Mr Kevin Gahan > Matheson LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Matheson LLP
70 SIR JOHN ROGERSON'S QUAY
DUBLIN 2
Ireland
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Work Department

Partner in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department

Position

Kevin is a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department at Matheson, with a particular focus on Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Law.  Kevin has significant experience in advising insolvency practitioners in the discharge of their duties as examiners, liquidators and receivers of companies and representing financial institutions, creditor groups, and companies in connection with commercial litigation, banking disputes, security and enforcement issues and other contentious and non-contentious domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters.

Kevin is a member of Restructuring & Insolvency Ireland and sits on its Law Reform sub-committee and is also a member of INSOL Europe.  Kevin lectures and tutors on insolvency law matters on the professional practice course of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland and to professional directors for the Institute of Directors Chartered Director Programme and is a regular contributor to industry publications. He is a representative for restructuring and insolvency law in the Irish Government’s Ireland for Law initiative.

Education

Trinity College Dublin, LLB (Ling. Franc.) (Sch)

University of Poitiers, France (Erasmus)

Trinity College Dublin, LLM

Law Society of Ireland

Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Senior Associate Programme

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Insolvency and corporate restructuring

(Next Generation Partners)

Kevin GahanMatheson LLP

Matheson LLP has worked on many of the largest insolvencies and restructurings in Ireland of recent years. It is noted for domestic and cross-border insolvencies, examinerships, receiverships, restructurings and schemes of arrangement. Brendan Colgan has worked on a series of major cross-border restructurings, examinerships, liquidations and schemes of arrangement. Julie Murphy O’Connor is co-head of the commercial litigation group and noted for contentious insolvencies, while consultant Tony O’Grady is an eminent figure in the market. Kevin Gahan is a fast emerging talent, particularly in cross-border restructurings. Senior associate Kathryn Rice also impresses.