PRACTICE AREAS

Litigation & Dispute Resolution

We provide litigation support for individuals, companies, institutions and organizations of all sizes. Our aim is to provide commercially aware client focused advice throughout every stage of the process.

Our team is experienced in all aspects of litigation and dispute resolution.

We advise on:

  • Accidents & Personal Injuries
  • Commercial dispute resolution
  • Shareholder and Partnership issues
  • Employment and Industrial relations
  • Building issues
  • Product liability
  • Employee and Public Liability claims
  • Professional negligence
  • Medical negligence
  • Judicial Review
  • Property Disputes
  • Environmental Claims and Planning Disputes
  • Health and Safety Litigation
  • Debt and Property Recovery
  • Occupier's Liability

Insolvency and Corporate Recovery

Our Insolvency and Corporate Recovery Group provide a comprehensive service on all aspects of Insolvency, Corporate Recovery and Personal Bankruptcy. We advise leading Insolvency Practitioners (Liquidators, Receivers and Examiners) Financial Institutions, Investors, Creditors, Directors and Shareholders in restructuring of or business termination event.

In addition, in the current economic climate we have developed a very strong practice in representing Debtors and in negotiating restructuring of loans and dealing with insolvency issues from a Borrowers point of view. In particular we have developed a strong practice in acting for individuals and businesses in dealing with an negotiating with Banks and other financial institutions.

Probate & Estate Planning

We provide specialist legal and taxation advice to private and commercial clients. We focus on the creation and implementation of efficient arrangements for the preservation, management and transfer of wealth.

Our expertise includes:

  • Succession Law including the preparation of Wills and the administration of estates
  • Asset Management and Protection
  • Debt issues in relation to estates
  • Inheritance Tax and all taxation issues affecting estates in trust
  • We work closely with our litigation and dispute resolution Department on contentious private client issues including succession claims and marital disputes.
  • Our work is by necessity discreet and our clients remain confidential

Family Law

Our Family Law Department has a wealth of experience in all aspects of Family Law. We work closely with our clients assuring them of our patience, understanding and skill to reach a satisfactory resolution of their problem. We will work with your financial advisers, specialist, actuaries in the analysis and protection of complex financial assets cases and Pension Adjustments.

We specialize in the following areas of Family Law:

  • Separation
  • Agreements following mediation
  • Divorce
  • Post Divorce proceedings
  • Uncontested Divorces
  • Financial settlements
  • Support/Maintenance matters


Conveyancing / Property

As an Asset, Commercial Property requires careful management to optimize its potential. Our practice has developed significant experience in all aspects of the Commercial Property market with an in depth understanding of the legal intricacies facing our clients.

We provide a comprehensive range of services to our clients who are acquiring, selling, leasing or developing property. Our clients include Developers, Landlords, Vendors, Purchasers, Tenants and funding institutions.

Our experience includes:

  • Planning issues
  • Property Development
  • Purchase and sale of commercial properties
  • Landlord and Tenant issues
  • Property disputes
  • Tax incentives
  • Retail and other commercial developments

Residential Property Law

We advise on all aspects of the sale of residential property both principal private residences and investment properties. We provide a personalised service and are fully appreciative of how stressful moving house can be. At competitive rates, we will do everything possible to ensure that your transaction runs as smoothly as is achievable while still protecting your legal interests.

Sale/Purchase of lands

We have vast experience over the years in the sale and purchase of lands both commercial/development and agricultural land. We have a strong background in dealing with farmers and in advising on the passing on of your farm to a young trained farmer in your household while still preserving and protecting your own rights in the transaction.

Employment and Industrial Relations

As the following list will show our Employment Law Practitioners have extensive experience in dealing with every aspect of the Employer - Employee relationships and all applicable Irish Legislation.

Areas of expertise include:

  • Employment Law implications of mergers and acquisitions
  • Contracts for services for Consultants and independent Contractors
  • The termination of Employment Contracts
  • Confidentiality Agreements and Restrictive Trade Agreements
  • Bullying and Harassment
  • Work related stress issues
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employment Equality and Discrimination Advice
  • Representation before all Employment Law Forums including the High Court, the Employment Appeal Tribunal, The Equality Tribunal, Rights Commissioner and Labour Court
  • Executive Service Contracts
  • Reorganizations and redundancies
  • Personnel Policies and procedures
  • Employment Contracts and Staff Handbooks
  • Leave and flexible working arrangement

Commercial Law

We work with a wide variety of clients from domestic and international corporations to Entrepreneurs and family businesses.

We offer expertise in many areas including:

  • Agency and distribution
  • Buying and selling of companies
  • Competition Law
  • Confidentiality Agreements
  • Consumer matters
  • Franchise Agreements

Trade Agreements

As a full service Law Firm we can draw on the expertise of colleagues in other areas such as Employment and Intellectual Property. We are committed to being as proactive as possible in developing ideas that we think may help your business develop further

Debt Recovery

Our Specialist Debt Recovery team has extensive experience and in depth knowledge of all aspects of Debt Recovery matters. Speed and efficiency are the hallmarks of our Debt Recovery service.

Our service involves providing clients with commercial & solution focused advice on Debt Recovery from issuing demands for payment to obtaining judgment and to pursuing post judgment enforcement options. We encourage our clients to approach us early in any potentially problematic debt recovery process so that we can provide practical solutions to achieve our client's objectives.

Our experience on such areas includes:

  • Standard Debt Collection
  • Commercial and Retail Debt
  • Retention of Title
  • Landlord and Tenant
  • Enforcement of Personal Guarantee