Mr John Fitzgerald > ByrneWallace LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

ByrneWallace LLP
88 Harcourt Street
Saint Kevin's
DO2 DK18
Ireland

Work Department

Restructuring and Insolvency

Position

Partner, Head of Restructuring and Insolvency

Career

Partner and Head of the ByrneWallace LLP Restructuring and Insolvency Team, John acts for all stakeholders in restructuring and insolvency and related commercial litigation, including banks, private equity funds, insolvency office holders, corporate debtors and public sector clients in relation to all aspects of corporate restructuring and insolvency. With a background as a secured lending and CRE transactions lawyer, John is particularly well placed to advise on restructuring and insolvency in Ireland.

Memberships

  • The Law Society of Ireland
  • Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
  • The Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners
  • INSOL Europe

Education

  • Bachelor of Business & Legal Studies (BBLS) (Hons) – University College Dublin, 1995
  • LLM (Commercial) – University College Dublin, 2001
  • Diploma in Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring – The Law Society of Ireland, 2010

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Insolvency and corporate restructuring

(Leading individuals)

John Fitzgerald  – ByrneWallace LLP

ByrneWallace LLP has a robust insolvency and restructuring practice, achieving further growth in examinerships, liquidations and in SCARP engagements. The firm is also active in representing private equity players in the non-performing loan (NPL) market, including the workout of NPLs and receivership litigation. John Fitzgerald has led the team for nearly ten years, having previously specialised in banking and property transactions. Sean Neville was promoted to of counsel in 2023. The firm also fields a number of dispute resolution specialists that are regularly engaged in insolvency litigation.