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Aisling O'Donoghue

Aisling O'Donoghue is a Senior Associate in A&L Goodbody's Energy, Infrastructure and Natural Resources group. She advises sponsors, corporates, projects developers, financial institutions, and service providers in the energy and infrastructure sector. Aisling's areas of specialism include acquisition/project financing, construction and equipment procurement, and power sales and offtake contracts. She works with clients in project development, project financing and M&A processes, and also regularly advises companies on energy regulatory matters. Aisling is a former Vice President of Sustainable Finance at J.P. Morgan (New York) where she was responsible for developing and implementing the company's sustainability strategy, including advising clients on ESG matters. She is a qualified Solicitor in Ireland (2018) and an Attorney-at-Law in New York (2013).

Alan McCarthy is a partner in A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement group. Alan has represented clients in a range of sectors including telecommunications, aviation, banking, insurance, healthcare, food, beverages and petroleum before the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and the European Commission. He specialises in advice on the competition law implications of mergers and joint ventures. He has advised on many of the recent mergers notified to the CCPC (including mergers that have been investigated in Phase 2 of the CCPC's merger procedures) and on mergers notified to the European Commission. Alan also specialises in advice on competition law enforcement issues (such as leniency applications, dawn raids, compliance programmes and competition law litigation) as well as complaints to the CCPC and the European Commission. Alan also advises on EU competition law follow-on damages actions in the Irish Courts. He has significant sectoral regulatory experience, particularly in the telecommunications and energy sectors in Ireland. In addition, he advises on a wide range of other EU law matters such as State aid.

Alan Roberts is a Partner in and joint Head of A&L Goodbody's Environmental & Planning Group. Alan advises on contentious and non-contentious environmental and planning work. He works closely with the Energy & Natural Resources, Commercial Property and M&A Groups. Alan also advises on interaction with regulatory enforcement agencies, third party liability claims, contaminated land clean up and the defence of environmental and health & safety prosecutions. In particular, he has specialist experience advising in relation to the development, operation and funding of renewable energy projects.

Alan Casey is a partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's Corporate Department. He advises leading Irish and multi-national public and private companies across a broad range of Mergers & Acquisitions, Governance and Equity Capital Markets issues. Alan has extensive experience in cross-border transactions, particularly in public M&A and ECM mandates and has advised on many of the largest corporate transactions in Irish history. Alan's practice also involves advising boards of public companies on shareholder activism mandates and other governance mandates. Alan was previously Head of A&L Goodbody's New York office for a number of years and is listed as a Leading Lawyer in both M&A and Equity Capital Markets by several publications including IFLR1000, Chambers Global and Legal 500.

Alison Fanagan is a consultant in A&L Goodbody's Litigation department and a former partner of the firm, with over 30 years' experience. She is joint Head of the Environmental and Planning group, and provides specialist advice on all aspects of planning, environmental and health and safety law both contentious and non-contentious. Alison is also an experienced commercial litigator, with a particular focus on judicial review. Alison advises on the defence of criminal prosecutions, on taking and defending claims for negligence and nuisance, and on all aspects of planning injunctions. She advises buyers, sellers and funders on due diligence and has a particular expertise in renewable energy projects including both onshore and offshore wind.

Andrew Sheridan

Andrew Sheridan is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Technology group. His practice covers the contentious and non‑contentious aspects of intellectual property and data, as well as commercial agreements and technology law. He regularly advises on IP and data-driven transactions, as well as all legal issues relating to data regulation, including in the context of data privacy crises and investigations, deals and new data uses. Before joining A&L Goodbody, Andrew worked for a global law firm based in London.

Anna-Marie Curran

Anna-Marie Curran is a partner in A&L Goodbody's EU, Competition & Procurement group. She has extensive experience in competition law, procurement law, sectoral regulation, EU and Irish merger filings, cartels, State aid, competition law enforcement and immunity applications. Anna-Marie advises a wide range of clients across contentious and non-contentious competition law and procurement law matters. She has represented clients in the Irish and Northern Ireland courts and before the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), the Court of Justice of the European Union and the European Commission.

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Berni Hosty is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group. Berni advises a wide range of clients on corporate transactions, both in the domestic market and on international deals with an Irish dimension, across a variety of business and industry sectors. Her key areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and insolvency led sales and reorganisations.

Brendan Curran is a senior associate in A&L Goodbody's Litigation department, specialising in Environmental & Planning. He has advised a wide range of project promoters on consenting, CPO and litigation strategy, from consent stage to financing through to development. His litigation experience allows him to put environmental, planning and health and safety risks in context and develop solutions that satisfy the needs of promoters and investors. He has also advised stakeholders on submissions in relation to legislation that affects them.

