Byrne Wallace Shields LLP, formed as a result of the merger between legacy firms ByrneWallace LLP and LK Shields Solicitors LLP in early 2025, brings together a team that has experience of examinerships, schemes of arrangement, small companies administrative rescue procedures (SCARPs) and informal debt restructuring. It also continues to advise a number of private equity houses in the NPL segment, including NPL workouts and receivership litigation. John Fitzgerald is a prominent name in the field, while of counsel Sean Neville has a background in advising banks and private equity clients on secured debt enforcement and receivership litigation. Jill Callanan has an extensive record in insolvency cases and Clare Dowling is noted for liquidations, examinerships and receiverships.
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Practice head
John Fitzgerald
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Sean Neville; Jill Callanan; Clare Dowling