Harbour Litigation Funding has been denied permission to fund a major case against the Irish state and a prominent businessman. The ruling said Harbour’s involvement would contravene the ancient law on ‘champerty’. The case was the first time a direct challenge was made to the laws around third party funding in Ireland. Laws around champerty were […]
Irish firm Arthur Cox is making a rare partner hire from its major rival, A&L Goodbody, with the appointment of corporate partner Cian McCourt.
While 2015 was the year of the mega-merger, 2016 could well be the year of the never-merger, as the value of abandoned deals reaches its highest since the eve of the financial crisis.
Irish firm William Fry has kickstarted a remote working pilot, testing out agile working one day a week among 10 of its lawyers. The pilot will be underway for six months with the firm keen to roll out remote working on a wider basis later this year. Managing partner Bryan Bourke told The Lawyer the […]
Paddy Power’s group general counsel Ed Traynor will continue to head up the company’s legal function after its merger with Betfair, while the latter’s legal chief Fiona Russell has left the group.
McCann FitzGerald has become the latest Irish firm to set up a representative office in the US, establishing a base in New York led by corporate partner Gary McSharry. McSharry joined the firm in June last year from Arthur Cox, having been the resident partner in that firm’s New York office between 2011 and 2014. […]
Irish firm Mason Hayes & Curran has reported a 20 per cent revenue rise in 2015 to €72m (£54.5m), up from €60m the previous year. The increase signals a revenue rise of 50 per cent in just two years, with turnover in 2013 sitting at €48m. During the course of 2015 Mason Hayes recruited 75 staff […]
Ireland’s real estate market has made a spectacular comeback. Our panel members give their predictions for this sector and explain how their firms are adapting to the change
A host of US and Irish firms have won top mandates in what is believed to be the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in history, between Pfizer and Allergan. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is representing Pfizer in its $160bn merger with Allergan, after advising the former on its failed takeover of UK pharmaceuticals company AstraZeneca […]
A host of US and Irish firms are taking the lead on Pfizer’s $160bn merger with pharmaceutical rival Allergan. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is representing Pfizer, with a team including M&A partners Paul Schnell, Sean Doyle and Michael Chitwood in New York. Washington tax partner Paul Oosterhuis is working alongside partners Sally Thurston, […]
This year’s European Awards saw winners from firms of all types from across the Continent take home prizes. Ahead of the deadline for entries for the 2016 edition of the Awards, previous winners speak about the experience of entering and winning. Law firm of the year: Benelux Dutch boutique Rutgers & Posch was named Benelux […]
A quintet of US and EU firms have advised on the billion-dollar acquisition of King Digital Entertainment by rival mobile gaming company Activision Blizzard. Under the terms of the transaction, ABS Partners, a subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, will acquire all out the outstanding shares of King, the creator of Candy Crush Saga in a deal […]