Brid NicSuibhne

Bríd Nic Suibhne is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Employment Law group. She supports employers globally across a range of sectors including tech, pharma, finance, manufacturing, professional services, healthcare and retail. She frequently advises clients on their most challenging and sensitive employment and HR related issues, both contentious and non-contentious. Bríd brings technical excellence, commercial acumen and a practical, common sense approach to complex and nuanced employment issues.

Charles Carroll

Charlie Carroll is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group. Charlie has a strong track record with a focus on equity capital markets, private company transactional and corporate finance related work in addition to commercial, contractual and corporate governance matters across a range of sectors. Charlie advises international and indigenous companies across a variety of business and industry sectors including financial services, retail, IT, energy and telecommunications.

Chris Bolland is a partner in A&L Goodbody's market-leading Technology group. He is an expert in privacy, data protection, information technology and e-commerce law. His clients include some of the largest technology companies in the world. Chris advises on all aspects of compliance with data protection law; including the ePrivacy regime, data breach response, international transfers and technical product counselling. He frequently counsels clients on the regulatory implications of new and emerging technologies and products. He also has extensive experience advising on the evolving regulatory obligations for online businesses. This includes advising on intermediary liability (and the eCommerce regime generally), online consumer protection law, geo-blocking rules and content moderation rules. Chris also advises on the protection and commercialisation of intellectual property including software licences, software development agreements, intellectual property assignments and intellectual property transfers.

Chris Comerford

Ciarán Rogers is a senior partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance department. Ciaran has over 30 years experience of capital markets (debt and equity), securitisation, structured finance and syndicated lending. He has been heavily involved in advising both domestic and international financial institutions on major restructurings and asset disposals including the phased withdrawal of the NatWest Group and Ulster Bank Ireland DAC from the Irish market and the IBRC special liquidation. Ciarán is also Head of the firm's Capital Markets – Debt practice.

Cliona Christle

Conor Owens is a partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's Construction & Engineering group. Conor has over 15 years' experience advising on construction law and construction related litigation / arbitration / mediation / adjudication; procurement contracts and disputes, contract negotiation and drafting; strategic mid-stream advice; insurance coverage disputes; negligence claims; bond claims; general construction claims; litigation; alternative dispute resolution; product liability. His clients include contractors, sub-contractors, public authorities, private owners, sponsors, funders and designers. On the non-contentious side Conor advises contractors, sponsors, developers, funders and designers.

Dario Dagostino

Dario Dagostino is a partner and Head of our Regulatory Risks and Investigations Group. He frequently advises clients on all aspects of their interactions with regulatory authorities such as the Central Bank of Ireland on regulatory compliance, authorisation and enforcement. In addition, Dario represents clients in commercial disputes with a focus on civil proceedings with a regulatory aspect and in advising on corporate criminal issues.

Darran Nangle is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group. Darran specialises in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, equity capital markets, joint ventures, cross-border mergers, corporate restructurings, and corporate governance and commercial advisory work. He advises Irish and international public and private companies and investors across a range of industries and sectors, with a particular focus on private equity and technology transactions. Darran is also a member of the A&L Goodbody's FinTech Group and a member of the Blockchain Ireland Legal Working Group. Prior to joining A&L Goodbody, Darran worked with another Irish commercial law firm.

David McElroy is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Energy, Infrastructure & Natural Resources group. David has over twelve years' experience advising financial institutions, institutional investors and developers on all aspects of project, infrastructure and PPP finance across a wide range of asset classes, including roads, electricity interconnectors, renewable energy projects and social infrastructure. He has advised on over €1.5bn worth of energy and infrastructure transactions in the Irish market and close to £2bn worth of energy transactions in the UK.

David Fitzgerald

David Widger is the Managing Partner of A&L Goodbody. Prior to his appointment as Managing Partner, David spent over 12 years as Head of the firm's Corporate Department. David is a specialist M&A and corporate finance lawyer, with a wide range of domestic and international transactional and strategic advisory experience. David has advised and led on some of the largest and most high profile Irish corporate M&A deals and is recognised as one of the country’s leading corporate lawyers by global legal publications including Chambers Global, Chambers Europe, The Legal 500, IFLR and Who’s Who Legal.

Deirdre Geraghty

Deirdre Geraghty is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group and is based in the New York office. She has extensive experience advising international and domestic clients on all aspects of corporate law including public and private M&A, equity capital markets, corporate restructurings and corporate governance. Deirdre advises clients across a range of industry sectors including pharma/healthcare, technology and energy. She also frequently advises US companies who are establishing operations in Ireland for the first time, having spent a number of years in A&L Goodbody's New York office.

