O'Flynn Exhams

The firm: O’Flynn Exhams LLP is a long-established, medium-sized law firm with a reputation for delivering consistently excellent advice and providing a full range of legal services to financial institutions, insurers, state bodies, charitable organisations, multinationals, SMEs and private individuals. Based in Cork, and led by the managing partner, Shane Crossan, O’Flynn Exhams LLP operates throughout the country and was named Munster Provincial Law Firm of the Year at the Irish Law Awards in 2017.

O’Flynn Exhams LLP prides itself on providing clear, concise and pragmatic legal advice to all its clients and has developed a dynamic team of 23 lawyers with specialist knowledge over a wide number of practice areas.

Areas of practice: O’Flynn Exhams LLP works across multiple practice areas including:

Banking and finance: O’Flynn Exhams LLP advises on all aspects of commercial and private lending, including commercial and retail banking documentation, private finance instruments, issues relating to the National Asset Management Agency and issues relating to anti-money laundering rules. Clients include financial institutions, insurance companies, credit unions, the National Asset Management Agency, government bodies, private individuals and corporate bodies.

Commercial contracts: O’Flynn Exhams LLP acts for a wide range of Irish and international entities in relation to a diverse scope of commercial contracts. It advises on a wide spectrum of contracts including outsourcing agreements, agency and distribution agreements, consultancy agreements, and software development and licencing agreements.

Commercial property and real estate: O’Flynn Exhams LLP advises a wide range of domestic and multinational clients in relation to commercial property issues arising in this jurisdiction. Its services include advising on all aspects of the acquisition, development and disposal of property, the purchase and sale of all types of commercial property including retail, industrial and office premises and planning and environmental issues arising on acquisition or disposal of commercial property.

Corporate, commercial and mergers and acquisitions: The O’Flynn Exhams LLP corporate team advises on a full range of corporate advisory (including corporate governance) and transactional work for state bodies, multinational corporations as well as private companies and individuals over a broad spectrum of sectors. Work includes M&A, transfers of business, capital raising (including venture capital investment), and joint ventures. Advice is complemented by other expertise as required including employment, competition etc.

Data protection and privacy: O’Flynn Exhams LLP advises on all aspects of privacy law and data protection including GDPR, Freedom of Information Act obligations, privacy and data protection policies, data transfers and the obligations of data controllers and data processors.

Employment: The firm advises a wide range of public companies, private companies and individuals in relation to contentious and non-contentious employment law issues, including drafting contracts, severance agreements and policies, confidentiality agreements, industrial relations issues and vetting requirements.

Energy and natural resources: O’Flynn Exhams LLP has a long history of acting for key clients in the energy sector in Ireland with a particular expertise in the gas sector. Partner Irene O’Donovan has particular expertise in the natural gas sector including gas transportation and applicable national and EU law, advising energy and natural resource companies on mergers, acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, listings, financings and regulatory affairs.

Insolvency and corporate restructuring: O’Flynn Exhams LLP is recognised as an expert firm in the field of insolvency and corporate restructuring acting for banks as well as domestic and multinational clients including SMEs. It advises on corporate restructuring, all legal aspects of financial restructuring, receiverships, liquidation, examinership and re-organisations under the Companies Act 2014.

Litigation and dispute resolution: O’Flynn Exhams LLP has a well organised and highly regarded litigation and dispute resolution department. The experienced team advises clients on choosing the method of dispute resolution best suited to their particular needs to ensure the matter is resolved as quickly and cost-efficiently as possible. As well as advising on arbitration, conciliation and mediation, services include advice on commercial litigation, insurance, professional negligence, defamation and shareholder/corporate disputes.

Probate, wills and estates: O’Flynn Exhams LLP has a highly experienced team that advises on all matters relating to wills, administration of estates, trusts and general probate matters. The areas of expertise include estate planning, the creation of trusts, drafting and execution of wills and the administration of multi-jurisdictional estates.

Public sector and education: O’Flynn Exhams LLP has a long and distinguished record of representing many state and semi-state bodies, institutes of technology, universities, education and training boards and many charitable organisations with state funding. The different departments have experience advising clients in this sector and recognise that the diverse nature of the advice requires all departments to adopt an integrated approach.

Residential conveyancing: O’Flynn Exhams LLP advises on the complete range of residential conveyancing services as are required by parties considering the purchase and/or sale of residential properties. The services include all aspects of residential conveyancing, advice on family-held property including voluntary transfers to spouse and children, probate related transfers and family settlements, mortgages and remortgages.