Matheson LLP

Aidan Fahy

Aidan Fahy is a partner in the firm's Tax Department and advises on all aspects of corporate taxation including the structuring of domestic and international reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions and the tax consequences of doing business in and from Ireland. He also advises on cross-border financial planning, property transactions, employment related taxes, and insolvency related issues. Aidan advises on personal taxation and represents high net worth individuals and owner managed businesses. Aidan is an associate of the Irish Taxation Institute. He has lectured on the undergraduate law degree at Griffith College Dublin and is co-author of Business Operations in the Republic of Ireland, which is published by Bloomberg BNA in the US.

Ailbhe Dennehy

Ailbhe advises domestic and international clients on a variety of employment law and industrial relations issues. She specialises in guiding employers through crisis and change management situations, from conduct of disciplinary and grievance processes and investigations of bullying / harassment or whistleblowing allegations, to complex terminations of employment. Ailbhe joins Matheson with extensive experience in providing strategic and practical advice on corporate transactions and restructurings, regularly acting for clients before the WRC, the Labour Court and the civil courts. A frequent lecturer on current employment law issues and contributor to employment law publications, she is a member of the Employment Law Association of Ireland (ELAI), the Employment Committee of the Dublin Solicitor Bar Association (DSBA), the European Employment Lawyer’s Association (EELA) and the UK Employment Lawyers Association (ELA).

Aisling Kavanagh

Aisling Kavanagh is a partner in Matheson’s Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution team. Aisling is a commercial litigator specialising in insurance disputes. Aisling manages high value, large scale complex disputes, and has acted in high-profile litigation in both the English and Irish Courts. Before joining Matheson, Aisling spent over six years as a litigator with a leading firm in London, where she acted in energy, construction and insurance disputes. Her practice includes insurance disputes, commercial and financial services dispute resolution, and arbitration. As regards her insurance disputes work, Aisling advises domestic and international clients on policy wording interpretation, complex coverage disputes, D&O claims, professional indemnity claims, including any potential third party liability, and subrogation claims. Aisling has extensive experience with alternative dispute resolution processes. She has advised in complex mediations and arbitrations, including under ICC and LCIA arbitration rules, and she has advised as regards disputes before the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman. Aisling also provides non-contentious advice to insurers and brokers on the drafting and interpretation of insurance contracts including drafting bespoke policy wordings. She regularly provides policy analysis, including "gap" analysis as regards cover, for domestic and international companies, directors and senior executives. Aisling is a member of the Law Society of Ireland, the Insurance Institute of Ireland and the British Insurance Law Association. She is a lecturer on the Law Society Diploma of Insurance Law, has presented in seminars and has contributed to a number of industry publications.

Alan Keating

Alan Keating is a partner in our Finance and Capital Markets Department and heads the firm’s US structured finance practice. Alan has been based in the firm’s New York office since 2011. Alan advises international companies and financial institutions, asset managers, private equity firms, hedge funds, investment banks, arrangers, issuers, rating agencies, trustees and investors on all aspects (including restructuring) of debt capital markets, securitisation (cross-border and domestic) and structured finance transactions. In particular, Alan advises on CLOs, CDOs, LPNs, NPLs, RMBS, CMBS, US life settlements, receivables and mortgage securitisations, ABS, ABCP, MTN and repackaging programmes, deposit and fund-linked structured products (including Shariah-compliant structures), cat bonds and other insurance-linked securities (ILS), high-yield and other debt offerings (both public and private). Alan has extensive experience of advising US based alternative asset managers on the structuring, establishment and capital-raising for funds implementing a wide range of investment strategies and also funds investing in private equity, distressed debt and other credit-led opportunities, real estate, infrastructure and a broad range of other asset classes. Alan also advises clients on Irish prospectus, transparency and market abuse law, and listing queries relating to the listing of debt securities on the Main Securities Market and the Global Exchange Market of Euronext Dublin. Alan has acted on a number of high profile and market-first transactions involving peer-to-peer (P2P) and marketplace lending platforms, including Europe’s first marketplace lending securitisation. Alan is a qualified solicitor and a qualified tax consultant and is a member of the Law Society of Ireland and the Irish Tax Institute. Alan was previously seconded to the legal department of a large investment bank in London where he acted as in-house counsel to the Global Markets — Fixed Income trading desk. Alan is licensed as a Foreign Legal Consultant with the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Alan previously tutored at the Law Society of Ireland and University College Dublin.

Alison Bearpark

Alison Bearpark is a partner in Matheson’s Construction & Engineering Team. Alison has 15 years’ experience both in Ireland and internationally, acting for developers, employers, banks, state bodies and contractors on large and complex building and engineering projects. In addition to bespoke forms of contract, Alison advises on all industry standard contracts including NEC, FIDIC, RIAI, JCT and IEI.

Alma Campion

Alma Campion is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department, having joined the firm in 2005. She has extensive experience in the Irish market in advising domestic and international banks, financial institutions and corporate borrowers in respect of a broad range of finance matters and regularly acts as lead counsel in numerous multi-jurisdiction transactions. She specialises in the areas of acquisition finance, property and development finance, debt issuances, general secured and unsecured lending and syndicated lending. She also advises banks and financial institutions on regulatory matters and has considerable experience in reviewing and updating standard form lending and security documents on behalf of financial institutions. Alma has recently worked on several large loan portfolio sale transactions and has advised sellers, buyers and financiers on such matters in addition to advising on consensual workouts, debt restructurings and on-selling of underlying loan assets.

Angela Brennan

Angela is a partner in Matheson’s Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. Angela has over 14 years’ experience in advising in all aspects of commercial and financial services dispute resolution, shareholder disputes, insurance coverage disputes, aviation disputes, regulatory disputes, and contentious and non-contentious corporate restructuring and insolvency matters. Continuously recognised for her ability as an excellent lawyer and strategic litigator, Angela is recommended by Legal 500 and is noted as being a "Key Lawyer" in the Litigation Department. Angela also advises clients throughout their engagements with regulatory authorities, in internal and external investigations, risk mitigation, remediation programmes, mis-selling claims and enforcement actions. Her practice includes high-stakes, complex Commercial Court disputes and she has extensive experience in interlocutory applications, issues arising under the Civil Liability Act, pathfinder litigation and stay applications, security for costs applications, mediations and multi-party settlements. Angela is a champion in the firm in the use of legal technology and AI. She works very closely with Matheson’s Digital Services Group and has managed some of firm's the largest e-discovery projects. Angela’s clients include financial institutions, insurers and reinsurers, fund managers, fintech firms, domestic and international companies, directors and senior executives, insolvency practitioners, shareholders and creditors. Angela has worked extensively with financial services and professional services clients for many years and is familiar with the regulated environment in which they operate, having spent a year on secondment as Head of Legal at Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Limited, where she managed an extensive litigation book, dealt with customer remediation projects and regulatory obligations and was its Data Protection Officer. Angela is a committee member of the Commercial Law Committee of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association. She is a former committee member and current member of the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners and INSOL. Angela also lectures and tutors on the professional practice course of the Law Society of Ireland, and is a regular contributor to industry publications.

Anne-Marie Bohan

Anne-Marie Bohan has over 20 years' experience in technology related legal matters, and is Head of Matheson's Technology and Innovation Group and a member of our Asset Management and Investment Funds Group. Anne-Marie brings together significant practical experience in advising on technology and privacy legal issues with industry knowledge and an understanding of applicable regulatory rules and regulatory requirements. She advises on all aspects of technology and e-commerce law, as well as outsourcings and contracted services, with particular focus on the requirements of financial institutions and financial services providers in these areas. Anne-Marie has extensive experience in drafting and negotiating contracts for the development, sale, purchase and licensing of hardware, software and IT systems for both suppliers and users of IT within the financial services industry and across a broad range of other industries. She has also acted in some of the largest value and most complex IT and telecommunications systems and services outsourcing contracts, including advising on a number of the largest and highest value financial services outsourcings in Ireland. Anne-Marie's practice includes advising a broad range of clients on data protection, privacy issues and cybersecurity issues, including employee data protection issues, data subject access requests and security breach incidents.

Anthony Gaskin

Anthony Gaskin is a partner in the Asset Management Department at Matheson. He practices corporate and financial services law and advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, sponsors, investment banks, asset management companies and service providers carrying on business in Ireland or through Irish fund vehicles. Anthony has advised a wide range of clients on the structuring, establishment and marketing of investment vehicles and products in Ireland and other jurisdictions. He advises on many types of Irish and European investment structures, including UCITS and Alternative Investment Funds (both unregulated and regulated) across multiple asset classes. Anthony also advises sponsors and fund managers in relation to co-investment structures associated with Alternative Investment Funds, as well as carried interest, employee participation and other incentive arrangements associated with such funds. Anthony also regularly advises on direct lending structures as well as on fund mergers and other types of fund restructuring projects. Anthony also advises on the Irish interpretation and implementation of European financial services legislation, including in relation to sustainable finance initiatives, the ELTIF Regulation and AIFMD II. He regularly advises on the marketing of Irish funds in EEA member states and other jurisdictions. Anthony is actively involved at industry level in Ireland and sits on a number of committees of Irish Funds, the industry association in Ireland, and also regularly presents at industry events, both in person and online.

April McClements

April McClements is a Partner in the Insurance and Dispute Resolution team. April is a commercial litigator and specialises in insurance disputes. April advises insurance companies on policy wording interpretation, complex coverage disputes (in particular relating to financial lines policies), D&O claims, professional indemnity claims, including any potential third party liability, and subrogation claims. April manages a significant number of professional indemnity claims for professionals, including insurance brokers, architects and engineers, for a variety of insurers. April has been involved in obtaining High Court approval for various insurance portfolio transfers and/or schemes of arrangement arising from reorganisations and/or mergers and acquisitions involving life, non-life and captive insurers. April also works in the area of general commercial litigation with a particular focus on contractual disputes, most of which are litigated in the Commercial Court. She is also a strong advocate of ADR and has acted for clients in mediations and arbitration. April is a member of the Law Society of Ireland, the Insurance Institute of Ireland and the British Insurance Law Association. She has contributed to various industry publications and has participated in seminars as a speaker on insurance issues.

Barry McGettrick

Barry is a partner in the tax group specialising in international tax. Barry advises on supply chain tax structuring, inward investment projects, corporate reorganisations, cross border taxation of senior executives, tax controversy as well as mergers and acquisitions. Barry advises a portfolio of international clients primarily in the ICT, life sciences, manufacturing, retail and industrial sectors. Barry speaks and writes regularly on international tax matters for the International Tax Review, Irish Tax Institute, International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), International Bar Association (IBA), PLC, Law Society, Kluwer and Bloomberg. As well as being admitted to the roll of solicitors in Ireland, Barry is admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales (non-practicing), is a qualified financial advisor and is a chartered tax adviser of the Irish Taxation Institute.

Barry O'Connor

Barry O'Connor is a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Group at Matheson. He practices financial services law and advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies, broker-dealers and corporations carrying on business through Irish domiciled investment funds (ICAVs, investment companies, unit trusts, CCFs and ILPs) and Irish domiciled management companies (UCITS and AIFMs). Barry has extensive experience advising on the launch of UCITS and AIFs (stand-alone funds, umbrellas and third party manager platforms) across the full range of strategies, including plain vanilla strategies, hedge fund strategies, structured UCITS, fund of funds, money market funds, ETFs and master-feeders, and on their ongoing servicing (including the launch and termination of sub-funds, a change of service providers and listing on the Irish Stock Exchange). He is also experienced in more complex issues arising in the course of the life of a UCITS or AIF, including obtaining Central Bank approval for innovative fund mechanics and structures.

Brendan Colgan

Brendan is a Partner in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department at Matheson and is a member of the firm’s Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Law Group. Brendan provides specialist advice to financial institutions, creditor groups, NAMA, receivers, examiners and companies on contentious and non-contentious corporate restructuring and insolvency matters. Brendan is a Council member of the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners and is also is a member of INSOL Europe and the American Bankruptcy Institute. Brendan lectures and tutors on insolvency law matters on the professional practice courses of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland and Chartered Accountants Ireland.

Brian McCloskey

Brian is a partner in the Corporate Department at Matheson where he focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions and corporate governance matters. Brian has spent more than ten years advising international companies, in both the UK and Ireland, on corporate law matters including public and private company M&A, private equity transactions, equity fundraisings, reorganisations, joint ventures, refinancings and general commercial matters. Having previously worked in a large international law firm in London, Brian has particular expertise in cross-border M&A and private equity. Brian has experience across a range of sectors acting for both buyers and sellers. Brian also counsels corporate clients on a broad range of governance and business-related issues, including directors' duties and responsibilities and general compliance matters.