Deirdre Griffin

Deirdre Griffin is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Real Estate department. Deirdre advises a wide variety of clients on all aspects of commercial property law including investment acquisitions and disposals, asset management, landlord and tenant matters, real estate financing, development and corporate sales. Deirdre acts for a broad range of clients which include pension funds, financial institutions, private equity firms and developers.

Duncan Inverarity

Duncan is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Employment Law Group and has practiced exclusively in the area of employment law and industrial relations in multiple jurisdictions. Duncan advises public and private sector employers on both contentious and non-contentious matters. He advises Board rooms across Ireland and abroad on strategic and complex employment and industrial relations matters. Duncan also specialises in crisis management for clients and has advised on some of the most high profile corporate issues in Ireland. Duncan regularly appears for clients in the Workplace Relations Commission, the Circuit Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Duncan also acts for partnerships in mediated settlements and in proceedings in the High Court.

Eamonn Gill is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Construction & Engineering and Climate Action & Infrastructure Groups. He has over thirty years' experience advising on construction law and construction related litigation/arbitration/mediation, both contentious and non-contentious. Eamonn advises on contracts generally (at every tier), procurement, public private partnerships, insurances (for contractors and insurers), bond claims, general construction claims, litigation, alternative dispute resolution and health & safety. On the non-contentious side Eamonn advises sponsors, developers, funders, sureties, contractors, designers, insolvency practitioners and regulators. He is also a mediator in construction and commercial disputes.

Emma Martin is Of Counsel in A&L Goodbody’s Insurance and Reinsurance group. Her experience covers a wide range of aspects of insurance and reinsurance law and regulation. These include the set up and authorisation of insurers, reinsurers and insurance intermediaries, ongoing regulation, provision of cross-border services and the full spectrum of advisory and transactional issues including sale/purchase/transfer of insurance companies/businesses and restructurings.

Enda Hurley is a partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's Litigation Department. Enda advises domestic and international corporate clients on a broad range of contentious commercial matters, including securities, tax, financial products, real estate and disclosure matters. He has significant experience handling multi-party litigation in the Commercial Court and pathfinder cases in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He has advised Irish and U.S. listed companies on multi-billion euro/dollar schemes of arrangement and capital restructurings, involving cross-jurisdictional securities/shareholder litigation. Enda regularly advises on mediation, arbitration and contentious commercial negotiations.

Eoin Shiel is a senior associate in A&L Goodbody's Corporate department and part of the mergers & acquisitions (M&A) team. Eoin’s key areas of expertise are M&A transactions (in particular involving insurance companies, banks, and asset managers), corporate finance, corporate governance, takeovers, private equity investments, and shareholder arrangements. Eoin also has in-house counsel experience, having previously completed a secondment in the Irish branch of international life insurer Standard Life.

Eugenée Mulhern

Eugenée Mulhern is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group. Her key areas of expertise include corporate finance, capital markets, M&A, corporate governance and securities law. Prior to joining ALG, she had 14 years' experience working as a director in corporate finance in one of Ireland's leading stockbroking and financial services firms and has advised a wide range of Irish public companies on capital market transactions, takeovers and M&A.

Gillian McDonald

Gillian McDonald is a partner in A&L Goodbody's ALG Solutions group. She is an experienced, pragmatic and strategic lawyer who has worked with the firm since 2012. As legal head, she co-manages a team of 30 multidisciplinary professionals in the execution and delivery of large and medium sized corporate transactions. She has market leading expertise in streamlining sale and acquisition legal due diligence processes for loan portfolio sales and M&A transactions. Gillian has extensive experience across a broad range of practice areas including commercial property, finance and litigation. This enables her to provide a collaborative interface with specialist practice groups ensuring legal excellence with cost efficient on-time delivery. With a keen interest in developing and enabling innovation in the legal industry, her focus is on delivering legal services through the right combination of resourcing, technology and project management.

Jack Sheehy is a Partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance Department. His principal practice areas are debt capital markets, private equity finance and general banking and restructurings. Jack's other areas of expertise include loan portfolio acquisitions and disposals, high-yield bond issues, securitisation restructurings and the establishment of asset acquisition and loan origination platforms.

