	Mary Boland	Solicitor in the firm’s Childcare Department	View Profile
	Emma Comyn	Partner in our Property and Probate Departments	View Profile
	Michelle Cronin	Solicitor in the Health Services & Family Law departments	View Profile
	Fionnuala Cullinane	Solicitor in the Healthcare and Commercial Property Departments	View Profile
	Diarmuid Cunningham	Partner in our Dispute Resolution and Employment Departments.	View Profile
	Clare Daly	Solicitor	View Profile
	Louise Duggan	Partner in the firms Property and Real Estate Departments.	View Profile
	Sinead Fitzgerald	Sinead is a Partner in the firm’s Family and Child Law departments	View Profile
	Eamon Harrington	Partner in Dispute Resolution group with focus on: Healthcare, Professional indemnity, Mediation,…	View Profile
	Kevin Healy	Solicitor	View Profile
	Lebeau Jonker	Lebeau is a Partner in Comyn Kelleher Tobin’s Health and Medical Law…	View Profile
	Yvonne Joyce	Partner in the Healthcare Department	View Profile
	Barry Kelleher	Solicitor in Healthcare & Litigation Departments	View Profile
	Alison Kelleher	Partner in Litigation & Dispute Resolution Departments	View Profile
	Katharine Kelleher	Partner in Healthcare, Childcare and Mental Health Departmnents	View Profile
	Cliona Kenny	Solicitor in the Litigation and Healthcare departments	View Profile
	Denise Kirwan	Partner-in-Charge Child Protection Department	View Profile
	Julie McEvoy	Solicitor in our Litigation Department	View Profile
	Daniel McLoughlin	Partner in the Litigation & Alternative Dispute Resolution Departments	View Profile
	Deborah Moore	Managing Partner Dispute Resolution, Litigation (Clinical Negligence and Personal Injuries Defence), Real…	View Profile
	Barry  Murphy	Solicitor in Comyn Kelleher Tobin’s Litigation and Health and Medical Law Departments.	View Profile
	Patrice O'Keeffe	Partner in the Healthcare, Litigation & Mediation Departments	View Profile
	Hilda O'Keeffe	Partner in the Corporate & Healthcare Departments	View Profile
	David Ryan	Solicitor in the Property & Commercial Department	View Profile
	Emily Sexton	Partner in the firm’s Litigation and Employment Departments	View Profile
	David Taylor	Solicitor in the firm’s Family Law & Child Protection Departments	View Profile
	Karen Tobin	Solicitor in our Family and Litigation Departments	View Profile
	Tom Tobin	Consultant in the firm’s Commercial & Property Departments	View Profile