Brian Doohan

Brian is a partner in the firm's Tax Department and advises multinational corporations doing business in and from Ireland on all aspects of Irish corporate taxation. Brian has a particular interest in cross border tax planning, transfer pricing and tax controversy matters and also has extensive experience in structuring mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganisations. Brian’s clients include many of the leading multinational corporations operating in the ICT, life sciences, manufacturing, retail and industrial sectors in Ireland. Brian also advises on Irish stamp duty matters particularly in the context of global reorganisations. Brian frequently publishes articles in leading tax journals and is Chartered Tax Advisor and a member of the Law Society of Ireland.

Brian Doran

Brian is a partner and head of the Commercial Real Estate Department at Matheson. Brian also heads up the firm's Development Land Group. Brian advises on all areas of property development law and negotiates related sale and purchase contracts, with extensive experience in the set-up and design of privately managed residential, retail and mixed use schemes. He has particular expertise in the area of enforcement and insolvency-related multi-family sales in privately managed apartment schemes and mixed-use developments. Brian has advised institutional, private equity and opportunistic investors on investment in the key CRE assets classes of office, retail, development land, multi-family developments and non performing loan books secured on CRE assets. Brian has advised financial institutions in the disposal of trophy assets and high volume loan portfolios, with associated online data room design and management services. He has also advised financial institutions and private equity investors on the acquisition of high volume loan portfolios.

Bryan Dunne

Bryan Dunne is a partner and head of the Employment Practice at Matheson. He advises on a variety of aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious. This work includes preparation of senior executive service agreements and severance arrangements for international employers, defence work in contentious employment litigation matters and advising on all employment aspects of commercial transactions. He also regularly advises employers on internal grievance and disciplinary processes, with particular focus on senior executive level employees. Bryan is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association of Ireland, and the European Employment Lawyers Association. He is also a member of American Bar Association’s International Labour and Employment Law section and a co-author of the Irish Chapter for the ABA's annual publication on International Labour and Employment Law. He has also presented at numerous ABA and other events in the US and Europe and has been the European Chair of the ABA CLE teleconference training programme since 2006. Bryan has also written articles for Irish and European trade and legal publications on employment issues, and is a tutor and examiner on employment law on the Law Society's solicitor training course. He has published a chapter on International Employment and Secondment in a leading Irish employment law text, and is a regular speaker on cross border employment issues to US audiences. He is also a fluent Spanish speaker and a member of the Irish Spanish Economic Association, and advises many leading Spanish companies on employment law issues in their Irish operations.

Calum Warren

Calum Warren is a partner in the Competition and Regulation Group. Prior to joining Matheson, Calum worked at leading international law firms in Brussels and London. Calum advises on all aspects of Irish and EU competition and regulatory law including merger control, competition compliance and investigations, sector regulation, public procurement, state aid and general EU law. Calum has also gained in-depth experience in a range of sectors including financial services, telecommunications and media (TMT), agri-business, energy, manufacturing, healthcare, food & beverages and transport. Calum specialises in advising on and managing clearance strategies for M&A transactions before the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and the European Commission, including transactions subject to in-depth Phase 2 investigations and remedies negotiations. His previous roles in Brussels and London also enable Calum to bring considerable multi-jurisdictional perspective to his advice. Calum also specialises in managing competition investigations before the CCPC and the European Commission, including representation during on-site inspections (‘dawn raids’), whistle-blower applications and follow-on litigation before the Irish and EU courts. Calum also has significant expertise in advising on competition compliance issues, including competitor collaborations, the competition aspects of distribution arrangements and technology transfer / IP arrangements and internal compliance programmes (including ‘dawn raid’ preparedness). Calum contributes articles to leading international legal publications and speaks regularly on EU competition issues.

Carlo Salizzo

Carlo is a partner in the Technology & Innovation Group at Matheson. Carlo advises a wide range of clients on all manner of technology issues, with a particular focus on technology and commercial contracts, data protection and privacy, intellectual property and consumer law. His practice reflects the ever-changing landscape of Irish and EU law and guidance, and Carlo regularly supports clients to position their businesses and products in the most effective manner possible in light of complex legal requirements. Carlo is also experienced in advising on issues relating to electronic signatures, Irish gambling legislation and export control. Carlo has experience in drafting and negotiating a wide range of contracts including complex regulated outsourcing agreements, data sharing and processing agreements, supply agreements and standard terms of business, software-as-a-service agreements, distribution and sales agency agreements, intellectual property licence agreements and assignments, NDAs, manufacturing agreements and service level agreements. Carlo is also experienced in managing the legal response to urgent and critical incidents including personal data breaches and contentious data subject access requests, both in terms of internal responses and managing interactions with regulators.

Caroline Austin

Caroline is a partner in the Tax Department of Matheson. Caroline advises on cross border tax planning, transfer pricing, tax controversy matters and inward investment projects. Caroline also has extensive experience in international corporate restructurings as well as mergers and acquisitions on an international and national level. Caroline is co-author of the Irish Chapter of the IBFD's publication on Transfer Pricing. Caroline was previously seconded to the tax department of a multinational company. Caroline is a Chartered Tax Advisor and a member of the Law Society of Ireland.

Caroline Kearns

Caroline is a Corporate / M&A Partner and leads the corporate transactions/M&A team within the Financial Institutions Group. Caroline has extensive experience advising on a broad range of international and domestic corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investment, equity capital markets transactions and corporate reorganisations, with a particular focus on Financial Institutions and Insurance. Her clients include many of the world’s leading financial institutions and insurance market players. Prior to re-joining Matheson as a Partner in 2021, Caroline spent over 10 years working with two leading global law firms, primarily based in London, where she advised on a number of complex, high value, multi-jurisdictional deals. Caroline regularly acts for many of Europe’s leading Warranty and Indemnity underwriters, advising on the underwriting of high value international M&A transactions, as well as domestic Irish transactions, across all sectors. Caroline also counsels corporate clients on a broad range of governance and business-related matters, including directors' duties and responsibilities and general compliance matters.

Catherine O"Meara

Catherine is a partner in the tax department at Matheson. Catherine has significant experience advising multinational corporations doing business in Ireland on Irish corporate tax. Catherine primarily advises multinationals on the Irish tax aspects of their operations including tax effective structuring of global reorganisations, IP ownership, inward investment projects and cash repatriation strategies. Catherine has a particular interest in advising on domestic and cross border tax disputes on transfer pricing matters, including Irish audits, mutual agreement procedure requests, correlative relief claims, advance pricing agreements and advising on the application of EU State aid principles in the context of Irish taxation matters. Catherine’s clients include many of the leading multinational corporations established in Ireland, primarily in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, ICT and consumer brand sector. Catherine has published articles in leading tax journals, is co-author on the Ireland section of the Bloomberg BNA TP Forum and is co-author of the Ireland chapter of the International Fiscal Association Cahiers on Cross Border Business Restructuring. Catherine is a Chartered Tax Advisor and a member of the Law Society of Ireland. Catherine is currently Chairperson of the International Fiscal Association – Irish branch.

Catherine Galvin

Catherine Galvin practises corporate tax and advises on inward investment, cross border tax planning and transfer pricing issues. She advises many of the leading international corporations doing business in and from Ireland. Catherine is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. She is the Irish panel member for BNAI's Transfer Pricing Forum. Catherine is the co-author of the Irish chapter for the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation's (IBFD) publication The Tax Treatment of Transfer Pricing. She has also written on transfer pricing issues for Transfer Pricing Review and for IBFD's International Transfer Pricing Journal. Catherine has written on tax issues for the Irish Tax Review, the International Tax Review and other publications and has lectured on international tax issues.

Chris Quinn

Chris Quinn is a consultant in Matheson's Finance and Capital Markets Department and focuses on asset finance, leasing, structured and cross-border financing and securitisations. Chris advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, aircraft financing banks, aircraft owners, aircraft lessors, airlines, financial arrangers and investments advisers both located in Ireland and throughout the world.Chris has extensive experience in asset finance, leasing, structured cross border financing and securitisation transactions including the acquisition, financing, sale and leaseback and defeasance of aircraft, ships, rail, rolling stock and other equipment. Chris' clients include a number of the major aircraft leasing companies, both Irish and foreign airlines, equipment leasing companies, many of the major asset financing and equipment leasing banks and many of the leading investment banks.Chris has spoken at a number of securitisation, structured finance and airfinance conferences and has contributed a number of articles to Structured Finance and Asset Finance publications. Chris has spoken at a number of conferences in relation to Aircraft Transactions and Ireland. He is also a regular speaker at Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol Legal conferences.

Christian Donagh

Christian Donagh is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department at Matheson and is head of the firm's Derivatives, Netting and Collateral Group. Christian's practice focuses on advising asset managers and investment banks doing business in and from Ireland in relation to securitisations, CLOs, fund-linked structured products, repackagings, securities lending and repos. Christian regularly advises Irish corporates and their counterparties in relation to ISDA master agreements and collateral arrangements relating to over-the-counter derivatives transactions such as interest rate and currency linked swaps, caps and collars and on compliance with EMIR. Frequently, the firm provides legal opinions on issues relating to the enforceability of close-out netting provisions and collateral arrangements documented using industry standard or bespoke derivatives, repo and prime brokerage documentation. Christian qualified as a solicitor with Allen & Overy in 2000 and spent several years in each of its London and Hong Kong offices. Christian joined Matheson in 2006 and became a partner in 2007. Christian co-chairs the Legal Committee of the Irish Debt Securities Association (IDSA) and is a former chairperson of IDSA. The IDSA is an industry organisation promoting and developing Ireland as a location for activities to support the global securitisation, structured finance, debt securities and specialist securities industries with over 35 corporate members. Christian is also a member of the Rules Committee of Euronext, Dublin.

Cillian O'Boyle

Cillian is a partner in the Commercial Real Estate Department at Matheson and is a member of the CRE Secured Lending and Insolvency Group at Matheson. He is an accomplished and commercially focused lawyer and practises in all aspects of commercial property law. Cillian advises both domestic and international lenders on all property aspects of real estate security from the taking of security through to the enforcement of same. Cillian also has considerable experience in general commercial property work including acquisitions and disposals and commercial landlord and tenant work. Cillian has particular experience in the renewables sphere having advised in relation to all property matters arising in connection with various energy projects including power stations, onshore wind farms, battery storage developments and solar energy projects.

Conor Blennerhassett

Conor is a partner in Matheson's Projects and Infrastructure Group and Energy, Natural Resources and Utilities Group. Conor advises on large-scale infrastructure, energy and construction projects, with specialised experience in contract negotiation, risk allocation, development structuring, financing, transactional matters (including due diligence and transaction document negotiation), corporate law matters and operational advice (including regulatory issues and operational problem solving). Conor’s primary focus is on infrastructure development and transactional projects (greenfield and brownfield), particularly concessions, PPPs, debt-financed and similar private sector-led development structures. Conor works with clients such as infrastructure funders, sponsors, contractors and operational teams. Conor is ranked as a leading practitioner in the IFLR100, Legal 500 and Chambers international legal directories in the project development, project finance, PPP and transport practice areas.

Daniel Peart

Dan Peart is a partner in our Finance and Capital Markets Department. Throughout his career, Dan has advised private equity, investment banks, listed companies, arrangers and special servicers on property finance and structured finance transactions. Dan has over 10 years of industry experience having worked in Blackstone as chief transaction lawyer for its European structured finance and real estate debt strategies division and also in RBS as a senior transaction lawyer on its EMEA structured finance desk. Previously, Dan was a managing associate in Linklaters’ structured finance group. In particular, Dan has advised on: senior, mezzanine, holdco, NAV, NPL, repo, RMBS, CMBS and repack financings and restructurings in the real estate sector; whole business securitisation, leverage loan, high yield bond, bank and CLO financings and restructurings in the corporate sector; and capital relief, non-core, asset distribution and tax arbitrage transactions for US, UK and European investment banks using true sale, vendor finance and synthetic structures. Dan is a qualified solicitor and an associate of the Irish Tax Institute.