James Grennan is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate department and Head of the Insurance group. From 1995 to 1999 James managed A&L Goodbody’s London office. James's area of particular legal expertise is the insurance industry. His practice embraces all aspects of insurance law and regulation including the set up and authorisation of insurers, ongoing regulation, the provision of cross-border services, sale and purchase of insurance companies and insurance businesses, captive insurance, authorisation and regulation of insurance intermediaries, contracts, regulatory investigations, enforcement actions and statutory compensation schemes. He advises life and non-life insurers, health insurers, reinsurers, captives and intermediaries. He played a key role in the A&L Goodbody legal team that advised the Irish Government’s Department of Finance on the establishment of the Irish Financial Regulator. "Recognised as an International Thought Leader in Insurance and Reinsurance" (Who's Who 2020 and prior years), James was also instrumental in having Irish law amended to facilitate the operations of life assurers in the International Financial Services Centre and in drafting other legislation to address insurance industry concerns. He has advised on many of the most significant insurance transactions and developments in recent decades.

James Somerville

James Somerville is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Tax department. He advises on all aspects of taxation law but with particular emphasis on financial services and property related tax, including structured finance transactions, capital market issues, investment funds and cross border financings, mergers and acquisitions, inward investment, group re-organisations and property acquisition and holding structures.

Jamie is a partner in the Construction & Engineering group at ALG specialising in construction projects in the property and infrastructure sectors, including property development, development finance, joint-ventures, PPP and concessions. Jamie has experience in acting for developers, funders, sponsors, public authorities and contractors on a number of significant Irish construction and infrastructure projects, including advising on a broad range of projects in the accommodation, transport, energy, water and telecommunications sectors in Ireland over recent years.

Joe Kelly is a Partner in A&L Goodbody's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. He has developed a strong litigation practice in the Commercial Court and co-leads the White Collar Crime Group. He advises clients involved in regulatory investigations and/or prosecutions brought in the criminal courts. He is a lead adviser to financial institutions and automobile companies in relation to recent high profile investigations in Ireland. In addition, Joe co- heads A&L Goodbody's boutique Gaming and Betting practice.

John Dallas is a partner in the Energy, Infrastructure and Natural Resources and Projects groups. He has extensive experience advising sponsors, lenders and developers on the financing and construction of large scale infrastructure projects, particularly in the energy sector. John also advises on the acquisition and sale of large scale infrastructure projects and on joint ventures within the infrastructure sector. In addition, he advises on regulatory matters in the energy sector.

Dr John Cahir is a partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's Technology group. His practice covers both contentious and non-contentious aspects of intellectual property, information technology, data protection and media law. John advises clients across a wide range of industry sectors on their Commercial & Technology law requirements. He has acted on some of the highest profile technology disputes to come before the Irish courts as well as on the leading transactions. John acts for many of the multinational corporations that have established their European operations in Ireland and he also advises a wide spectrum of domestic clients.

John Whelan is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Technology group. John advises clients on contentious and regulatory matters and investigations with a focus within the technology and pharma sectors, and specifically on privacy, IP (patents), and telecoms regulation. He has been involved in many of the most significant litigation cases in these areas that have come before the Irish courts over the last 20 years. Before joining A&L Goodbody as a partner, John worked with Freshfields in London and Hong Kong. He previously headed up A&L Goodbody’s US offices in San Francisco and Palo Alto.

John Williams is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Real Estate department. John's advice focuses on property acquisitions, disposals, investments, financing, development and asset management. John acts for a range of developers, banks and investors in dealing with purchases, sales, lettings, lending and ongoing investment management issues. Recently he has acted for banks and private equity firms on the sale and purchase of a number of loan portfolios. John has particular expertise in receiver and liquidator sales and acting for banks on the property aspects of the financing of renewable energy projects.

Keavy Ryan is a partner within Corporate and M&A and specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, company law, corporate governance, and commercial and contractual arrangements. She advises leading Irish and international, public and private companies, equity funds and financial institutions, with significant operations in Ireland across a broad range of legal, regulatory, commercial and financial affairs. Keavy also manages the firm's equity benefits group. Keavy advises on all aspects of share incentives including the treatment of share incentives in M&A transactions and corporate governance, regulatory and shareholder issues arising from the establishment and operation of share plans and executive remuneration programs. Keavy is a member of the firm's Talent Group and is responsible for the firm's Trainee Solicitor and Intern Programme. Keavy is also a member of our German Group and is a fluent German speaker. Keavy has significant experience as an in-house lawyer having completed secondments (once as acting general counsel) with two major multinational IT and telecommunications entities with a presence in Ireland.

Kenan is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Disputes & Investigations group. He leads both our White Collar Crime and Corporate Reputation groups. He has advised on many of Ireland's most high profile corporate crises in recent years. He has market leading expertise in white collar crime, reputational issues, and business-critical commercial disputes. Kenan advises on internal investigations, whistleblowing complaints, dawn raids, money laundering, bribery/corruption, cybercrime, market abuse/insider dealing and export controls/sanctions issues. He also advises clients on managing their relationships with various regulators in Ireland and abroad. Kenan's corporate reputation practice involves advising on reputational issues, including crisis communications and defamation cases. He has particular expertise in internet-based defamation.

