Freshfields is representing GTLK Malta Four, a subsidiary of the ultimately Russian state owned GTLK Europe, in a claim filed in the High Court last month. GTLK Europe, which is headquartered in Ireland, was put into liquidation in May 2023 after applications from four creditors who held various contracts with the company. It is itself […]
Media and reputation firm Schillings has opened its first European office outside of the UK by launching in Dublin. The office will offer advice in crisis management, risk mitigation and “opportunity harnessing” with further service lines in “intelligence, law, communications, diplomacy and security to handle high stakes situations”. Schillings CEO David Imison said of the […]
The Irish M&A market is internationalising – the next few years there will be challengers to the establishment
On the panel: Fergus Doorly, head of corporate restructuring & insolvency, William Fry Ruairi Rynn, corporate restructuring and insolvency partner, William Fry David Baxter, head of restructuring, A&L Goodbody William Day, head of restructuring and insolvency, Arthur Cox John Donald, restructuring and insolvency partner, Arthur Cox Kathleen Garrett, finance partner, Arthur Cox Nicholas Butcher, […]
Irish lawyers involved in deals are predicting the economic fallout from the pandemic as well as Brexit will provide scope for increased activity in future
The country’s money market has seen considerable change over the past three years, but Ireland is well placed to respond to investors’ demands as firms look ahead to Brexit – and beyond. The Lawyer asked industry experts for their views on the shifting landscape
As the saga of the UK’s exit from the EU looks to edge nearer to a conclusion, The Lawyer quizzes firms in Ireland about the regulatory changes likely to stem from the divorce
Ireland’s pro-business attitude coupled with its common law status and Chapter 11-style restructuring process puts it in a strong position post-Brexit
Driven by a fast-growing economy and the aftermath of Brexit, the Irish legal market has entered a new phase of internationalisation.
Dechert has begun offering training contracts in its Dublin office, as the US firm eyes growth opportunities in the Irish market. Dechert launched training contracts in its Dublin office in the second half of 2017 by taking on two local law graduates as trainees. It is understood that the US firm will offer two or […]
Ireland’s lawyers are used to turbulence. After all, it is not so long ago that the country was navigating the bumpy waters of the financial crisis and a bailout by the EU. So the last year of volatility caused by the UK’s Brexit vote and the US presidential election was something Irish firms were ready […]
The number of female partners working in independent European firms has risen by almost a third in five years, data gathered for The Lawyer European 100 2017 reveals.