Addleshaw Goddard‘s Ireland team is recognised for handling complex and high-value disputes before the Irish Courts, acting for a broad client roster including domestic and global companies, public and state bodies, and national and international financial institutions. Steering the group is Caoilfhionn Ní Chuanacháin, who has expertise across property litigation, financial services litigation and professional negligence claims, drawing on her dual qualification in Ireland and the UK. Ronan O’Neill is recommended for his ADR methods, particularly relating to high-value financial and banking litigation. Rachel Shanley is well versed in shareholder disputes, injunctions, financial disputes, arbitration proceedings, mediation and professional negligence claims, with niche expertise in reputation management issues.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Paul Dempsey always displays the highest levels of professionalism and integrity, the support is over and above. We have also engaged with our partners within the firm on occasion for cross-over matters, and we are met with the same level.’
- ‘Caoilfhionn Ní Chuanacháin is an outstanding practitioner. Always a pleasure to work with her. Instils confidence and remains calm, even in highly stressful situations.'
- ‘The team of partners and associates ensure that you get a quality service from the start of the process to completion.'
- ‘Paul Dempsey and Ross Shaughnessy work hand in hand to ensure a detailed and top quality service. Excellent legal knowledge with a practical approach to litigation by Alternative Dispute Resolution or when necessary concluded litigation.’
- ‘David Heneghan shows promptness of action and availability. Also, ability to provide casual advice when needed, never a problem to pick up the phone.’
- ‘Addleshaw Goddard are entirely committed to providing the best service for each and every case we present to them. They have taken the time to understand and know our business, how it works including its complex corporate structure to ensure the correct and very best responses are sent in reply to claims made against us.'
- The team was available and responded in a timely fashion to queries. The billing process was clear and precise.
- I dealt with Caoilfhionn Ni Chuanachain (Partner) and Sinead Lardner (Associate). Appropriately, the majority of our interaction was with Sinead (helping to keep the costs down) with proper oversight from Caoilfhionn. They work very well as a team.
- The team at Addleshaw Goddard (Ireland) LLP possesses unique and industry-leading expertise in the area of dispute resolution that I sought to engage.
- Both the partners and associates have been great.
Key clients
- Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA)
- Grant Thornton
- JD Sports
- Vodafone Retail (Ireland) Ltd
- BMW (Automotive (Ireland) and BMW (AG))
- Takeda Pharmaceutical Ireland
- Bank of Ireland
- Marks and Spencer (Ireland) Ltd
- Joint Official Liquidators of Insolvent Cayman Island hedge fund DD Growth Premium Master Fund (In Liquidation)
- Sky UK Ltd
- Bank of Scotland Plc
- ACC Loan Management Ltd
- Capita Asset Services
- Zurich Bank
- Investec Bank
- KBC Bank Ireland
- Danske Bank A/S
- Allied Irish Banks, plc
- Red Flag Consulting Ltd
- Whirlpool SSC Ltd
Work highlights
Instructed by CNB Investments Ltd in a dispute arising out of the sale of a school meals supplier.
Assisting the HPRA in its involvement in a non-statutory inquiry into the historic licensing and use of a sodium valproate, a drug prescribed to pregnant women which allegedly caused defects in babies such as neurodevelopmental delay.
Acted for ADS in a complex dispute in Ireland after engaging a new distributor in 2020 while its long-standing distributor, with which it had no exclusive arrangement, continued to operate in the market.
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Practice head
Caoilfhionn Ní Chuananchaín
Other key lawyers
Ronan O’Neill; Rachel Shanley; Paul Dempsey; Ross Shaughnessy; David Heneghan