Eversheds Sutherland > Dublin, Ireland > Firm Profile

‘Regardless of the query, we consistently receive clear and timely advice when needed.’

‘Clear and consistent information. All advice provided is presented in a clear and understandable language rather than using legal jargon in responses shared.’

‘Their depth of knowledge of the subject matter, i.e. wind up of a pension scheme, impressed me.’

‘I dealt with Peter Fahy and Rachel Ahern and I was very impressed with their expertise of the subject matter and how they responded very quickly to any instruction/request.’

‘All the team are well versed in the requirements of our Pension schemes – they have always been ready to innovate where necessary.’

‘Our relationship with the relevant partners and their teams is excellent. All of the team members make themselves readily available and are efficient and professional in their approach. They are all, without exception a friendly group which helps.’

‘Peter Fahy is extremely experienced and extremely well regarded in his field.’

‘Eversheds provides a very professional but yet personal service. Their practitioners and approachable and have a very pragmatic approach to providing advices. In addition their fees are extremely competitive considering the very high level of service they provide.’

‘Strong historic depth in the real estate sector.’

‘Marie O’Riordan is very capable, hardworking and extremely reliable.’

‘They have a large and diverse range of expertise in commercial property transactions.’

‘They have an excellent real estate team that brings a commercial approach to our dealings.’

‘The breadth and depth of experience of the partners shines through. The associates are also strong.’

‘Knowledgeable, experienced, client focused, organised and on top of the workload, both the detail and the bigger picture. Joe Stanley, Marie O’Riordan and Cian MacGinley are excellent partners.’

‘A great team who have the capacity, knowledge and experience to take on any project in terms of the scale and complexity we would require. They have commercial common sense, are hugely respected among their peers with good reason and they are very good at project managing the job to deliver within expectations in terms of time and cost.’

‘Piaras Power is the best banking lawyer we have worked with.’

‘Two key components to the successful engagement with this team were, the ability to always have the clients’ interests core to any material decision and the capabilities to understand and advise on the commercial impacts of those decisions.’

‘Eversheds Sutherland is uniquely positioned in the Irish market to provide innovative and reliable local advice whilst having access to the expansive global Eversheds Sutherland network. The Corporate M&A team has an experienced team of individuals with expertise in varying markets and areas.’

‘Tony McGovern – an experienced and very commercial and pragmatic and highly trusted advisor’

‘Gavin O’Flaherty has become a vital and trusted advisor to our senior management team on the most important transactions which have taken place and he has ensured that the wider Eversheds Sutherland team supporting us are giving us timely and high quality advices which we expect and need.’

‘Gerard Ryan is commercially and technically ahead of the rest, a brilliant mind. One of the most honest and approachable partners in the Irish market.’

‘Our representative is Enda Newton and we have full confidence in his ability and service. When you need assistance and you know you have your back covered in terms of that advice or assistance that you know you are putting your trust in the right person.’

‘Enda Cullivan is really good on transactions and making sure everything is in order – he’s great on details and will work to deliver what we want on time and on budget.’

‘I have worked with Lee Murphy over a number of years and have found him extremely thoughtful and engaged. He makes himself available throughout the transaction and gives excellent advice which has been well thought through.’

‘An experienced team with different areas of expertise, delivering a coherent service and advice.’

‘Good, flexible sparring partners. Well connected in the sector. Understand both the legal as well as the commercial considerations.’

‘The strong team at Eversheds Sutherland are never fazed; they understand our business and bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table in this evolving area of data protection and data privacy law. They have always provided sound, clear and practical advice, helping us navigate through some complex situations.’

‘Marie McGinley shows deep experience in this area, and provides balanced and well-thought out counsel to our DPO, managers and directors, and CEO. Her availability and rapid response and turnaround of documents and queries is a really unique attribute in our experience.’

‘Exceptional attention to the needs of the client. The very moment we sat in our first virtual meeting, they immediately understood the issues in contention and the history of the matter, and were quickly providing direction and a clear approach which we were extremely content to pursue.’

‘Marie McGinley has a can-do attitude and is one of the best in her field. Marie’s ability to identify the points in an argument that are game changers and to direct attention to those strengths makes her a standout. No cause is ever lost, as Marie is particularly strong at driving legal arguments with great persuasion. Sophie Delaney has outstanding drafting skills and has such an ability to take what has been discussed and relay it with clarity and style, succinctly delivering her arguments. Eversheds’ data protection and privacy practice is an excellent team.’

‘We have always found Eversheds’ team vastly experienced (at all levels) and understanding of their audience when providing their guidance. We appreciate their flexibility in responding to our queries irrespective of the hour, and that they are always available to provide a more personal touch and pick up the phone when required.’

‘They have been incredibly helpful and always available for us on several urgent data privacy matters. They provide very business-orientated advice with extremely focused attention on priorities, which has helped us to prioritise internally.’

‘Marie McGinley is just in a field of her own in terms of client contact and the ability to understand the internal issues that we face as in-house lawyers. She puts herself in our shoes, avoids providing unhelpful or superfluous advice and is laser focused on just achieving a good outcome for her clients. I cannot recommend her highly enough.’