Kerill O'Shaughnessy

Kerill O'Shaughnessy is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Asset Management & Investment Funds Group. He acts for a range of funds, promoters and service providers and has extensive experience in advising on the establishment, authorisation and operation of all types of Irish investment funds including UCITS, QIAIFs, RIAIFs, fund of funds, master feeder structures and closed-ended funds. Kerill has advised on the authorisation and ongoing operation of a number of UCITS management companies, AIFMs and management companies established to manage both UCITS and AIFs (Super Mancos). In particular, Kerill has expertise in advising on UCITS funds including alternative and structured UCITS, and on real estate, private equity, hedge and debt alternative funds. He has advised lenders and borrowers on a number of fund financing transactions and has also advised on a range of fund re-domiciliation and cross-border merger transactions within the UCITS, RIAIF and QIAIF regimes.

Kristen Read is a senior associate in A&L Goodbody's Environmental & Planning group. Kristen advises on the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious environmental and planning work, including planning and regulatory consents, legal review of environmental impact assessments, judicial review and enforcement actions. Kristen has extensive experience of advising on the development of energy projects throughout Ireland and the UK. She also provides environmental and planning corporate support in respect of due diligence acting for purchasers, vendors and lenders.

Laura Kennedy is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group. Laura specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, corporate restructurings, corporate governance and commercial advisory matters. She advises a wide range of domestic and international corporations, both public and private and for private equity funds and financial institutions, with significant operations in Ireland.

Laura Mulleady is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate practice, specialising in Insurance & Reinsurance. Her practice is focused on advising domestic and cross-border insurers, reinsurers, captives and intermediaries on all aspects of non-contentious insurance and reinsurance regulation and transactions. Laura is also the Head of A&L Goodbody's ESG & Sustainability Steering Group and she regularly presents to insurance industry clients on ESG and sustainability-related topics. Laura was named in the global list 'IFLR1000 Women Leaders' 2022 and 2023.

Louise Hogan is a senior associate in A&L Goodbody's Financial Regulation group. Louise has experience advising a wide variety of banks, payment institutions, electronic money institutions, asset managers, brokers and intermediaries on regulatory and compliance issues. Her particular areas expertise include advice on conduct of business and prudential requirements, authorisation and passporting requirements, acquisitions and disposals, corporate governance, fitness and probity and AML/CFT.

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Maria McElhinney

Maria McElhinney is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance department. Maria's practice focuses on a broad range of banking law aspects including corporate and acquisition financing, asset financing (property and aircraft), loan acquisitions and disposals and general banking for both international and domestic clients. Maria has advised many of the world's leading financial institutions, aircraft leasing organisations and private investors on transactions involving the financing, acquisition and securitisation of assets.

Marie O'Brien is a partner in A&L Goodbody and Head of the Finance department. She is also Head of Aviation and Transport Finance. Marie is highly experienced in advising in relation to the acquisition, leasing, financing and trading of a variety of asset classes including aircraft, engines, helicopters, ship, rail, machinery and equipment. Marie is consistently recognised as a Tier 1 expert in key legal directories and has been recognised as one of the Top 100 Elite Lawyers in Foreign Firms by China Business Law Journal and named in the list of IFLR1000 Women Leaders 2021, 2022 and 2023.

Mark Devane is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Disputes & Investigations Group with expertise in advising on all interactions with regulatory bodies, with a particular focus on investigations by the Central Bank of Ireland and European Central Bank. As well as market leading experience on regulatory investigations, Mark's experience includes advising clients on issues relating to fitness and probity, individual accountability, whistleblowing and regulatory inspections. Mark has also represented financial institutions and other regulated entities in the financial services sector in litigation at all levels of the Irish courts.

Mark Thuillier is a senior associate in A&L Goodbody's Environmental and Planning group. He has advised a wide range of domestic and international clients on planning and environmental issues including issues of EIA, AA, and planning compliance generally. Mark specialises in contentious and non-contentious environmental, planning, and health and safety work and has significant experience in advising on these areas. He works closely on transactions with the firm's Banking, Energy, Corporate and Commercial Property teams.

Mark Ward is a partner in the Firm's Corporate and M&A group. Mark specialises in M&A, corporate governance, company law, corporate finance, private equity, joint ventures, venture capital, corporate restructurings, commercial contractual arrangements and corporate fundraisings. Mark's clients include public and private corporates, private equity, financial institutions and commercial enterprises generally. His work ranges from general advice on compliance, including corporate governance, to advice on transactions, restructurings and on commercial contract arrangements. Clients he advises generally include ICON plc, BGE, eir, Medtronic, ABP, Elavon, ervia and CPPIB.