Dara Higgins

Dara Higgins is a partner in the Tax Department of Matheson specialising in Indirect Taxes. Dara advises clients on VAT, Customs and Trade law, Excise and Relevant Contracts Tax. Dara advises on Indirect Taxes across all industry sectors including, real estate and construction, financial services, import / export, technology, aviation, energy and pharmaceuticals. Dara also has significant experience in the area of tax controversy and regularly acts for clients in the context of tax appeals and audits and investigations. Dara has a broad client base consisting of both domestic and international clients, many of which have complex global supply chains. Dara is a qualified Solicitor and Chartered Tax Advisor.

Darren Maher

Darren Maher is a partner and Head of the Financial Institutions Group at Matheson. He has advised a wide range of leading domestic and international financial institutions on all aspects of financial services law and regulation including establishment and authorisation, development and distribution of products, compliance, corporate governance and re-organisations including cross-border mergers, schemes of arrangement, portfolio transfers and mergers and acquisitions. Darren is a member of the firm’s Brexit Advisory Group and is advising a significant number of the world’s leading financial services firms on their plans to establish a regulated subsidiary in Ireland in order to maintain access to the EU single market following the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU. Darren frequently publishes articles in financial services publications and is co-author of Law Business Research’s Insurance and Reinsurance Law Review, and co-contributor to ICLG’s Guide to Insurance and Reinsurance. Darren lectures at the Law Society of Ireland and the Insurance Institute of Ireland.

David O'Mahony

David O’Mahony is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department. David has extensive experience advising in relation to secured and unsecured lending transactions, bilateral loans, real estate finance, syndicated loans, debt restructuring, receivables finance and fund finance. He currently acts for several leading Irish and international banks and financial institutions, non-bank lenders and a wide range of corporate borrowers.

David Fitzgibbon

David is a partner and Co-Head of the Firm’s Corporate Department and Head of the M&A Group advising private and public companies on corporate and securities laws, including mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets transactions. He has extensive experience advising international clients on doing business in and from Ireland including advising on acquisitions/disposals, compliance and governance rules, corporate migrations, cross-border mergers, joint ventures and reorganisations. He has worked extensively with listed companies (Euronext Dublin/LSE, NASDAQ and NYSE) providing ongoing strategic and compliance advice on matters of Irish company law and securities regulation. He has a broad-based practice reflecting his considerable experience across the agri-food, financial services, healthcare / life sciences and manufacturing sectors. Prior to joining Matheson, David was a partner at another Irish law firm for over a decade. He has advised on many of Ireland’s headline transactions and regularly acts for well-known Irish and international companies on domestic and cross-border transactions.

Davinia Brennan

Davinia is a partner in Matheson’s Technology and Innovation Group. She has over 10 years’ expertise in data protection; privacy; information technology and; e-commerce law. Davinia advises international and domestic companies on all aspects of compliance with data protection and privacy law, including; handling data subject access requests; data breach incidents; regulatory investigations and; international data transfers. She also advises online businesses on evolving regulatory and consumer protection law obligations. Davinia presents and publishes widely on a range of technology related legal matters, in particular on data protection, intellectual property and information technology law. She is also a member of the editorial board of the PDP Data Protection Ireland Journal.

Deirdre Dunne

Deirdre Dunne is a partner and head of Business Development at Matheson. Deirdre established the firm's office in Palo Alto, California in January 1997 where she was resident counsel for seven years. During this time she advised North American companies establishing operations and conducting business in and through Ireland. As head of Business Development at the firm, with extensive experience in practice, Deirdre leads the firm’s sales strategy. She is responsible for managing programmes to increase new business generation, support multi-jurisdictional client relationships, strategic sales planning and client relationship management. She is also responsible for client development, identifying clients' requirements and ensuring the firm meets our clients’ needs and expectations. Deirdre is a member of the Law Society of Ireland since 1990 and an associate member of the American Bar Association (ABA).

Deirdre Crowley

Deirdre Crowley is a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution department in Matheson. Deirdre advises private and public sector clients on a host of privacy, data protection, employment, equality, industrial relations and data protection matters. Deirdre is currently advising many household name companies on their Brexit readiness together with their employer liability and data protection compliance during Covid. A highly sought after conference speaker, Deirdre is regularly invited to speak on data protection and employment law compliance issues by organisations such as the Irish Institute for European Law, the Law Society of Ireland and Legal Island.

Dermot Powell

Dermot’s focus includes information security, data protection, supplier management, Anti money laundering and compliance with laws and regulations relating to the practice of solicitors. Dermot worked in private practice for six years and was then a general counsel for a financial services firm for 20 years.

Donal O"Byrne

Donal is a partner in the Asset Management Department at Matheson. He practices financial services law and advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks and asset management companies carrying on business through Irish domiciled investment funds and Irish domiciled management companies. Donal has widespread experience in the establishment, authorisation and operation of all types of investment funds in Ireland, including UCITS and non-UCITS across the full range of strategies, including plain vanilla strategies, hedge fund strategies, structured UCITS, fund of funds, money market funds and exchange traded funds (“ETFs”). He also has significant experience in the provision of regulatory and compliance matters for fund service providers. He has particular experience in relation to advising ETFs and the re-domiciliation of investment funds, in particular cross border mergers of funds under UCITS IV. He has extensive experience in respect of the authorisation of management companies seeking approval in Ireland under both the UCITS Directive and Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (“AIFMD”). Donal is a member of the Irish Funds Packaged Retail Investments Product Regulation working group.

Dualta Counihan

Dualta Counihan is a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Group at Matheson. He practises financial services law and advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies, and service providers carrying on business in Ireland or through Irish vehicles. Dualta has extensive experience in advising a wide range of domestic and international clients on the structuring, establishment, marketing and sale of investment vehicles and products in Ireland and other jurisdictions. In particular, he advises on the legal and regulatory issues surrounding the establishment of private and public investment funds in Ireland, the listing of investment funds on the Euronext, the structuring, offer and sale of investment instruments and investment products, the provision of investment advice and other financial services.

Elaine Long

Elaine Long is a partner in Matheson’s Financial Institutions Group. She provides specialist advice in connection with corporate and regulatory issues for financial institutions with a particular focus on insurance. Elaine has extensive experience in advising on business transfers and amalgamations involving insurers. She also regularly advises insurers and other financial institutions on the regulatory aspects of establishment and authorisation, corporate governance and re-organisations. Elaine joined Matheson in 2006. Prior to joining the Financial Institutions Group, Elaine worked in the Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Group in Matheson, where she advised on contentious and non-contentious corporate insolvency matters. During her time in Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Elaine regularly advised financial institutions on insolvency proceedings, the enforceability of set-off rights and the invalidation of security following insolvency. Prior to joining Matheson, Elaine worked in PwC, qualifying as a Chartered Tax Advisor during that time.

Elizabeth Grace

Liz Grace is a partner at Matheson with a background in financial services law. Liz was appointed communications strategy director at the firm in 2016. Liz’s background in investment funds law stems from several years of practice in the area, working from early on in her career in 2000 with Matheson’s global asset management client base in the establishment, operation and re-structuring of Irish domiciled investment funds. Following on from that, she established the first dedicated knowledge management function at practice level with the Asset Management and Investment Funds team in Matheson, focussing on the law and regulation of investment funds and asset managers, in particular in relation to emerging European and Irish legal and regulatory developments affecting asset managers and investment funds. In 2012, Liz wrote the first university Funds Law syllabus in Ireland for Maynooth University. Liz’s postgraduate qualifications include a master’s degree in law from Oxford University.

Emma Doherty

Emma Doherty is a partner and a member of the US Business and Inward Investment Groups at Matheson. Emma practises corporate law and regularly spends time in the US with her clients. She works with international companies on the establishment, expansion and operation of their businesses in Ireland. Emma also advises clients on the complex legal issues that can arise on international transactions involving Irish subsidiaries of foreign companies, including advising on a broad range of corporate reorganisations. Emma regularly leads group-wide multi-jurisdictional international restructuring projects. Emma also advises corporate clients on a broad range of contract, corporate governance and business-related issues, including directors' duties and compliance matters. In addition, she provides ongoing corporate advice and strategic counselling to clients, including advice in relation to distributions and complex cash repatriation strategies. Emma is a member of the Company Law Review Group, the statutory advisory expert body charged with advising the Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation on the review and development of company law in Ireland.

Enda Garvey

Enda is a partner in the Corporate M&A Group. He specialises in international and domestic public and private M&A, private equity transactions and corporate reorganisations and debt and equity fundraisings. He has extensive private equity experience and has advised on many of the most high profile investments made by international private equity funds in Ireland in the past 5 years. Alongside his private equity practice, Enda advises a number of domestic and international corporate clients on their corporate and transaction activity, in the energy and infrastructure and agri-food and beverage sectors.

Eunan Hession

Eunan is partner in the Asset Management Department at Matheson. He practices financial services law and advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks and asset management companies carrying on business through Irish domiciled investment funds and Irish domiciled management companies. Eunan advises a range of domestic and international clients on the establishment, authorisation, operation and ongoing regulatory compliance of all types of investment funds in Ireland, including UCITS, AIFMD structures and hedge funds. Eunan also advises fund service providers on their regulatory and compliance matters. Eunan also has extensive experience of advising on the establishment and authorisation of UCITS management companies and alternative investment fund managers in Ireland. Eunan’s experience includes advising on the implementation of regulatory updates to fund structures following the introduction of various European financial services directives, cross border mergers and the ongoing servicing of Irish fund structures. Eunan has completed a secondment with one of the world’s largest asset managers in London.

Fergus Bolster

Fergus Bolster is a partner in the firm's Corporate M&A Group, where he focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, corporate re-organisations (including corporate re-domiciliation and demerger transactions), financing transactions, securities law and corporate governance matters. Fergus has represented public and private corporations, institutional, private equity and venture investors, State bodies and investment banks, transacting in a variety of industries and sectors, including, in particular, technology, energy and healthcare. He has extensive experience advising US and other international clients on cross-border acquisitions of Irish companies, both public and private, migrations and capital markets transactions (undertaken domestically and by Irish companies listed on US and other foreign exchanges). Fergus counsels corporate clients on a broad range of governance and business-related matters, including directors' duties and responsibilities, disclosure obligations and compliance matters. This advice is often provided to boards and individual directors in situations where the satisfaction of their fiduciary duties may be subject to public scrutiny.

Finnbahr Boyle

Finnbahr is a partner in the firm’s Finance and Capital Markets Department. He has experience across multiple jurisdictions advising lenders, sponsors and borrowers spanning a range of industries in relation to financing transactions (both domestic and cross-border) including bilateral and syndicated loans, leveraged and acquisition finance, fund finance and restructurings.

Garret Farrelly

Garret is a partner and head of both Matheson’s Energy and Natural Resources Group and Projects and Infrastructure Group. Garret is also chair of Matheson's ESG Advisory Group. He advises on all aspects of projects and project financing, from PPPs to privately-financed electricity, oil, and gas field developments and privatisations as well as electricity, gas and telecommunications network infrastructure. Garret specialises in particular in the areas of electricity and gas market regulation and trading. Garret’s experience also includes project development, M&A and financing in the conventional and renewable electricity sectors as well as the mining and upstream / downstream oil and gas sectors. Garret is consistently listed as one of Ireland’s leading Energy lawyers, including in leading legal international directories such as Legal 500 and Chambers Europe. He is a frequent speaker at energy and infrastructure conferences and regularly contributes articles to specialist publications. Garret is listed in Energy Ireland’s "Who's Who in Irish Energy" (Energy Ireland Yearbook 2017, 2018 and 2019).

Gavin Coleman

Gavin Coleman is director of the financial administration services and compliance team at Matheson. Gavin has gained extensive experience advising on all aspects of a company secretarial nature to a wide range of the leading Irish and international financial institutions, investment banks and asset management companies carrying on business in Ireland or through Irish vehicles. Gavin has provided company secretarial advice in a variety of domestic and cross-border corporate, commercial and financial services transactions and matters. Gavin's work consists of direct involvement in all matters of a company secretarial nature on such transactions and other company law compliance matters. Gavin and his team provide a comprehensive and quality company secretarial, company law compliance, and corporate governance best practice service and are responsible for the maintenance of the statutory records and public filings for many of the leading Irish and international financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies, UCITS and non-UCITS investment companies, private limited companies, unlimited companies and companies limited by guarantee. Gavin is a member of the ICSA and the Institute of Directors in Ireland.