‘A dedicated data protection team that is very knowledgeable, provides practical advice and has good availability.’

‘The Eversheds Sutherland dispute resolution team comes highly recommended in the area of dispute resolution. They are experts in legal, commercial and reputational risk and are able to manage strategy from every angle to achieve clients’ key objectives.’

‘The Eversheds team have significant experience in dealing with quasi-judicial/ regulatory matters across a number of organisations, while also having private sector commercial experience. This broad balance of experience has been hugely beneficial to us, as they supported in preparing to implement a major change in our legislative framework and subsequent to this as we deal with significant legal challenges. EVS were able to bring people into the team with relevant experience as necessary, while ensuring we also had consistency in terms of co-ordination and lead.’

‘I can vouch for Eversheds-Sutherland as a second-to-none dispute resolution team. Their partners and associates are committed and knowledgeable advocates for their clients. They advise their clients accurately and confidently. They achieve great results.’

‘Eoin McAodha – I have worked with Eoin on contracts in two different organisations and we have significant confidence in his advices on process, development as well as individual cases. Eoin is always available to us, and for urgent matters works well beyond scheduled hours, attends meeting when on leave etc.’

‘Pamela O’Neill has been invaluable to me as CEO in terms of dealing with key strategic and legal matters within the organisation. Pamela, while having a great legal mind also has a great commercial acumen which means she is a trusted advisor to the organisation and understands and can balance business needs of our organisation while advising on legal issues. She is also my ‘go to’ on any sensitive legal matters across the organisation. Pamela also has great presence and negotiation/mediation skills always looking for a solution. Pamela is always available to the org, will take a call out of hours on leave etc, and where there is a priority will always find time to deal with it.’

‘Norman Fitzgerald – Business acumen, partner availability, calm control of issue, subject matter expertise’

‘Eoin MacAodha, Pamela O’Neill and David O’Beirne (corporate and commercial) are all leading individuals in the field of dispute resolution and offer in-depth knowledge of the law combined with business common-sense and a keen sense of strategy, which allows them to offer holistic advice to their clients. Eoin MacAodha is unrivalled in his dedication to his clients’ interests and is unfailingly willing to go the extra mile.

‘The cross function collaboration is fantastic, their advices are coordinated and organised across multiple functionals, providing practical and logical advice to achieve the best outcome. Eversheds do not shy away from making solid recommendations which balances legal risk and business need. The client is truly at the centre and heart of what they do.’

‘The people make the practice Eversheds is. Joanne Hyde, Julie Galbraith and Marie McGinley. They invest in getting to know the client and their culture, they invest in time teasing out all possible options and come with collective and cross functional recommendations.’

‘With this team, I always feel that I get the advice I need. Regardless of the complexity of the matter, the team thoroughly understands our business and therefore, invariably and immediately grasps all issues in play so that they provide practical, pragmatic and solution-focused legal counsel.’

‘Anticipation, engagement and work ethic. Incredibly diligent and attentive, to the point where the client feels that they have the exclusive and fully focused attention of the team.’

‘Joanne Hyde (Partner) excellent delegation and empowerment to Maria Gallagher (Senior Associate), who has performed largely autonomously but sought assistance from client where necessary and appropriate. Both have clearly operated in sync and with total clarity viz the objectives of a very complex, people-intensive assignment, not least in a virtual setting.’

‘The team is knowledgable and has good experience.’

‘Peter O’Neill has been very responsive and has done a five-star job on a challenging project. The level of detail, approach and attitude is impressive.’

‘Eversheds Sutherland provided sound legal and commercial advice, which helped with meeting the necessary deadlines. This was conducted in a highly political context requiring tact in managing both parties’ expectations.’

‘I found the team to be very trustworthy, competent, collaborative, diplomatic and always prepared to go the extra mile. One thing I also found excellent was the fact that they acted as part of the team and not as a simple contractor, which helped tremendously with bringing the project teams together. I will without a doubt recommend them to any company looking for a professional and competent legal firm.’

‘The firm has capability across all disciplines of law to service clients of all types as well as access to an international network within Eversheds to cater for all international needs.’

‘The team is very strong on technical advice which they combine with an in-depth knowledge of our business and commercial needs which allows for a really strong work product. They have an ability to distil complex legal issues and advise us on the right course to steer.’

‘Tony McGovern is an excellent business partner with significant corporate law experience and knowledge. He is personable and easy to deal with. He provides practical advice without trying to overcomplicate and over legalise matters.’

‘Tony McGovern – top notch, affable and business focused and gets the job done’

‘Aisling Gannon is an excellent lead partner and client focussed with best results achieved for clients.’

‘Aisling Gannon is an extremely capable leader in this practice, she is able to insightfully arrive at the key issues for resolution in the cases she deals with.’

‘Marie McGinley is always on top of her brief and her expertise and experience means we have confidence nothing is overlooked.

‘Gerard Ryan is excellent in terms of marshalling and co-ordinating the experts and then providing the layer of strategic guidance of what to do and when.’

‘They are helpful, reliable and knowledgeable.’