Mark is a partner in A&L Goodbody's market-leading Technology group. He advises clients on all aspects of technology, IP, data protection and related issues. Mark's practice also involves drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and advising on the IP, technology and data protection aspects of corporate M&A transactions. Mark is named as a 'Rising star' in Legal 500 2022 for information technology law, as well as being listed as a key lawyer in the data privacy and data protection and the healthcare and life sciences practice areas. Mark is also listed as a 'Rising star' in IPStars 2021.

Michael Barr is a Partner in A&L Goodbody's Asset Management & Investment Funds Group and focuses on various aspects of mutual funds law and regulation and on the establishment, authorisation and listing of funds in Ireland. He is currently involved in advising clients on all aspects of both the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive and UCITS V as well as related issues. Michael advises on the setting-up of various types of UCITS and Irish alternative investment funds. He has also set up various unregulated structures and works with fund service providers in connection with custody, administration, prime brokerage and other service agreements.

Michael Doyle is a partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's Employment Law group. He advises domestic and international employers across a wide range of sectors on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law and industrial relations matters. He provides employers with prompt and pragmatic advice on compliance with their legal obligations, the conduct of internal HR processes and the termination of employment. He also advises employers on data protection law and corporate immigration. Michael has considerable experience of defending employers in complex employment litigation before the WRC, Labour Court and High Court. He also has particular expertise in advising on the employment aspects of corporate transactions and outsourcings.

Michelle Daly is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance department. Michelle advises Irish and international clients on a wide range of finance transactions. She has particular expertise in debt capital markets (including securitisations, debt issuances and regulatory capital issuances), structured products and financial markets infrastructure. Michelle regularly advises corporate and institutional clients on netting, collateral and hedging issues. She also has broad experience on green and sustainability-linked financing and the acquisition and disposal of loan portfolios.

Niamh McMahon is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance department. Niamh has particular expertise in property and development finance and financings involving fund structures. Niamh also advises domestic and international credit institutions and corporate entities on a wide range of other types of finance transactions, including acquisition financing, project financing, asset financing and debt restructuring.

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Patrick Brandt is a partner and head of A&L Goodbody's Financial Regulation team. Before joining ALG, Patrick led Skadden Arps London office's financial regulatory group. Patrick has extensive experience advising a wide variety of banks, payment institutions, asset managers, brokers and intermediaries on non-contentious and contentious regulatory issues. Patrick also spent time as a regulator, having worked in the UK Financial Services Authority's enforcement division.

Paul White is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group. Paul is a specialist in corporate and commercial law including equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and corporate finance. He also regularly advises Boards on corporate governance and compliance issues.

Paul Fahy is a partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's Tax department. Paul specialises in corporate tax and has extensive experience of advising clients on the tax aspects of public and private mergers & acquisitions, group restructurings, inward investment projects, real estate transactions, securitisations, derivatives and structured products. Paul's practice also covers contentious tax matters and he has extensive experience advising clients in relation to Irish Revenue audits, disputing tax assessments (both before the Irish Tax Appeals Commission and the Irish Courts) and tax treaty dispute resolution mechanisms. Paul's experience spans across a wide range of industries including pharmaceutical and healthcare, technology, real estate and financial services. Paul previously worked in London for Slaughter and May.

Paul Diggin is a Partner in the Commercial Property Department. Paul acts for large organisations managing extensive property portfolios, acquisitions and disposals of commercial property, leasing, portfolio acquisitions and disposals, development and corporate sales. Paul has broad practice encompassing all aspects of commercial real estate work and advises institutions, pension funds, property companies, financial institutions, overseas investors and international retailers. He also advises in relation to the acquisition and development of data centres and multi-family/PRS schemes. In addition, Paul's experience includes advising on the real estate aspects of large scale mergers and acquisitions.

Peter Walker is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance department and currently heads the Capital Markets (Debt) and Structured Finance group. He is also a member of the firm's Brexit group, FinTech group and Fund Solutions group. Peter has a broad practice area which covers all forms of debt capital markets, financing, funds structuring and regulatory matters.

Peter Murray is a partner in the Finance department and is Head of our General Finance practice group. He has extensive experience in general banking and structured financings. Peter brings a unique legal and commercial perspective to our Finance department having worked for many years as an investment and corporate banker with domestic and international banks.