George Brady

George is a partner in the firm's Corporate Department. He has advised on many of the most significant Irish corporate transactions of recent years including: Allergan’s $66 billion merger with Actavis; unsuccesful bid to acquire eircom from examinership on behalf of an international telecommunications group; the Actavis $8.5 billion acquisition of Warner Chilcott; the $6.5 billion hostile bid by Royalty Pharma for Elan Corporation; Medtronic’s proposed $42.9 billion acquisition of Covidien plc; Eaton Corporation’s $11.8 billion acquisition of Cooper Industries; the $5.6 billion merger of Questcor and Mallinckrodt; Babcock & Brown on its €2.3 billion acquisition of eircom; and the $2.6 billion acquisition of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals by Endo International. George previously worked in the London office of a leading international law firm and has been a partner since 2003.

Geraldine Carr

Geraldine is a partner in the Employment, Pensions and Benefits Group. She provides strategic, practical and commercially focussed advice to international and domestic clients on all aspects of employment law. Her practice spans a variety of sectors, including technology, financial services and pharmaceuticals. Geraldine has extensive experience advising in relation to the management of employees on a day to day basis, including the drafting and implementation of contractual documentation and employment policies and procedures, as well as guiding employers through crisis management issues in the context of workplace investigations, misconduct allegations, grievances, bullying, harassment, and performance management procedures. Geraldine has particular expertise in advising clients on senior executive appointments and terminations, particularly in regulated industries, as well as case managing employment injunctions and defending claims before the Workplace Relations Commission, the Circuit Court and the High Court. She provides pragmatic advice on the employment law aspects of corporate restructurings, outsourcings, and individual and collective redundancy situations. Geraldine worked with Matheson’s US client base from the firm’s San Francisco and Palo Alto offices for six months in 2017 / 18. As a result, Geraldine has a deep understanding of the key distinctions between employment law in Ireland as compared with other jurisdictions. She frequently provides bespoke employment law workshops to clients. She is a regular speaker at conferences and a tutor at the Law Society’s professional practice course for trainee solicitors. She also regularly publishes articles on employment law matters. Topics on which she has recently written and spoken on include: “Fair Procedures and the Right to Cross Examination during Workplace Investigations”, “US Employers in Ireland: Key Distinctions Between the Employment Law Landscape in the US and Ireland”, “Recent Developments in Employment Injunctions”, “Common Pitfalls and Developing Trends in Employment Law in Ireland’, “Important Ruling Extends the WRC’s Powers to Disregard National Law that is Contrary to EU Law”, and various articles on Ireland’s workplace relations system. Geraldine is an active committee member of the Employment Law Association of Ireland (ELAI) and the Law Society of Ireland’s Employment and Equality Law Committee. She is also an active member of the American Bar Association’s International Labor and Employment Law section and the European Employment Law Association of Ireland. Geraldine originally qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser.

Gerry Thornton

Gerry Thornton is a partner in the Tax practice of Matheson. Gerry advises on all aspects of corporate tax. His main focus is the financial sector, including asset management, finance and asset finance, banking and investment banking, leasing, derivatives and insurance. Gerry frequently advises on mergers and acquisitions, tax litigation and tax disputes. Gerry takes an active industry role in developing Ireland’s financial sector. He is a member of the tax steering committee of Irish Funds, the representative body for the international investment fund community in Ireland, and is chair of Irish Funds' international tax working group. Gerry has been closely involved in financial sector consultations on Finance Bill amendments to Irish tax legislation for many years, including the 2011 and 2016 amendments to the Irish securitisation regime and the 2016 and 2019 amendments to the Irish real estate funds regime. In 2014, Gerry was closely involved in the introduction of the ICAV. Gerry is the author of the Irish chapter of the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation's publication on permanent establishments. Gerry lectures frequently on financial services tax matters. Gerry is a qualified solicitor and a qualified tax consultant and is a member of the Law Society of Ireland and the Irish Taxation Institute. Gerry has previously worked in the group tax department of an investment bank in the City of London.

Gráinne Callanan

Gráinne Callanan leads Matheson’s Cork office and is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group. Gráinne advises a wide range of leading domestic and international financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland including life and non-life (re)insurance companies, captive insurers and intermediaries on corporate transactions, regulatory and compliance and corporate governance. Gráinne has extensive expertise in the areas of new authorisations, portfolio transfers, cross-border mergers, corporate restructurings, distribution arrangements and health insurance. She has advised on a wide range of innovative transactions in the insurance market in recent times and has taken a leading role advising clients on a number of significant acquisitions of closed books of life insurance businesses. Gráinne lectures at the Law Society of Ireland and the Insurance Institute of Ireland. Gráinne is also a member of the Cork Financial Services Forum.

Gráinne Boyle

Gráinne is a partner in the firm’s International Business Group. Gráinne practices Irish corporate law, with a primary focus on advising US and other international clients establishing operations, and doing business in and from Ireland. Gráinne provides advice in relation to inward investment projects, providing insights on the Irish legal considerations associated with establishing operations and headquarters in Ireland. Gráinne also provides ongoing corporate governance advice in connection with the day-to-day operation of Irish businesses. As part of this role, Gráinne acts as an external board advisor, and provides strategic advice on best corporate governance practices. Gráinne regularly advises multinationals in implementing global reorganisations (including post-acquisition integration and consolidation projects, spin-off transactions, and cross-border mergers and acquisitions). Gráinne advises on the complex legal considerations and issues that can arise for Irish subsidiaries on such multi-jurisdictional restructurings. As a result of her key relationship role with clients and international law firms in this location, Grainne regularly travels to the US and was previously seconded to Matheson’s San Francisco and Palo Alto offices.

Hilda Wrixon

Hilda is a partner in the Commercial Real Estate Department at Matheson with broad experience in all areas of commercial real estate, including: sales and acquisitions; commercial leasing including retail, office and industrial leasing; development projects in respect of office, industrial and data centre buildings; and landlord and tenant matters. Hilda regularly advises US technology and pharmaceutical companies on real estate aspects of the establishment and expansion of their Irish and EMEA branches and negotiated related lease documentation. She is experienced in data centre development and leasing as well as in related site acquisition and represents several clients in the industrial and logistics sector in negotiating agreements for lease and leases of bespoke mixed use industrial and office space. Hilda has extensive experience advising institutional landlords in respect of the leasing and management of prime Dublin office space. Hilda also advises on the real estate aspects of corporate transactions, managing large scale real estate due diligence, drafting and negotiation of real estate warranties for share sale and purchase agreements, and property transfers following asset sales and corporate spin-offs.

Joe Beashel

Joe Beashel is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group and is head of the regulatory risk management and compliance team at Matheson. He is a solicitor with over twenty years’ experience, most of which were gained in the financial services sector. Before joining Matheson in 2004, he was the managing director of the Irish fund administration unit of a leading international investment manager. Joe assists clients with the authorisation of new entities by the Central Bank of Ireland including banks, MiFID / investment firms, fund services providers, alternative investment fund managers, payment institutions, retail credit firms and others. He also assists in expanding the regulatory authorisations of existing entities. Drawing on his extensive industry experience, Joe provides practical advice and assistance to boards of directors, senior management, in-house counsel and compliance officers in relation to the impact of new regulation. He assists clients in the effective and timely implementation of any required changes and works to provide a robust assurance that implementation meets legal requirements. Joe and his team assist clients to carry out reviews of their process and procedures covering issues such as anti-money laundering, MiFID suitability, client assets requirements. He assists clients prepare for reviews by the Central Bank notably so-called “PRISM” reviews which have become increasingly common. When issues arise he assists clients in assessing the legal and regulatory impact and helps develop remediation plans. Where the Central Bank initiates its administrative sanctions process he works with clients to minimise the impact of any sanction imposed. He also helps clients who are dealing with complaints to the Financial Services Ombudsman to ensure the most favourable outcome possible. Joe is a member of the Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland and the Institute of Bankers. He co-ordinates the drafting of course materials and lectures for the Institute of Bankers of Ireland as part of its Professional Development (Level 3) qualification. He has spoken and written on topics including the new Payment Services Directive, the updated Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and many others. He published a book, the Fitness and Probity Handbook which gathers together all the relevant materials regarding the Central Bank's Fitness and Probity regime. Joe's previous publications include the MiFID Directory.

Joe Duffy

Joe is a partner in the Tax Department at Matheson. Joe has extensive experience in corporate tax law and advises on international restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, tax controversy and transfer pricing. Joe speaks regularly on international tax matters in Ireland and abroad. He has also written on international tax matters, transfer pricing and tax controversy for publishers including IBFD, Kluwer, Thompson Reuters. Joe is the Ireland editor of the Bloomberg Double Tax Treaty Series. Joe has been an active participant in the American Chamber of Commerce tax working group for many years. Joe is a qualified solicitor, chartered accountant and tax advisor in Ireland and has qualified as an attorney in New York. Joe has previously worked in a Big 4 accountancy practice and as in-house tax counsel for a US multinational.

John Coary

John is a partner in the Corporate M&A Group. John specialises in corporate transactions (both domestic and international) including mergers and acquisitions, shareholder arrangements, equity fundraisings, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and restructurings, corporate redomiciliations and general commercial matters. He advises leading Irish and multi-national public and private companies on private M&A and public company transactional mandates. John has particular experience in the Life Science and Aviation sectors, having worked on many significant corporate transactions in these sectors in recent years.

John Gill

John Gill is a partner and head of the Private Client Department at Matheson. He advises individuals and families on investment vehicles and appropriate trust structures for estate planning and asset protection purposes and he advises a number of domestic high net worth individuals on a wide range of taxation issues and domiciled and non-domiciled individuals with Irish tax concerns, including relocating to and establishing tax residence in Ireland, heading up the Group’s Relocation Services Offering. He advises executors, trustees and beneficiaries on all legal and tax issues arising in wills and the administration of estates and trusts both domestic and offshore. He has significant experience in estate and trust disputes advising trustees, executors and claimants. In particular, John has experience in advising on will challenges and will disputes under Section 117 of the Succession Act and acting for clients in the mediation of such disputes. John also has considerable experience on charity issues, including charity formation and governance. He also advises on capacity issues including powers of attorney and wards of court, and on the establishment of tax efficient trusts for incapacitated individuals. John is an Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute (AITI Chartered Tax Advisor (CTA)). He is a past Chair of the Irish branch of STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists and the International Bar Association. He has also lectured to members of The Law Society, STEP and the Irish Taxation Institute on a wide range of estate planning issues and is a regular contributor to articles and journals on these matters. He is co-author of the Irish chapter of International Succession (4th edition 2015) by Oxford University Press, the Irish chapter of the European Lawyer Reference Series on Private Client Tax (3rd edition 2015) and the International Comparative Legal Guide to: Private Client 2015 (Global Legal Group).

Julie Murphy-O'Connor

Julie is a partner in Matheson’s Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. Julie regularly advises on fraud claims, freezing orders, injunctions, asset recovery and tracing, trust issues, directors’ duties and enforcement matters. Her practice includes high-stakes, complex Commercial Court disputes for international companies and financial institutions. Julie was named Client Choice Award Winner for Asset Recovery (Ireland) in 2020. Julie is a strong advocate of alternative dispute resolution, which provides the means to resolve disputes in a cost-effective, time-efficient, confidential and creative manner. She is a Council member of the Irish Commercial Mediation Association. Julie is consistently ranked as one of Ireland’s top restructuring and insolvency lawyers by international legal directories. She was a council member of the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners from 2011 – 2014, acting as Secretary and as Chair of its Educational Sub-Committee during that period. Julie is co-author of the Commercial Litigation Association of Ireland’s Practitioners’ Guide to the Commercial Court in Ireland and of the Law Society of Ireland’s Insolvency Law text book. She is a frequent contributor to Irish and international legal publications and is regularly invited to speak at industry conferences. Julie is also a non-executive director of Coillte DAC.

Justine Sayers

Justine Sayers is a partner in the Healthcare Group, specialising in professional indemnity claims (in particular, medical negligence and clinical malpractice), healthcare, catastrophic personal injuries claims and product liability actions. Justine advises clinical practitioners and their indemnity bodies on the defence of healthcare related litigation, specialising in leading complex, sensitive and high-value High Court negligence claims as well as protecting the professional reputations of the prominent practitioners she represents before regulatory bodies, statutory inquiries and coroners inquests. In recent years, she has defended practitioners who have faced serious allegations including fraud, sexual impropriety and gross negligence amounting to professional misconduct. Justine also advises a leading laboratory in the defence of litigation arising from screening services provided to the HSE under the CervicalCheck Screening Programme. Justine is an accomplished advocate with a keen interest in mediation and alternative dispute resolution.