‘Clarity of communication, advice was practical and focused.’

‘They have proven to be very receptive and pro-active on cases that I have worked with them on. I have found that they are good strategists and problem solvers.’

‘They are an excellent partner and are prepared to go the extra mile to ensure the deal gets done.’

‘The team bring a commercial edge to all of our dealings and are strategic in how they approach our dealings.’

‘Excellent service, quality team, very commercial approach, ability to deal with very complex insolvency and corporate assignments.’

‘Norman Fitzgerald and Neil O’Mahony are my main Partner contacts in this firm within this field. They are highly experienced and commercial people.’

‘Norman Fitzgerald is a well respected expert in the area of Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring and I would have no hesitation in recommending him to clients.’

‘We have been working with Eversheds for a number of years now on various topics including a very complex construction, insurance topic. The main advantage we have seen with Eversheds is the staff consistency, that understand our organisation and how we work. Consistency to us has been key to a successful relationship.’

‘Eversheds’ planning and environmental team are extremely pragmatic, diligence and first class.’

‘Stephen Barry is outstanding. He is extremely knowledgeable and has great insight into the entire planning system. He can lead a client seamlessly through the judicial review process.’

‘Approachable, straightforward, practical, reliable and wise. Continuity is also good. We have gotten to know the individuals and they have retained involvement in our service.’

‘The team at Eversheds are very responsive to the needs of the client and apply the necessary resources to give their client a distinct advantage in litigation, as reflected by a high success rate.’

‘The team members wear their extensive knowledge lightly and convey advice on difficult matters in a manner that brings clients along.’

‘Eversheds Sutherland have an extremely strong public sector team in Ireland. The team draws on a wealth of experience, having represented a range of public bodies for many years. The team’s legal knowledge is second to none and their commitment to achieving the optimal outcome for their clients is 100%.’

‘Eoin MacAodha goes above and beyond for his clients and is superb. Pamela O’Neill is an extremely experienced litigator who combines legal knowledge with practical common sense and is strongly recommended. Ciara Geraghty is exceptionally talented.’

‘The team at Eversheds Sutherland understands how the public sector works, which is essential for advising a public body. They provide clear and concise advice and always respond promptly, even at short notice.’

‘Pamela O’Neill and Ciara Geraghty are very professional, approachable and engaging. I have confidence in their problem-solving ability and trust their advice.’

‘The public sector team understand the political and public accountability of every decision relating to our work. They understood the multi-faceted issues in our case. They were also cost conscious and kept me informed of the budget.’

‘This team was introduced later in to our transaction process as we were using other advisors at the beginning. The difference in service that the Eversheds tax team provided was far superior and especially so with regard to advice with liability exposure.’

‘The team is very professional and solutions driven when it comes to client requirements. They are very approachable and willing to talk to clients before a formal engagement is in place which is not often the case with other firms.’

‘Very approachable and willing to engage. Particularly Tim Kiely and Alan O’Connell.’

‘The Eversheds Tax Legal Team, and in particular Alan Connell and Melissa Daly, have been an enormous help to our company. They’ve come up with innovative solutions for our VAT tax, entity expansion, and international development in the EU with regard to IP. I highly recommend them. They alert us to new legislation and also reach out routinely to make sure that everything is handled well.’

‘Robert Dever was key to delivering an excellent service and well negotiated tax deed in our favour. His depth of knowledge and ability to provide walk through examples and explanations was excellent.’

‘Alan Connell (managing partner and head of tax) has expertly led the team which has advised our business on all tax matters since we first became a client of the firm. Alan is an excellent partner, with in-depth experience, whose dedication to, and intimate knowledge of, our business through his involvement in our deals over the years means that he is a trusted advisor to our business.’

‘Alan Connell has an unerring sense of knowing our business model, the kind of crisp advice we need, and has the ability to help us strategise well. We have an excellent working relationship.’

‘Melissa Daly has also been a stalwart in helping out our team, especially as we liaise with other European lawyers on a variety of matters that include tax and also include social media, platform issues, and corporate structure.’

‘The team are excellent. They are efficient, pragmatic and cost effective.’

‘I have found Eoin Mac Aodha to be very efficient and focused, and he looks after his clients.’

‘The Eversheds Sutherland white-collar crime practice is extremely strongly resourced. Eoin MacAodha is a standout performer in this field.’

‘Eoin Mac Aodha is exceptionally well placed to advise on the trickiest of regulatory issues.’

‘The team are always available and the turnaround time is always prompt and work finished to a high standard.’

‘Marie McGinley is an exceptional IP lawyer, who explains complicated matters in a concise and digestible way. Highly recommended.’

‘Eversheds Sutherlands, Ireland provides advisory legal expertise and advice to our mutual clients.’

‘Core competency of the lead partner and proactiveness of the team.’

‘Direct, clear advice.’

‘Deborah Hutton, has a true passion for her job. Her knowledge of funds law, hand in hand with her compassionate and commitment to representing and helping our mutual clients, is what makes her excellent. She communicates easily and is easily understandable and listens to a clients needs. Not only this but her openness and innovative nature keeps her ahead of the changing market trends.’