Richard Marron is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A practice and has extensive experience in public and private M&A, private equity, equity capital markets, joint ventures, corporate governance and general corporate and commercial advisory work. Richard advises Irish and international public and private companies and investors across a range of industry sectors. Before joining A&L Goodbody, Richard spent a number of years in the Corporate department of a Magic Circle law firm in London.

Richard is a partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group. Richard specialises in public and private M&A, shareholder arrangements, Corporate Restructurings, NPL Portfolio Sales, Company Law, Corporate Governance and Commercial and Contractual Arrangements. He advises leading Irish, international, public and private companies, equity funds and financial institutions with significant operations in Ireland across a broad range of legal, regulatory, commercial and financial affairs.

Robbie O'Driscoll

Robbie O'Driscoll is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance department and Head of the London office. He advises Irish and international borrowers, sponsors, banks and direct lenders on a broad range of finance transactions. He has particular expertise in acquisition finance (public and private), real estate and development finance, funds finance and corporate lending. He also advises on restructurings and the acquisition and disposal of loan portfolios. Robbie previously worked for a leading US firm in London and also spent nine months on secondment with an international bank.

Robbie Nicholas

Robbie Nicholas is a senior associate in A&L Goodbody's Energy, Infrastructure & Natural Resources and Projects groups. He has extensive experience advising sponsors, lenders and developers on the financing and construction of large scale infrastructure projects, particularly in the energy sector. Robbie also advises on the acquisition and sale of large scale energy and infrastructure projects.

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Senior Associate

Ronan Lyons is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group, specialising in M&A, private equity and corporate advisory work. As well as advising Irish companies, Ronan specialises in advising leading international companies on their cross-border transactions involving Ireland, across a broad range of sectors. He has advised on many of the largest corporate transactions in Irish history. Ronan also frequently advises US and other international companies who are establishing operations in Ireland for the first time, with a particular emphasis on the tech and life sciences sectors.

Ross is a Partner in A&L Goodbody's Projects Group and is Head of the Energy, Infrastructure & Natural Resources Group. He is recognised as one of Ireland's leading energy and projects practitioners. Uniquely he combines his specialism as a banking lawyer in project finance transactions with extensive contractual experience on PPP, renewable and conventional energy projects and specialism in regulatory advice in respect of the electricity, gas and renewable energy markets. Ross also specialises in utility and semi-State energy and infrastructure transactions, oil and gas projects and energy/infrastructure sector M&A and joint ventures.

Sarah Murphy is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Disputes & Investigations group. Sarah advises leading domestic and international clients on a wide range of commercial disputes and regulatory/white collar investigations, with particular expertise in financial services and contentious mandates involving multiple claims and parties. Sarah has extensive experience in handling complex and high profile cases in the Commercial Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court as well as regularly advising clients involved in arbitrations, mediations and commercial negotiations.

Séamus Ó Cróinín

Séamus Ó Cróinín is a Partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance Department and specialises in asset, property and structured finance. Séamus has a particular focus on aviation finance and his clients include European and US credit institutions, private equity investors and aircraft lessors. Séamus also advises European and Irish credit institutions and large corporate borrowers in relation to Irish corporate lending transactions. He has acted for a number of private equity investors in connection with Irish loans/asset portfolio disposals.

Sheena Doggett is a partner in the firm’s Corporate department and a member of the Private Equity & Mergers and Acquisitions team. Sheena has worked with ALG for more than 25 years and is head of the firm's Corporate team in London splitting her time between Dublin and London. Her key areas of expertise include private equity, corporate governance, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, incentives, corporate restructuring, ESG and general commercial matters. Sheena regularly advises a wide range domestic and international corporates, financial institutions, private equity funds, management teams and founders. Her recent relevant experience include disposals and acquisitions in the finance, payments services and technology sectors and disposals by founders (including family groups) of significant businesses established and developed in Ireland. Most recently, Sheena was listed in the elite international group of prominent female lawyers, 'IFLR1000 Women Leaders’ in 2023, 2022 and 2021 as well as being named in Business Today, Lawyer Awards as one of the ’Top 10 Most Influential Corporate / M&A Lawyers in Ireland’.

Sinead O'Connor

Sinéad O'Connor is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Finance department. Sinéad's main practice areas are structured finance, securitisations and capital markets. Sinéad has acted for banks, originators, private investors and corporate entities (both International and Irish) across a wide range of banking, securitisation, financial markets transactions and regulatory capital issuances. She has broad experience in a range of asset classes including RMBS, CMBS, ETC's, trade receivables, consumer loans and auto loans and leases. Sinéad regularly advises corporate and institutional clients on netting and collateral arrangements. Sinéad is the Irish representative for the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) International Women’s Network (IWN) working to help build a greater gender balance in financial services.

