Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

The firm: As legal and regulatory responsibilities become more complex, progressive organisations need the right advice to help realise their ambitions. The expertise Mason Hayes & Curran brings is rooted in unrivalled knowledge of the industries in which its clients operate, so advice is always set in its commercial context. The lawyers empower their international and domestic clients by giving focused recommendations and a clear understanding of their options.

Mason Hayes & Curran is a business law firm with over 108 partners. The firm understands the challenges international organisations face when investing or locating in a foreign country; assisting them during initial establishment and in meeting their ongoing legal and commercial imperatives. The firm has offices in London, New York and San Francisco, three important conduits for inward investment to Ireland.

Areas of practice
Corporate: The firm’s corporate lawyers are recognised as the leading advisers on all types of domestic and international corporate transactions across a broad range of industry sectors. They have acted in some of the most high profile, innovative and complex M&A deals in Ireland. With extensive experience in all types of corporate transactions, they combine transactional skills with specialist expertise in banking, property, competition, employment and tax.
Contact: David O’Donnell
Email: [email protected]

Dispute resolution and commercial litigation: The dispute resolution team is routinely involved in complex, high profile commercial court litigation.
The team is frequently retained by international clients on multi-jurisdictional disputes which involve providing strategic guidance driven by the different systems of rules and practices worldwide.
Contact: Maurice Phelan
Email: [email protected]

Employment and benefits: The firm’s combined experience offers a unique
understanding of the challenges faced by employers in all sectors and industries. It provides a tailored approach to meet the individual needs of each client. The team empowers employers to confidently make the right decisions. Employers rely on its comprehensive and integrated service offering. The team provides commercial and strategic advice on all workplace issues from recruitment to retirement.
Contact: Melanie Crowley
Email: [email protected]

Financial services and banking: The financial services team provides high calibre advice to domestic and international clients. It regularly advises on international corporate lending, renewable energy, acquisition, asset and structured finance, debt capital markets, investment funds and regulation. Clients include leading domestic and international banks and insurers operating in Ireland.
Contact: Neil Campbell
Email: [email protected]

Projects and energy: The team has advised on some of the largest Irish energy transactions in recent years. Notably, the combined generation capacity of our renewable energy projects in Ireland represents almost half of the total amount installed on the Irish grid. Clients include a number of Ireland’s most significant and strategically important players. It has unrivalled expertise in advising on the project finance, development and acquisition of electricity generation, both thermal and renewable.
Contact: Eoin Cassidy
Email: [email protected]

Real estate: With the largest and best resourced Real Estate team in Ireland, the lawyers provide the highest quality service to clients and handle the largest and most complex real estate projects. The real estate practice spans sectors including the Built Environment, Energy, Healthcare and Technology.
Contact: Vanessa Byrne
Email: [email protected]

Technology: The Technology team are the ‘go to’ lawyers for multinational technology companies. They provide cutting edge advice on a range of complex legal matters to the world’s leading tech and data driven companies.
Contact: Philip Nolan
Email: [email protected]

Taxation: The Tax team comprises internationally experienced tax law partners and professionals and provides pragmatic solutions and risk-based advice on significant corporate and financial transactions to international and domestic clients.
Contact: Niamh Caffrey
Email: [email protected]