Ms Gráinne Callanan > Matheson LLP > Cork, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Matheson LLP
UNIT 1201-1202, BLDG. 1000
CITY GATE, MAHON
T12 W7CV
Ireland
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Work Department

Partner, Corporate Department

Position

Gráinne Callanan leads Matheson’s Cork office and is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group. Gráinne advises a wide range of leading domestic and international financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland including life and non-life (re)insurance companies, captive insurers and intermediaries on corporate transactions, regulatory and compliance and corporate governance. Gráinne has extensive expertise in the areas of new authorisations, portfolio transfers, cross-border mergers, corporate restructurings, distribution arrangements and health insurance. She has advised on a wide range of innovative transactions in the insurance market in recent times and has taken a leading role advising clients on a number of significant acquisitions of closed books of life insurance businesses.

Gráinne lectures at the Law Society of Ireland and the Insurance Institute of Ireland.

Gráinne is also a member of the Cork Financial Services Forum.

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Insurance

(Leading partners)

Gráinne CallananMatheson LLP

Matheson LLP has substantial teams of insurance disputes and corporate insurance specialists. It has an extensive record in large-scale coverage disputes, multi-claimant litigation, property damage claims, cyber breaches, and insurance regulatory litigation. The firm is also at the forefront of investigations and regulatory matters, along with corporate matters and transactions. It has continued to advise on some of the biggest deals in the market for top insurers, along with portfolio transfers and group reorganisations. It has an established presence in corporate governance and general regulatory issues.  April McClements is a leading insurance disputes specialist, especially in coverage disputes, while Aisling Kavanagh is making a further impression in the field. Karen Reynolds is also noted for insurance regulatory cases. Darren Maher is at the forefront of corporate insurance matters, along with Gráinne Callanan, with Elaine Long  providing further senior expertise within the partner ranks.