Karen Reynolds

Karen Reynolds is a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department at Matheson, and head of the firm's Regulatory Investigations team. Our Regulatory Investigations team works closely with technical experts from our non-contentious practice areas, including the Financial Institutions, Asset Management, Finance and Capital Markets, Corporate and Technology and Innovation groups to ensure a seamless service which understands and meets our clients' regulatory requirements and priorities. Karen advises clients on their interactions with regulators, from supervisory engagement to regulatory investigations and enforcement actions. She advises international and domestic clients on contentious regulatory matters, often involving a number of regulators and jurisdictions. Her clients include financial institutions, fintechs, banks, service providers, investment managers, private equity firms, credit firms, and other regulated entities and persons. She has significant experience in handling regulatory investigations, providing strategic risk management counsel and conducting internal investigations (domestically and cross-border). She has substantial experience in assisting regulated firms and individuals navigate highly complex and sensitive matters to secure the optimum outcome. Karen is an accomplished litigator, and has acted in a number of test-cases and precedent setting commercial court disputes. She has a reputation for expertly guiding clients through all manner of commercial and financial services disputes, including in the Commercial Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Karen has substantial experience in corporate restructuring and insolvency law matters, having had a lead role in some of the most high profile corporate rescue transactions of the last ten years. Karen's practice also encompasses compliance and governance related matters, white collar crime and corporate offences, anti-corruption and bribery legislation and document disclosure issues.

Karen Sheil

Karen is a partner in the Commercial Real Estate Group at Matheson. She specialises in all types of property development and investment transactions (both loan and asset based) including syndicate investments using corporate, funds and other structures. Karen has extensive experience in the site assembly, financing, structuring, letting and disposal of retail developments and mixed schemes on behalf of landlords and developers including multi-family, private rented sector 'PRS' development and the build-to-rent 'BTR' sector. She advises tenants taking space in all types of commercial property including retail, office and industrial. She has worked on some of the largest property transactions in the country including Project Jewel – Ireland’s largest real estate transaction – where she acted for the purchaser of a portfolio of prime retail assets including Dundrum Town Centre. Prior to joining Matheson, Karen was a partner at another Irish law firm for over a decade. She is a frequent speaker and writer on commercial property and tax related issues. She lectures in build-to-rent schemes at the Law Society of Ireland. She is consistently ranked as a leading lawyer by legal directories.

Kate McKenna

Kate is a partner in the EU, Competition and Regulatory Law Group. Prior to joining Matheson, Kate worked at a leading Magic Circle law firm in London. Kate’s practice spans the areas of merger control, behavioural competition issues (including abuse of dominance, cartels and other restrictive arrangements), State aid, sectoral regulation and public procurement. Kate’s clients are leaders across a broad range of industries and Kate has particular expertise on the financial services, agri-food, media, pharma and postal sectors. Kate has advised on numerous notable mergers, investigations and court cases. With her extensive experience of regulators and courts at Irish and EU level, clients turn to Kate for expert advice on defending their interests and for practical solutions which achieve their commercial objectives. Kate has consistently been recommended by Legal Directories, including being named as a lawyer ‘to watch’ by Chambers Europe. Her clients have noted her to be a 'flexible and dedicated' provider of 'tailored advice' (Chambers Europe), ‘very knowledgeable and turns things around very quickly' (Chambers Europe), someone who 'combines deep knowledge of state aid policy with a sharp legal brain' (Legal 500), and 'very good at picking up the exact issue and giving clear advice' (Chambers Europe). Kate contributes articles to leading international legal publications and speaks regularly on EU law issues including as a lecturer on Law Society courses.

Kevin Gahan

Kevin is a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department at Matheson, with a particular focus on Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Law. Kevin has significant experience in advising insolvency practitioners in the discharge of their duties as examiners, liquidators and receivers of companies and representing financial institutions, creditor groups, and companies in connection with commercial litigation, banking disputes, security and enforcement issues and other contentious and non-contentious domestic and cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters. Kevin is a member of Restructuring & Insolvency Ireland and sits on its Law Reform sub-committee and is also a member of INSOL Europe. Kevin lectures and tutors on insolvency law matters on the professional practice course of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland and to professional directors for the Institute of Directors Chartered Director Programme and is a regular contributor to industry publications. He is a representative for restructuring and insolvency law in the Irish Government’s Ireland for Law initiative.

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith is a partner in the Tax practice of Matheson and is also a member of the Structured Finance and Derivatives Group. Kevin advises financial institutions, investment banks, investment managers and institutional investors on all tax aspects of financial services in Ireland, including securities transactions, debt capital markets, cross-border financing and derivative transactions. Kevin also advises many of the world’s largest aircraft leasing companies on tax aspects of carrying on aircraft leasing business in or from Ireland. Kevin takes an active industry role in developing the Irish internationally-focused financial sector. He is a member of the tax committee of Irish Debt Securities Association, the representative body for the international debt securities community in Ireland. Kevin was closely involved in industry feedback on the legislative amendments to the Irish securitisation regime in 2016. Kevin is a qualified solicitor and a qualified tax consultant and is a member of the Law Society of Ireland and the Irish Taxation Institute. Kevin previously worked in the group tax department of Deutsche Bank in the City of London.

Kieran Trant

Kieran Trant is a partner and a member of the US Business and Inward Investment Groups at Matheson. Kieran practises corporate law and works with international companies on the establishment, expansion and operation of their businesses in Ireland. Kieran also advises clients on the complex legal and commercial issues that can arise on international transactions involving Irish subsidiaries of overseas companies, including advising on a broad range of corporate reorganisations. Kieran also advises corporate clients on a broad range of corporate governance and general commercial issues, including directors' duties and compliance matters. In addition, he provides ongoing corporate advice and strategic counselling to clients, including advice in relation to distributions and complex cash repatriation strategies. Kieran spent part of 2018 on secondment to Matheson’s Palo Alto and San Francisco offices and is a frequent visitor to the San Francisco Bay Area and other US locations where his clients are based.

Leonie Dunne

Leonie is a partner in the Commercial Real Estate Group at Matheson and a member of the firm’s Development Land Group. Leonie practises in all aspects of commercial real estate law, advising on acquisitions, disposals (assets and loans), leasing and licensing of properties. She has a broad range of experience advising on the development, sale and leasing of mixed use and residential developments. Leonie has acted for a number of leading Irish financial institutions and receivers on the enforcement and realisation of security and has advised on a wide range of insolvency, corporate recovery and restructuring issues arising in connection with the sale and leasing of both residential and commercial properties. Leonie also has experience carrying out property due diligence in connection with loan portfolios, preparing title reports and advising on rectification of title defects. Leonie is a member of the Law Society of Ireland and is also admitted in England and Wales. She recently lectured and tutored on the Law Society Commercial Property diploma.

Liam Quirke

Liam Quirke is a member of Matheson’s Tax Department. He was Managing Partner of Matheson for more than 12 years and also served as Partnership Chairman for two years. Prior to moving into management, Liam founded and led Matheson’s pre-eminent Tax practice for 12 years. He also established and led the firm’s market leading International Business practice for nearly a decade. In recognition of his outstanding contribution to the firm over the course of nearly three decades, Matheson appointed Liam as Chairman Emeritus of the firm in January, 2018. Liam has concentrated his legal career on the Irish legal needs of international companies and financial institutions with a particular focus on such companies which have established in Ireland with a view to accessing the EU market.Liam is widely acknowledged as both an influential business leader and one of the leading international tax lawyers in Ireland. He is a member of the Council of the Law Society of Ireland, the Council of University College Dublin’s Sutherland School of Law and the only Irish member of the Council of New York University’s International Tax Programme. Liam served on the Irish Prime Minister’s Committee on International Banking and Treasury for many years and is also a former Chairman of the Irish Branch of the International Fiscal Association and a former council member of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce.

Liam Collins

Liam Collins is a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Department at Matheson. He practises corporate and financial services law and advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies and service providers doing business in and from Ireland. Liam has advised a wide range of domestic and international investment banks and financial institutions in relation to, particularly, the legal and regulatory issues relating to the structuring, establishment and operation of investment funds (including UCITS, non-UCITS, professional investor and qualifying investor funds including property funds, funds of funds, common contractual funds and structured funds) in Ireland, their listing on the Irish Stock Exchange, the restructuring and amalgamation of such funds and the provision of investment advice and financial services. He has advised on the Irish interpretation and implementation of European financial services directives, and has liaised with foreign counsel in many EU member states and other countries with respect to the marketing of Irish investment funds in those jurisdictions. Liam has advised a number of international asset managers, including asset managers based in both the US and Latin America, in acting for Irish investment funds. Liam is a member of the Law Society of Ireland. He has presented papers at client seminars and meetings on various topics relating to financial services regulation. Liam has contributed to a number of financial services and investment industry publications. Liam is also a member of the Legislative Sub-Group of the IFSC Funds Working Group. Liam has lectured on the Law Society of Ireland Diploma in Investment Funds.

Lorcan Keenan

Lorcan is Head of the Pensions team at Matheson. Having gained extensive pensions law experience at leading firms in both Ireland and UK, Lorcan advises on all aspects of the establishment and operation of Irish pension arrangements, including defined benefit schemes and master trusts. His clients include a broad mix of employers across various industries, pension scheme trustees, and pension service providers. He has particular expertise in the areas of: restructuring and winding-up of defined benefit schemes establishment of master trusts, and transitioning of employer established defined contribution schemes into master trusts IORP II and Code of Practice governance requirements liability and risk management exercises, including enhanced transfer value exercises, and annuity buy-in and buy-outs pensions disputes pensions implications of corporate transactions and group restructurings Lorcan is currently a Council Member and Secretary of the Irish Association of Pension Funds, the main industry body in Ireland representing pension savers.

Louise Dobbyn

Louise is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group, specialising in financial services regulation. Louise regularly advises banks, MiFID investment firms, asset managers, fund promoters, fintech firms, payment and e-money institutions, trading platforms, intermediaries and brokers on all aspects of Irish and EU financial regulation and compliance and related matters. Prior to joining Matheson, Louise was a UK general counsel for a Swiss private bank in London and worked in the financial services group at Ashurst in London. Louise also was a regulatory change secondee at an Investment Bank in London.

Madeline McDonnell

Madeline is a partner in the Corporate Department in Matheson specialising in mergers and acquisitions (public takeovers and private M&A), equity capital markets transactions and securities law. Madeline has advised on many of the most significant Irish corporate transactions of recent years, involving international and Irish public and private companies across a wide range of industries and sectors. In addition to her cross-border M&A experience, Madeline's practice involves advising on joint ventures, private equity, corporate restructurings, reorganisations and capital-raising transactions. Madeline also counsels clients on corporate governance and advisory matters, including directors’ duties and responsibilities. Madeline has contributed articles to international legal publications on mergers and acquisitions and corporate law in Ireland.

Mairéad Ní Ghabháin

Mairéad Ní Ghabháin is a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department and Debt and Enforcement Group of Matheson, also known as AB Wolfe & Co. Mairéad has over 13 years’ experience in litigation across a range of areas including debt recovery, enforcement of security, contractual disputes, banking and financial services. She advises financial institutions, international and domestic companies, regulated entities, credit unions, state and semi-state bodies as well as private clients. She has significant enforcement experience in respect of domestic and international judgments. She has conducted examinations of witnesses in the District Court and High Court as part of enforcement procedures. She also has experience in progressing orders for sale through the Examiner’s Office. Mairéad is an experienced advocate in her own right and has represented clients in all court jurisdictions. She is on the Law Society’s Irish Language Register and tutors on the Law Society of Ireland’s Professional Practice Irish and Advanced Legal Irish Practice courses. She was appointed by the government to the Irish Legal Terms Advisory Committee.

Maireadh Dale

Maireadh is a Partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department and advises on all aspects of real estate finance, leverage finance, corporate finance, asset finance (aviation, property and shipping) and restructurings. Maireadh's practice is transaction based and varied and unique in the Irish market covering large international corporate financings (on both borrower and lender sides), property and development financings (through ICAVs, limited partnerships and forward fundings), corporate leveraged and acquisition financings and aviation financings (including ABS, portfolio sales, establishing new platforms and restructurings). Maireadh also has extensive experience in fund finance, loan sales, mezzanine finance, receivables finance, invoice discounting and green and sustainable finance. Maireadh leads multi-disciplinary transactions and coordinates large teams both domestically and internationally, managing multi-jurisdictional transactions and counsels. Prior to joining Matheson, Maireadh practiced with another top tier Irish and international law firm and was previously part of the international finance team at Bank of Ireland. Maireadh has a keen interest in Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, particularly developing and mentoring key talent and in Environmental, Social and Governance Initiatives.

