A&L Goodbody LLP provides leading, comprehensive services to large domestic and international insurers. Acting on large insurance transactions and operations, James Grennan leads the non-contentious insurance and reinsurance group, which has specialist expertise in establishment and entry into market, M&A, reorganisations, migrations, conversions and restructurings, as well as providing regulatory advice. Laura Mulleady and Sinéad Lynch are highly recommended for advisory and transactional work. The insurance disputes offering, which is led by Sarah Murphy and Dario Dagostino, has a wealth of experience acting in complex and significant contentious regulatory issues, coverage disputes, fraud claims and subrogated claims, notably related to professional indemnity and aviation insurance.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The individuals we work with stand out because of their expertise, their inter-personal skills, their willingness to listen to our instructions and requirements and their ability to deliver practical and actionable advice.’
- ‘James Grennan - a stand-out lawyer with the ability to break things down into easier to grasp concepts and make them easier to understand to all stakeholders. Very accommodating and generous with his time even at very short notice. Laura Mulleady is another great lawyer in this practice.’
- ‘A&L Goodbody combine deep technical expertise with a relentless focus on making the client experience as simple, transparent, and seamless as possible. A&L Goodbody differentiate themselves by mastering the translation of that expertise into clear, actionable, and easily digestible counsel.’
- ‘The individuals we work with at A&L Goodbody stand out primarily because they are much more than a service provider; they are an integrated and highly valued part of our extended team. This partnership approach is what truly differentiates them from competitors.’
- ‘While their legal acumen is clearly top-tier, a key differentiator for me is their human-centred approach to complex legal work.’
- ‘They combine exceptional technical expertise with genuine empathy and a profound focus on clear delivery, making challenging matters manageable.’
Key clients
- AA Ireland
- AEGON
- AIG
- AON
- Arch Capital
- Aviva
- AXA Insurance
- AXA XL
- Berkshire Hathaway
- Digital Care sp. z o.o.
- ERGO Versicherung AG
- Försäkringsaktiebolaget Agria
Work highlights
Advising SCOR Global Reinsurance Ireland DAC on an ongoing cross-border conversion from an Irish-incorporated designated activity company into a French-incorporated Société Anonyme.
Advising the NorthStandard Group on the portfolio transfer of Standard Ireland’s entire book to NorthStandard EU DAC and the first court-sanctioned domestic merger of two insurers under the Companies Act.
Advised Försäkringsaktiebolaget Agria on the cross-border merger by absorption of Capstone Financial Services Limited into Agria.
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Practice head
James Grennan; Sarah Murphy; Dario Dagostino
Other key lawyers
Laura Mulleady; Sinéad Lynch; Stephen Quinlivan; Emma Martin; Scott McDonnell; Enda Hurley