Paul Dempsey > Addleshaw Goddard > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Addleshaw Goddard has a large team of insurance specialists with an extensive background in regulatory issues, including establishment and authorisation, asset reconstructions and acquisitions, regulatory audits, corporate governance and other regulatory matters. It has a fine record in insurance M&A and the development of new products. The firm also has strong contentious credentials in professional negligence, policy disputes and other claims; it is seeing further growth in subrogated actions, including significant business disruption and property damage claims. Head of the insurance regulation team, Garrett Miller is highly rated for the establishment and authorisation of insurers. David Cantrell , Caoilfhionn Ní Chuanacháin and Paul Dempsey are noted for insurance disputes, including professional negligence.

Addleshaw Goddard fields a large and established dispute resolution team in Dublin. The broad practice encompasses professional negligence, financial services disputes, product liability and personal injury, banking enforcement and regulatory matters. Ronan O’Neill is the former head of department and senior name in financial services cases and medical disputes. New department head, Caoilfhionn Ní Chuanacháin is also rated for financial services litigation, shareholder disputes, property litigation and professional negligence. Paul Dempsey  heads the debt recovery team and has experience in a wide range of disputes, while Craig Sowman has deepened the team’s expertise in insolvency litigation, having joined from William Fry LLP in 2024.