Mark O'Sullivan

Mark O’Sullivan is a partner in the firm’s Tax Department and advises on all aspects of Irish corporate taxation. His primary focus is advising overseas clients establishing operations and doing business in and through Ireland. Mark also advises extensively on all aspects of international tax planning, including IP planning, cross-border reorganizations and financing transactions. Mark was previously seconded to the legal department of a large investment bank in London in 2004. Mark was based in the firm’s Palo Alto office from 2007-2020 and now splits his time between Dublin and Palo Alto. Mark is a vice-chair of the Foreign Lawyer’s Forum of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association (ABA), and is also actively involved in the International Fiscal Association (IFA). Mark regularly speaks on international tax issues and has also published articles in Tax Notes International, the International Tax Review, the Irish Taxation Review, IFLR, BNA and Finance Magazine. Mark has also guest lectured on international tax matters at the University of Washington and San Jose State University.

Matthew Broadstock

Matthew Broadstock is a partner in the Tax practice of Matheson specialising in Indirect Taxes. Matthew advises in relation to Value Added Tax (both at an Irish and EU level), Customs and Excise queries and Relevant Contracts Tax. Matthew advises a broad spectrum of Irish and international clients across various industries on contentious and non-contentious issues. Matthew provides detailed advice on VAT and RCT as it applies to property transactions in Ireland. Matthew also provides detailed advice regarding the application of VAT to clients in the exempt banking and insurance industries. Matthew is a member of the Indirect Tax committee of Irish Funds, the Funds industry representative body in Ireland and advises many clients in the industry. Matthew also has a lot of experience advising a large number of significant clients in the technology and pharmaceutical industries. He has recently advised clients regarding VAT on electronic supplied services in the EU and the implementation of MOSS throughout the EU. Matthew also has significant experience advising upon the VAT treatment of multi-jurisdictional supply chains. In this regard Matthew has also coordinated a number of large cross-jurisdictional projects regarding indirect taxes. Matthew is a qualified solicitor and a member of the Law Society of Ireland as well as being a non-practicing member of the Bar Council of England and Wales and a member of the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn and a qualified solicitor in England and Wales.

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson is the Managing Partner of Matheson. Prior to his appointment as managing partner, Michael spent over ten years as head of Matheson’s Financial Services practice. Michael advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies, broker-dealers and corporations carrying on business in Ireland or from Irish vehicles. Michael was a member of the IFSC Funds Group established by the Department of An Taoiseach (the Irish Prime Minister) to consider and advise on legislative and other changes which are necessary or desirable to facilitate the continued growth of the Irish investment funds industry. He was also chairman of the legislative sub-group of the IFSC Funds Group. Michael was chairman of the Irish Funds Industry Association (Irish Funds), which represents the interests of the Irish funds industry, during the 2009 / 2010 session and is a former director of Irish Funds. Michael was a member of the Primary Market Committee and Funds Listing Committee of the Irish Stock Exchange. Michael has spoken at a number of international financial services conferences. He has lectured at the law school of the Law Society of Ireland on financial services law and is a regular contributor to financial services publications.

Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne is a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. Michael advises on public law, regulatory and administrative law disputes, as well as more general commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on financial services litigation, defamation and product liability litigation. Michael has written articles published in the national press and has contributed to publications, including the Practical Law Company Dispute Resolution Multi-Jurisdictional Guide and the International Comparative Guide to Product Liability. Michael serves as Honorary Treasurer of the Commercial Litigation Association of Ireland.

Michelle Ridge

Michelle is a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Department at Matheson. Michelle practises Irish financial services law and advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies and service providers carrying on business in Ireland or through Irish vehicles. She has extensive experience in advising a wide range of domestic and international clients on the structuring, establishment, marketing and sale of investment vehicles and products in Ireland and other jurisdictions. In particular, Michelle advises on the legal and regulatory issues surrounding the establishment of AIF and UCITS structures, including hedge funds, managed account platforms, master feeder, fund of fund, complex and bespoke structures. She also advises on the structuring, offer and sale of investment instruments and investment products, the provision of investment advice and other financial services. Michelle has advised some of the world’s largest alternative investment managers on the implementation of AIFMD and also advised on the first inward AIFMD management passport into Ireland. She also has extensive experience in advising international clients in relation to UCITS’ legislative and regulatory developments. Michelle also has extensive experience in advising on the establishment of loan origination structures and advised on the establishment of one of the first regulated loan origination AIFs in Ireland. Michelle is the 2017 International Law Office Client Choice award winner for Banking Law in Ireland, a category that incorporates financial services.

Michelle Daly

Michelle practices in Matheson's tax department, primarily advising clients in the financial sector, including asset management, aviation leasing, securitisation and debt capital markets and insurance. Michelle has spent time working in Matheson's New York office and has a particular expertise in advising Irish domiciled investment funds, including UCITS and QIAIFs, and their managers. Michelle also advises many fund managers who have invested in aviation assets, and alternative asset classes such as pharmaceutical royalties. In recent years, Michelle has worked on the establishment of a number of large direct lending fund platforms which are domiciled in Ireland.

Niall Collins

Niall is a partner and head of the Competition and Regulation Group. He has extensive experience advising Irish and multinational businesses on all aspects of Irish and EU competition law, but particularly on complex merger control mandates. He has developed an influential reputation in the market for delivering the right outcomes for clients in difficult cases (including leading on a number of the recent Phase II merger cases in the jurisdiction). His experience extends to both public and private deals, private equity and venture capital investments and to joint ventures and strategic alliances. Niall also advises on the new Irish foreign direct investment screening regime. His behavioural competition law practice covers abuse of dominance, cartels and other restrictive arrangements, regulatory investigations, compliance issues and consequential litigation following on from allegations of breach of the competition rules. He has recently led multi-disciplinary teams on the highest profile competition law investigations in the jurisdiction. Niall's broad practice has a particular focus on the energy, media & entertainment, insurance, agriculture & food, technology, sport and financial services sectors. Prior to joining Matheson in 2022, Niall led the competition team at another Irish law firm. He also previously practiced with the EU and Competition team at Ashurst in London and with the Antitrust and Competition team at Latham & Watkins in London. Niall is consistently ranked in the top tier of competition law advisers in Ireland by both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 and was identified by Global Competition Review as one of the world's top competition lawyers under the age of 40 in their '40 under 40' feature. He was also recently identified by Who's Who Legal as one of three 'Thought Leaders' for competition law in Ireland. Niall is also a committee member of the Competition Section of the Law Society of England and Wales.

Niamh Mulholland

Niamh Mulholland is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group. Prior to joining Matheson, Niamh worked for a global consultancy business where she led the Irish Asset Management Regulatory Practice. Her primary focus was on providing advice to Irish and International Investment Banking, Investment Firm and Investment Fund clients, through authorisation, regulatory change projects, supervisory engagements, Risk Mitigation Programmes and Skilled Person Independent Reviews. She has advised clients with ‘own initiative’ reviews and change programmes as well as responses to Central Bank of Ireland supervisory inspections. Niamh has extensive experience advising clients on the assessment and implications of AIFMD, UCITS, AML/CTF legislation, MiFID II/MiFIR, CRD/CRR, the Client Assets and Investor Money Regulations, the Investment Intermediaries Act, the Central Bank of Ireland Supervision and Enforcement Act, the ICAV Act and more recently the ILP (Amendment) Act 2020. Niamh previously worked at the Central Bank of Ireland, where she acted as the ESMA Board of Supervisors internal co-ordinator. She was a member of a number of ESMA Standing Committees and was involved in the negotiations to enact the EU Market Abuse Regulation and Criminal Sanctions Directive and MiFIR II/MiFIR during the Irish Presidency of the European Council. Niamh is a regular speaker on the topics of MiFID II, IFD/IFR, AML/CTF, CP86, and AIFMD Reform and is has published a number of articles on these topics.

Nicola Dunleavy

Nicola Dunleavy is a partner in Matheson’s Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department. Nicola has a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice. Much of her work crosses borders, representing international companies doing business in and from Ireland. Nicola represents clients in commercial disputes including mergers and acquisitions, regulatory disputes, EU and competition litigation, and constitutional litigation. Her clients are active in the technology and telecommunications, pharmaceutical, chemicals, food and drink, waste, water, energy, mining, and transport sectors. Her practice includes advising in regulatory investigations and defending criminal prosecutions. Nicola has significant experience in major development and property disputes, including environmental and safety disputes. Nicola leads Matheson’s arbitration team. Her expertise includes advocacy in alternative dispute resolution, encompassing expert determination, adjudication and mediation. Nicola is Vice President of Arbitration Ireland, and an Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute, an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. She is a frequent speaker at conferences and workshops on regulatory enforcement and on commercial arbitration and litigation. She has authored contributions to a number of publications including The International Comparative Legal Guide to International Arbitration 2011 - 2015.

Orlaith Finan

Orlaith is a partner in the Asset Management Department at Matheson. She practices financial services law and advises many of the world’s leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies and service providers carrying on business in Ireland or through Irish vehicles. Orlaith has extensive experience advising a wide range of domestic and international clients on the structuring, establishment, marketing and sale of both UCITS and alternative investment funds in Ireland across the full range of investment strategies and asset classes. Orlaith has completed secondments with two large asset managers in London as well as with a large service provider in Dublin advising on both the depositary and administrator services.

Owen Collins

Owen is a senior associate in the Energy and Infrastructure Group. Owen has particular experience in the renewables sphere having advised on the sale, acquisition and financing of a number of renewable projects in Ireland. Owen specialises in particular in the drafting and negotiation of power purchase agreements (PPAs) and has advised on all types of PPA including REFIT PPAs, merchant PPAs, corporate PPAs and non-participating PPAs. Owen also advises on all related contractual documentation, including trading services agreements. Owen also provides advice to clients in the conventional generation sphere and has experience advising on energy and environmental regulation as well as general corporate and company law matters.

Pat English

Pat English is a partner in the Corporate Department at Matheson. He is head of the firm's International Business Group and co-head of the firm's US Business and Inward Investment Groups. Pat practises corporate law focusing primarily on advising overseas clients on establishing operations and doing business in and from Ireland. In addition to advising on establishment projects, Pat advises a broad range of international, and in particular US, clients on international corporate reorganisations, pre and post-integration transactions, cross border mergers and general commercial contracts, corporate governance and compliance issues and strategies. In September 2011, Pat returned from his role as resident counsel and head of the firm's US offices based out of our New York office where he had been based for two years.

Patrick Spicer

Patrick Spicer is a senior partner in the Corporate M&A Group, and chairperson of Matheson. He is a former Head of the Matheson's Corporate and Commercial Department. Patrick acts for a large range of international companies doing business in and from Ireland, and specialises in particular in public and private company M&A, private equity transactions, equity fundraisings, reorganisations and refinancings. Patrick is a previous winner of the International Law Office Client Choice award for Corporate Law in Ireland. Patrick is also a member of the Council, and a director, of Dublin Chamber, and is a former director of Junior Achievement Ireland.

Patrick Molloy

Patrick is a partner and co-head of the Finance and Capital Markets Department. He advises on banking, structured finance, project finance and securitisation transactions and provides regulatory advice to banks and other financial services institutions. Patrick regularly contributes articles to financial services and banking journals and has spoken at a number of finance conferences. He also lectures on banking law subjects for a number of educational bodies.

Paul Carroll

Paul is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department. Paul advises on a wide variety of transaction types including syndicated and bilateral lending transactions, leveraged acquisition financings, real estate financings, receivables financings, project finance and debt restructurings. Paul began his career at Matheson and returned to the firm in 2020 following four years in the London office of New York firm, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP. As a result of this experience, Paul has particular expertise in cross-border financing and corporate transactions.

