Ellen Forester > Tughans > Belfast, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Tughans Offices
MARLBOROUGH HOUSE
30 VICTORIA STREET
BELFAST
BT1 3GG
United Kingdom
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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
The ‘highly professional’ dispute resolution team at Tughans acts for a strong client base of infrastructure, finance, and construction clients. The ‘fantastic strategist’ Michael McCord leads the team with ‘great client handling skills’. McCord specialises in commercial and real estate litigation, often acting for major infrastructure, construction, and manufacturing clients. Patrick Brown regularly handles financial services litigation, contractual warranty claims, and shareholder and partnership disputes. Brown is often supported by both Nadine Brennan and Ellen Forester in commercial disputes. Toby McMurray supports clients on contentious insolvency and business recovery matters.
Northern Ireland > Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
Tughans’ specialised insolvency, business recovery, and restructuring practice offers comprehensive advisory services to clients, covering a wide spectrum of matters. The team is led by senior partner Toby McMurray, a highly regarded practitioner who is experienced in acting in the High Court and Court of Appeal in complex insolvency litigations. Key members of the core team include director Ellen Forester and Caroline McAlister.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant