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Ellen Forester
Work Department
Restructuring and Insolvency
Position
Director
Career
Ellen is a Law and politics graduate from Queen’s University Belfast and spent a year studying business at Nebraska Wesleyan University as part of scholarship with British Council. Ellen joined Tughans dispute resolution team in 2013 as a paralegal and commenced her training contract with Tughans in 2014. During her training contract, Ellen represented Northern Ireland at the International client consultation competition in Canada. Ellen qualified into the dispute resolution team as a solicitor in 2016.
Ellen is qualified to practice in the Republic of Ireland having worked for a leading law firm in Dublin and is experienced in representing clients in commercial disputes in Circuit and High Court. She was also a secondee to Permanent tsb in Dublin as in-house counsel in 2019.
Ellen has broad experience advising clients in a range of commercial disputes, with a particular focus on shareholder disputes, contract disputes, property litigation and product liability claims. Ellen is part of the insolvency team and frequently advises insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, directors and creditors on all issues relating to both corporate and personal insolvency.
Ellen is a committee member of the Northern Ireland Young Solicitors Association and Young Leaders Northern Ireland.
Lawyer Rankings
Northern Ireland > Dispute resolution
Tughans fields a diverse team of specialists who are experienced working across Northern Ireland, England and Wales, and the Republic of Ireland. Areas of strength for the group include energy, technology, manufacturing, and banking. Senior partner Michael McCord
heads the department. McCord covers contract issues, debt recovery and shareholder disputes, and has significant expertise in construction litigation. Managing partner Patrick Brown is a key contact for insurance claims, professional negligence, and financial services litigation. Toby McMurray leads the firm’s insolvency and business recovery group. Directors Nadine Brennan and Ellen Forester are core team members.
Northern Ireland > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
Tughans‘ dedicated restructuring and insolvency practice advises clients on the full range of matters, with experience acting across the Republic of Ireland and England and Wales. The group is led by senior partner Toby McMurray, an experienced practitioner praised for his ‘efficiency and transparency’. Core team members include director Ellen Forester and Julie Huddleston, who joined from DWF in February 2022.