Sinéad Lynch is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate practice, specialising in Insurance & Reinsurance. Her experience covers a wide range of aspects of insurance and reinsurance law and regulation. These include the set up and authorisation of insurers, reinsurers and insurance intermediaries, ongoing regulation, provision of cross-border services. Sinéad also advises on the full spectrum of advisory and transactional matters, which include the sale/purchase/transfer of insurance companies/businesses and restructurings. She has been involved in a large number of domestic and cross-border portfolio transfers. Sinéad is a member of the firm's ESG & Sustainability Steering Group and advises on a wide range of ESG and sustainability-related topics. Sinéad was named in the global list 'IFLR1000 Women Leaders' 2022 and 2023.

Siobhan Kearney

Siobhan Kearney is a partner in A&L Goodbody’s Construction & Engineering group. She has experience in the areas of construction, property development, project and development finance and renewable energy projects. Siobhan has advised in relation to several significant property development and finance transactions including office, residential and mixed-use developments, student accommodation, hotels/aparthotels, retail developments and pharmaceutical, life sciences and agri/food plants. Siobhan also regularly advises on the development and finance of healthcare, and medical facilities, industrial, logistical, and distribution centres and warehouses, and data centres and energy generation centres.

Stephen Quinlivan

Stephen Quinlivan is a partner in the firm's Corporate department and part of the mergers & acquisitions (M&A) group. Stephen also works very closely with the firm's Insurance department on a range of corporate insurance matters, in particular insurance sector M&A and international re-organisations for insurance groups. Stephen is also a very experienced private equity lawyer and advises a number of the firm's key PE clients on fund level matters, acquisitions, disposals, joint venture arrangements and MIPs. Stephen's key areas of expertise include general M&A transactions, insurance M&A, private equity, group restructurings, cross-border mergers, cross-border conversions, loan portfolio sales, insurance policy portfolio sales, public takeovers, shareholders agreements and share incentive schemes.

Stephen O'Riordan

Stephen O'Riordan is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Commercial Property Department. His practice focuses primarily on investment (both institutional and private equity) and on development (acting for developers and investors), with a particular emphasis on transactions requiring solutions to issues arising on structuring and financing. He also advises A&L Goodbody's extensive range of leisure and retail sector clients on 'end user' development and leasing transactions.

Stephen Carson is Head of the Asset Management & Investment Funds group. He was Head of the London office from 2018 to 2022. Stephen advises international asset management firms and investment banks in relation to the establishment and authorisation of all types of investment funds including UCITS, AIFs, exchange traded funds (ETFs), money market funds, hedge funds, private equity funds and property funds as well as authorisation of UCITS management companies and alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs). He also acts for the promoters of, and service providers to, Irish domiciled investment funds including investment managers, fund administrators and depositaries in relation to depositary, administration, prime brokerage and other service agreements.

Tom Casey is a partner in the firm’s Disputes & Investigations Group. Tom works with international and domestic commercial clients across a broad spectrum of contentious issues. Tom's practice involves a high volume of Court work with a focus on financial services, commercial property and disruptive shareholder activity. Tom has acted on a number of high profile redevelopment projects faced with multi-faceted, multi-party claims, cross-jurisdictional challenges to lenders' security with international or systemic implications and defending efforts by groups of activist shareholders to obstruct capital re-organisations, equity raises or cross-border mergers by financial institutions and other publically listed companies.

Knowledge Consultant

Dr Vincent Power is a partner in A&L Goodbody specialising in EU law, EU and Irish competition/antitrust law, merger control, regulatory law and transport law for national and international as well as public and private clients. He is Head of the firm's EU, Competition & Procurement Group which is consistently ranked at the forefront of Irish law firms and he is seen as the most experienced competition lawyer practising in Ireland. Vincent won the ILO Client Choice Award for the category of "EU Competition and Antitrust" across the entire European Union in 2017 and he has won the same award for Ireland in 2018 and 2021 – these awards are made by The International Law Office in recognition of a partner who excels across the full spectrum of client service. In 2019, he was elected Chairman of the European Maritime Law Organisation. He is listed in the Lloyd's List Top 10 Maritime Lawyers 2019 worldwide and in the 2022 Who's Who Legal: Transport. Vincent has advised on most of the leading competition, merger control, EU law, cartel, abuse of dominance, State aid, joint venture, pricing, refusal to supply, competition investigations, dawn raids, Competition Authority / CCPC and competition litigation cases in Ireland over the last 20 years. He has been involved in several hundred merger filings in Ireland and the EU and has experience and expertise in all of the issues involved. He has developed a particular expertise in regard to Brexit Law.