Philip Lovegrove

Philip is a partner in the Asset Management Department and has been with Matheson for eighteen years. He specialises in advising on the establishment and operation of investment funds in Ireland. Philip’s experience includes advising leading international financial institutions and asset management companies on structuring and offering fund products in Ireland and particularly in relation to exchange traded funds, innovative and complex products authorised as UCITS and emerging markets products. Philip is the vice chair of the Irish Funds ETF Working Group and the Irish industry’s representative on the EFAMA ETF Task Force. He specialises in advising managers on bringing innovative ETFs to market, including smart beta, actively managed, multi asset and emerging market funds and, more generally, on complex funds which are structured using the full range of flexibilities available under the UCITS regime. He has also advised extensively on the establishment of hedge funds and alternative investment products and in relation listing Irish and foreign domiciled investment funds on the Irish Stock Exchange. He has advised clients and participated in the Irish fund industry’s implementation of the AIFMD and UCITS V and is currently advising many institutional and smaller managers on the implementation of the European Commission’s Climate Action Plan for investment funds and asset managers. Philip is one of Matheson’s Diversity and Inclusion Ambassadors and the vice chair of the firm’s Mindful Business Charter committee.

Rebecca Ryan

Rebecca Ryan is a partner in Matheson’s Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department and a recognised leader in her field, specialising in professional indemnity and product liability claims. Rebecca acts for indemnity bodies, professionals and internationally focused companies doing business in and from Ireland with specialist knowledge in the healthcare and food and beverage sectors. She advises them across a range of disputes and regulatory matters. Rebecca is an accomplished advocate with a keen interest in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. Having previously qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales, Rebecca has a broad perspective. Rebecca leads Matheson’s innovation strategy. She created the Smart@Matheson programme and Smart Group with the objective of sharing best practice and innovative ideas, adding value to clients, increasing efficiencies, minimising risk and recruiting and retaining the best talent. Rebecca is a business leader in designing bespoke novel client offerings to deliver strategic commercial solutions to our clients. Matheson recently launched a brand new Matheson CoderDojo, a volunteer programming club for young people, and hosted Ireland’s first legal blockchain hackathon as part of Matheson’s Smart programme. Rebecca lectures to the industry and the Law Society of Ireland and is a regular contributor to leading Irish and international journals such as The Consultant, Irish Medical News and The Health Manager. Rebecca co-authors the ‘Healthcare Enforcement and Litigation' chapter for Ireland published in the multi-jurisdictional legal guide, ‘Getting the Deal Through’. She is also a member of the Medico-Legal Society of Ireland. Rebecca was a member of the Board of Governors of the Rotunda Hospital from 2014 to 2016.

Rhona Henry

Rhona Henry is a partner and head of Matheson’s Construction & Engineering Group. Rhona has over 13 years’ experience in the construction / capital projects sector. Rhona’s practice has a particular focus on construction / development financing, public-private partnership construction specialism, the build out of capital developments together with a regulatory advice practice. Rhona is known for and distinguished by her formulation of complex contract structure procurement strategies which facilitate a fast pace of development and cohesion regarding interface issues. Rhona is also distinguished by her expertise in forward funding arrangements including the drafting and negotiating of a myriad of direct agreements and associated step in rights. Rhona advises on complex construction and engineering capital projects including data centres, commercial office, corporate headquarters and EPC contracts for major international construction projects including infrastructure, facilities, power and process plants. She has an in-depth understanding of the construction requirements of organisations operating in very specialised markets, including the energy market, the pharmaceutical, data centre and ICT markets. Rhona typically advises her clients on a full suite of construction related agreements spanning from building contract to professional appointment contracts, collateral warranties, direct agreements, interface agreements, bonds, project supervisor appointments and a wide range of sub-contracts.

Richard Kelly

Richard Kelly is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department at Matheson. Richard’s practice includes advising corporates, financial institutions, investment banks, asset managers and institutional investors on all aspects of capital markets transactions involving Irish elements, including corporate bond issuances, asset backed securitisations, CLOs, repackagings and segregated managed account structures. Richard’s practice also includes advising Irish corporates and investment funds and their counterparties in relation to derivatives transactions, repurchase and reverse-repurchase transactions, securities lending and prime brokerage and on the regulation of derivatives, the application of the Financial Collateral Directive and the operation of netting and set-off in Ireland. Richard has acted for many of the world’s leading financial institutions in providing bespoke legal opinions on the enforceability of close-out netting provisions and collateral arrangements documented using industry standard or client-specific derivatives, repo and prime brokerage documentation. Richard has been active in the Irish Debt Securities Association (IDSA) since its formation, regularly participating in sub-groups of the IDSA’s legal committee to prepare submissions on proposed legislation. Richard also regularly represents Matheson at meetings of the EMIR working group at Irish Funds.

Robert Barrett

Rob is a partner in the Corporate M&A Group. Rob advises both international and domestic companies on corporate law matters, including private M&A, shareholders' agreements and joint ventures, equity fundraisings, reorganisations and general commercial matters. Having previously worked in a global law firm in the United Arab Emirates for a number of years, Rob has extensive experience in advising on cross-border M&A transactions (acting for both buyers and sellers) across a range of sectors.

Robert O'Shea

Robert O'Shea is a senior partner in the Corporate department at Matheson. He is a former member of the firm's Management Committee and was head of the Corporate Department from 2017 to 2023. Robert spent over 15 years as Head of Matheson's International Business Group where he advised many of the world's leading technology and life sciences companies on Irish corporate matters. Robert has extensive experience in leading multi-jurisdictional transactions and has advised in relation to some of the largest inward investment and restructuring projects in Ireland. In particular he has extensive experience drafting and advising on the legal documentation associated with cross-border restructurings and inward investment projects and the complex legal issues that can arise in re-organisation projects. Robert is a member of the Law Society of Ireland, the Law Society of England and Wales and an associate member of the American Bar Association (ABA). Robert has published and presented on a variety of corporate and international business law topics both in Ireland and overseas. He has also lectured extensively on various corporate and commercial law topics for the Law Society of Ireland, as well as at Irish universities and industry associations such as International Fiscal Association. In 2019 Robert was also appointed to the Strategic Advisory Board of the University of Galway School of Law.

Robert Maloney Derham

Robert is a partner in the Corporate M&A Group. Robert advises on all aspects of corporate transactions (both domestic and international) including mergers and acquisitions (both strategic and private equity), venture capital, shareholder arrangements, equity fundraisings, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and restructurings and general commercial matters. Having previously worked in New York with a leading US corporate law firm, Robert has particular expertise in large-scale domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, acting on both the buy-side and the sell-side in a variety of industries and sectors.

Rory McPhillips

Rory McPhillips is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department. Rory has considerable experience in advising financial institutions, equity participants, export credit agencies, commercial and investment banks, airlines, aircraft leasing companies and others in a wide range of matters over a number of years. He represents clients in the financing and leasing of aircraft, railcars, engines, simulators, trucks and industrial equipment, and routinely handles all Irish aspects of financing structures established across multiple jurisdictions with aircraft and other assets deployed globally.

Russell Rochford

Russell is a partner in the Employment, Pensions and Benefits Group with over 13 years’ experience advising a wide range of public sector, third sector, corporate and institutional clients in the UK and Ireland across the spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment, industrial relations, equality and immigration law. Russell has a particular expertise in advising clients on the complex workforce challenges that arise from their commercial activities, having been the employment lead on some of the largest reorganisations, outsourcings and commercial transactions across the private and public sector in the UK and Ireland in recent years. This has included major National Health Service reorganisations in the UK and large M&A transactions in Ireland covering, amongst other things, staff transfers (TUPE in particular), due diligence, individual and collective redundancies and the consequent litigation that can arise in such projects. Russell also has extensive experience in managing sensitive and complex employment disputes and litigation, including High Court injunction proceedings, and is regularly lauded by both clients and peers alike for his personable and commercially practicable approach in dealing with such matters. Russell‘s breadth of experience and expertise in UK employment matters means that he frequently works with clients and potential clients operating in and from the UK to advise them on the differences and nuances between UK and Irish employment laws, amongst other things. This also means that he has unrivalled experience in advising clients on matters such as whistleblowing and has played a vital role in the Group becoming the “go to” Irish employment group for Brexit-related matters. Russell is an active member of the UK Employment Lawyers Association, the European Employment Lawyers Association, the Employment Lawyers Association of Ireland and the American Bar Association. As well as delivering regular presentations and training to colleagues and clients, Russell has delivered bespoke training to members of the American Chamber of Commerce and the Institute of Directors in Ireland on managing employment law risk and defending employment claims. He also regularly presents at employment conferences organised by the American Bar Association in the US and the White Company here in Ireland. Russell co-authored the Ireland Chapter of the 2016 / Fifth Edition and the 2018 / 6th Edition of The Littler Mendelson Guide to International Employment and Labor Law, which covers employment law in over 60 countries.

Ruth Hunter

Ruth Hunter is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department. She focuses on the area of film and television production including the negotiation and drafting of financing agreements, distribution agreements, equity and tax based financing arrangements (including Section 481 tax credit financing), talent agreements (including film rights agreements), writers agreements, actors, directors, designers and composers agreements. She also provides advice in relation to errors and omissions, insurance and music copyright clearance as well as theatre and public performance contracts, music contracts and general intellectual property issues including trademarks. Ruth also works with banks in relation to financing arrangements for film and television. Ruth works with Screen Producers Ireland (the film producers representative organisation in Ireland) and is a member of the Audiovisual Federation and the Irish Business and Employers Confederation (IBEC).

Sally Anne Stone

Sally Anne is Head of the Commercial Real Estate Department at Matheson and leads the international real estate practice as well as the occupier advisory and transaction practices. She is an accomplished and commercially focused lawyer with over 10 years’ experience in large scale acquisitions and disposals; site development; commercial landlord and tenant; real estate investment, commercial real estate aspects of corporate transactions, including the sale and purchase of both private and public companies; and advising owner/occupiers on the acquisition of office, industrial, manufacturing, and technical/data centre premises. Sally Anne advises both landlords and occupiers on the largest and most significant real estate transactions in the Irish market. She has a breadth of experience in running sophisticated transactions and her in-depth knowledge of the market has resulted in her being first choice as trusted advisor to some of Ireland’s largest occupiers (both tenants and owner/occupiers) on the development, letting and ongoing management of their office and technical space. Sally Anne has advised one of the largest international tech giants for over 10 years in respect of all its real estate requirements in Ireland. Sally Anne has been involved in many of the landmark transactions across Dublin. She is project lead on several of Dublin’s largest development projects advising on site acquisitions, estate set-up, development, letting and sale of commercial and residential/ PRS assets. She also advises several Irish and non- Irish institutional investors on the acquisition of large scale assets Sally Anne has advised on many of the market’s major commercial real estate deals and some of the largest real estate transactions in Ireland in the last five years.

Sarah Jayne Hanna

Sarah Jayne Hanna is a partner in the International Business Group at Matheson. Sarah Jayne practises corporate law and works with international companies on the establishment, expansion and operation of their businesses in Ireland. Sarah Jayne also advises clients on the complex legal and commercial issues that can arise on international transactions involving Irish subsidiaries of overseas companies, including advising on a broad range of corporate reorganisations. Sarah Jayne also advises corporate clients on a broad range of contract, corporate governance and business-related issues, including directors' duties and compliance matters. In addition, she provides ongoing corporate advice and strategic counselling to clients, including advice in relation to distributions and complex cash repatriation strategies.

Shane Kennedy

Shane is a senior associate in the Asset Management Department at Matheson. Shane advises on the launch and on-going regulation of UCITS and AIF structures. Shane’s experience includes advising a wide range of domestic and international clients on the structuring, establishment, marketing and sale of investment vehicles and products in Ireland and other jurisdictions, including traditional mutual funds, structured products, hedge funds, infrastructure-focused funds and multi-manager platforms. In particular, Shane advises on the legal and regulatory issues surrounding the establishment, operation and maintenance of investment funds in Ireland, their listing on the Euronext Dublin and on the provision of investment advice and other financial services.

Shane Hogan

Shane Hogan is a partner in the firm's Tax Department and is a member of the firm's International Business Group and US Business Group. Shane advises international corporations doing business in and from Ireland on all aspects of corporate tax. His main focus is in inward investment projects, cross border tax planning and corporate restructurings as well as mergers and acquisitions on an international and national level. Shane also advises on Irish stamp duty matters particularly in the context of global reorganisations. Shane frequently publishes articles in leading tax journals and is co-author of the Irish Chapter of the IBFD's publication on Transfer Pricing. Shane was Chairman of the Irish branch of the International Fiscal Association from 2006 to 2010 and remains an active Committee member. Shane is both a qualified solicitor and chartered accountant and is a member of the Law Society of Ireland, the International Bar Association, the Irish Taxation Institute and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.

