Tughans‘ dispute resolution department is well-known for representing clients across a broad spectrum of civil litigation matters, including company shareholder disputes, contractual disputes, judicial review, intellectual property disputes, and property litigation. Michael McCord, who spearheads the practice, is a go-to for contentious matters related to major infrastructure projects. Toby McMurray, who heads up the firm’s insolvency and business recovery department, has a niche in shareholder and partnership disputes. Patrick Brown has significant experience advising on shareholder, contractual, and professional negligence disputes. Nadine Brennan acts for both private and public bodies and has been active in disputes in regulated sectors such as energy.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge

Key clients

  • DFI (Department of Infrastructure)
  • Farrans Construction Limited
  • FP McCann Ltd
  • Grant Thornton (NI) LLP
  • Upstream Trade Finance Limited
  • Northstone NI Limited
  • Huhtamaki (Lurgan) Limited
  • Kurt Geiger Ireland Limited
  • Mattest (Ireland) Limited
  • Diageo Northern Ireland Limited
  • Tetra Tech Limited
  • JD Weatherspoon

Work highlights

Advised Upstream Trade Finance Limited on enforcement of a £500+ million property finance facility to Ard Baillie 4 Ltd, including High Court proceedings against the personal guarantors.
Advising Huhtamaki (Lurgan) Limited on enforcement of its Option rights over its Lurgan manufacturing site, including injunctive relief, High Court proceedings and a parallel Lands Tribunal tenancy application.

Lawyers

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Practice head

Michael McCord

Other key lawyers

Toby McMurray; Nadine Brennan; Patrick Brown

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