Sharon Daly

Sharon Daly heads the Commercial Litigation Insurance team which is described by Legal 500 as "second to none" with Sharon being personally commended for her ability to respond creatively to complex issues. Sharon and her team have been involved in some of the most significant commercial litigation before the Irish courts in the last ten years, including defending a major financial institution in a multi-billion, multi-jurisdictional dispute arising from investment in Bernard L. Madoff’s business. Sharon also acted for insurers in the largest property damage dispute to come before the Irish courts in relation to the liability of hydro-electrical dams and flood damage arising therefrom. Sharon and her team advise a wide range of clients on insurance issues including policy wordings, coverage, policy disputes, defence of large complex claims and subrogated recovery actions. Sharon is the Co-Chair of the International Bar Association Insurance Committee for 2018-2020 and has actively sought to use this committee to bring together leaders in the insurance industry to address the challenges in the industry globally. As a member of Matheson’s Brexit Advisory Group and a council member of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce, Sharon is working with Government and other key stakeholders to encourage UK-based multinationals to relocate to Dublin in order to facilitate the growth of Dublin as a leading global business centre, building on Brexit and beyond.

Shay Lydon

Shay Lydon is a partner in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Department at Matheson. He practices corporate and financial services law and advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies and service providers carrying on business in Ireland or through Irish vehicles. Shay has advised a wide range of domestic, continental, UK and US investment banks and financial institutions in relation to the legal and regulatory issues relating to the structuring, establishment and operation of mutual and alternative investment funds in Ireland, their listing on the Irish Stock Exchange, and the restructuring and amalgamation of such funds. He has advised on the Irish interpretation and implementation of European financial services directives, and has liaised with foreign counsel in many EU member states and other countries with respect to the marketing of Irish investment funds in those jurisdictions. He has also advised in relation to the structuring, offer and sale of investment instruments, the public issuance of equity and debt securities, the provision of investment advice and other financial services. Shay was a member of the editorial committee of the inaugural edition of the Hibernian Law Journal. He has presented papers to client seminars and meetings on various topics relating to financial services regulation.

Stephen Gardiner

Stephen is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department at Matheson. Stephen advises aircraft lessors, financiers and airlines on the trading, financing, leasing and repossession of aircraft. His practice includes the establishment of corporate structures in Ireland to facilitate the financing and leasing of various asset classes, including aviation, maritime and industrial assets. Stephen advises some of the world’s largest financial institutions and leading aviation industry participants on a variety of transactions and financing products utilising Irish corporate structures. These include joint ventures, operating leasing, orphan financings, sale and leasebacks, export credit agency supported financings, secured and unsecured lending, EETCs, JOLCOs, ABS and PDP financings, amongst others. Stephen is recognised as an experienced advisor in airline regulation and aircraft registration in Ireland, and has advised on the establishment of a major international airline in Ireland. Stephen was named as a key lawyer in transport in Ireland by Legal 500 in 2020 and as a Rising Star by Airfinance Journal in 2019. Stephen is faculty member on The Law Society of Ireland’s Certificate and Diploma courses in Aviation Leasing and Finance. He is also a licenced private pilot.

Stuart Kennedy

Stuart is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department and advises on all aspects of aviation, shipping, rail and other asset financing, trading and leasing matters on a daily basis. Stuart has gained considerable experience in advising on the structuring of aircraft purchase, sale, financing and leasing transactions and acts for a number of aircraft lessors, financiers and airlines in leveraged, syndicated and export credit agency backed financing facilities. Stuart also has considerable experience in advising on structured finance, ABS (asset-backed securities) and repackaging transactions relating to all such asset classes including the establishment of special purpose companies funded by public and private issuances. Stuart also regularly advises Irish airlines and leasing companies on airline licencing and registration issues with the Irish Aviation Authority and Commission for Aviation Regulation in addition to all aspects of the Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol. Stuart regularly presents to aircraft and aircraft engine lessors on all aspects of the Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol and to company directors on their duties and responsibilities under Irish law. Stuart is also a lecturer and tutor on the Law Society of Ireland’s Diploma in Aviation Leasing and Finance.

Susan Carroll Chrysostomou

Susan is a partner in Matheson's Corporate M&A Group, with a particular focus on public company transactional, advisory and corporate governance matters. Susan advises clients on public M&A, redomiciliations and equity capital markets transactions, having particular expertise in advising US and other international clients on cross-border acquisitions of Irish companies, migrations, capital raisings and equity capital markets transactions (undertaken domestically and by Irish companies listed on US and other foreign exchanges). As a founding member of the firm's Public Company Advisory and Corporate Governance Group, Susan counsels clients on the full range of corporate governance, compliance, securities laws and advisory matters that arise for listed Irish companies. Prior to joining the Corporate M&A Group, Susan worked in Matheson’s Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Department.

Susanne McMenamin

Susanne is a partner in Matheson’s Corporate Group specialising in corporate advisory matters and equity capital markets transactions. Susanne has particular expertise in corporate governance and compliance matters and in securities regulation under the Market Abuse Regulation and the Transparency and Prospectus regimes, the Irish Listing Rules and the Irish Takeover Rules. As a member of Matheson’s ESG Advisory Group, Susanne has particular expertise in company law and corporate governance advisory work for public and private companies, including assisting clients to embed good corporate governance structures and policies across their organisations. Susanne also works with our clients on corporate reporting requirements in Ireland. Susanne provides board induction and ongoing director training on specialist corporate governance, compliance and securities law matters. Susanne also advises on matters of crisis and reputation management. Susanne has extensive equity capital markets transaction experience advising international and domestic clients on IPOs, capital raisings, public company M&A (hostile and recommended offers) as well as expertise on corporate migrations, redomiciliations, joint ventures and reorganisations. Susanne was nominated by Women in Business Law Awards for ECM Lawyer of the Year (2022) and Corporate Governance Lawyer of the Year (2023).

Tara Doyle

Tara Doyle is a partner and head of the Asset Management and Investment Funds Group at Matheson. She practises Irish financial services law and advises many of the world's leading financial institutions, investment banks, asset management companies, broker-dealers and corporations carrying on business in Ireland or through Irish vehicles. Tara has extensive experience in advising a wide range of domestic and international clients on the structuring, establishment, marketing and sale of financing and investment vehicles and products in Ireland and other jurisdictions. In particular she specialises in advising on the legal and regulatory issues surrounding the establishment of private and public investment funds, the structuring, offer and sale of investment instruments and investment products, the provision of investment advice and other financial services and the public issuance of equity and debt securities. Tara has spoken at a number of international financial services conferences, including the IFIA seminars in Milan, Frankfurt, New York, Boston, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Singapore and has contributed articles to financial services and investment industry journals. Tara is a member of the Council of Irish Funds, the representative body for the Irish funds industry.

Tomás Bailey

Tomás advises Irish and international corporations doing business in and from Ireland on all aspects of corporate taxation. Tomás primarily advises on corporate acquisitions, reorganisations, tax structuring for inbound and outbound investment, and tax controversy. Tomás frequently advises on Irish stamp duty matters particularly in the context of global corporate transactions. Tomás regularly publishes articles and chapters in leading tax publications on international and domestic tax matters. Tomás is a qualified solicitor and Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA).

Tony O'Grady

Tony O’Grady is a partner in the Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Group and the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department at Matheson. He advises on all aspects of corporate restructuring and insolvency law matters and represents a number of financial institutions, public and private companies and insolvency office-holders. Tony is a member of INSOL, R3 and the Insolvency Lawyers Association. He lectures frequently on corporate restructuring and insolvency law matters. He has spoken at conferences organised by many professional bodies and other organisations including the American Bankruptcy Institute and other insolvency related matters. He has written widely on the subject and is co-author of the Law Society of Ireland's insolvency manual.

Turlough Galvin

Turlough Galvin is the Co-Head of the Finance and Capital Markets Department. Prior to this, Turlough was head of the Tax Department for more than 10 years. He advises international corporations, investment banks and financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland. He specialises in all forms of structured finance, securitisation, financial services tax, fund finance, loan portfolio and debt capital markets advice. He also provides strategic advice to the financial services industry in relation to disputes arising from structured finance arrangements and tax litigation issues. Turlough is recommended as a Tier 1 Capital Markets lawyer and a Tier 1 Tax lawyer by leading legal publications and has been included in the Legal 500 EMEA Hall of Fame. Turlough was involved in modernising the Irish securitisation legislation framework in 2002 and various amendments to Irish tax and capital markets legislation over the past couple of decades. Turlough helped to establish and served as the first chairperson of the Irish Debt Securities Association (IDSA) from 2012 to 2015. The IDSA is an industry organisation formed to promote and develop Ireland as a location for activities to support the global structured finance, debt securities and specialist securities industries. Turlough was educated at law school in Trinity College Dublin, qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in 1995 and as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1996. Prior to joining Matheson in Dublin in 2000, Turlough worked for Deutsche Bank and Slaughter and May in London. Turlough is a regular speaker and writer on international tax and structured finance issues.

Vahan Tchrakian

Vahan is a partner in the Tax Department at Matheson. Vahan has a particular specialism in tax issues arising in the context of mergers and acquisitions. He also advises on a broad range of tax issues including cross-border reorganisations, employment related taxes, tax issues arising in the context of insolvency and property related matters and the tax consequences of doing business in and from Ireland. As well as being admitted to the roll of solicitors in Ireland, Vahan is admitted as a chartered tax adviser of the Irish Taxation Institute.

Vincent McConnon

Vincent is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department. Vincent’s experience covers a range of finance and structured finance transactions, including, a variety of asset-backed securitisations, forward-flow / loan origination financings, collateralised loan obligation transactions, green bonds and, project and infrastructure finance. Vincent also has significant experience in loan portfolio transactions, particularly in the securitisation context. Vincent began his career at Matheson and returned to the firm in 2020 following four years in the London office of Allen & Overy LLP. As a result of this experience, Vincent has particular expertise in structured finance and securitisation.

William Foot

William Foot is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department in Matheson. William advises financial institutions, asset managers, originators, private equity firms, investment banks, arrangers, issuers, trustees and investors on a range of debt capital markets, securitisation and structured finance transactions. William has extensive experience in advising on a broad range of transactions involving Irish special purpose vehicles, including securitisations, repackagings, CLOs, corporate bond issuances, asset backed commercial paper issuers, derivatives, repurchase agreements and securities lending. William also advises clients on Irish prospectus, transparency and market abuse law, and listing queries relating to the listing of debt securities on the Main Securities Market and the Global Exchange Market of Euronext Dublin. William previously held a number of senior in-house legal roles at regulated entities such as Blackstone Credit and Dell Bank International d.a.c., working on a variety of securitisation, private equity, credit risk mitigation, revolving credit facility and bond issuance matters, as well as providing regulatory advice relating to MiFID, AIFMD, CRR, EMIR and the Securitisation Regulation. William is a qualified solicitor and a member of the Law Society of Ireland.

William Prentice

William Prentice is a member of the Finance and Capital Markets Department at Matheson. He advises on banking and structured international finance transactions. William acts for many of the world's leading banks, financial institutions and other financial services companies carrying on business in Ireland. Many of his clients have established activities in the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Dublin. William also provides legal advice for corporate borrowers and special purpose companies established at the IFSC. William is a member of the firm's Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Law Group and frequently advises on financing aspects of domestic and cross-border restructuring transactions. William is an active member of the Law Society of Ireland.

Yvonne McWeeney

Yvonne is a partner in the Finance and Capital Markets Department and advises on all aspects of aviation, shipping, rail and other asset financing, trading and leasing matters on a daily basis. Yvonne has gained considerable experience in advising on all aspects of the structuring of asset purchase, sale, financing and leasing transactions and acts for a number of aircraft lessors, financiers and airlines in leveraged, syndicated and export credit agency backed financing facilities. Yvonne also has considerable experience in advising on structured finance, ABS (asset-backed securities) and repackaging transactions relating to all such asset classes including the establishment of special purpose companies funded by public and private issuances. Yvonne has significant experience in advising on all aspects of the Cape Town Convention and in addition regularly provides advice on registration issues with the Irish Aviation Authority. Yvonne is also a lecturer and tutor on the Law Society of Ireland’s Certificate and Diploma courses in Aviation Leasing and Finance.

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