Karole Cuddihy
Maples GroupMaples Group has a highly rated team in Dublin, often landing significant insolvency and restructuring engagements. It has an established background in corporate restructurings, examinerships and receiverships, distressed investments, and contentious and non-contentious insolvency proceedings. It is noted for its work in advising private equity funds on acquiring portfolios of distressed loans and remains active in representing insolvency practitioners in major liquidations, examinerships and receiverships. Robin McDonnell heads the dispute resolution and insolvency team, which includes corporate insolvency and restructuring specialist Karole Cuddihy.
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‘Excellent, knowledgeable and experienced team.’
‘Robin McDonnell is technically strong with a very commercial mindset, he is very easy to work with.’
‘Maples is incredibly easy to work with. As a firm, Maples is responsive and efficient when dealing with its clients. The technical excellence Maples offers is assumed; the comfort Maples gives clients is where the firm shines.’
‘Karole Cuddihy brings responsiveness, consideration and trustworthiness to all client interactions. Karole is willing to discuss and consider the merits of varying approaches to situations in order to ensure all angles are covered and the most appropriate solution is found.’
‘Robin McDonnell leads a very well resourced team that can act across borders due to their network.’
‘Robin McDonnell is a talented restructuring advisor, and very commercial. ’
Key clients
- Michael McAteer and Paul McCann of Grant Thornton, in their capacity as the Joint Official Liquidators of Treasury Holdings and 15 related companies
- Official Committee of Opioid Claimants of Endo International
- Pepper Asset Servicing
- Myles Kirby, in his capacity as liquidator of McArthur Group
- Freddie White of Grant Thornton, in his capacity as the Liquidator of Enterprise Insurance Company
- Allied Irish Banks
- John Healy, in his capacity as liquidator of Altada Technology Solutions (In Liquidation)
- Aengus Burns of Grant Thornton in his capacity as liquidator of JACC Sports Distribution (In Liquidation)
Work highlights
- Acted for Michael McAteer and Paul McCann of Grant Thornton, in their capacity as the Joint Official Liquidators of Spencer Dock Development Company and other companies in liquidation that formed part of the Treasury Holdings group, which are defendants in complex construction defect litigation in the High Court.
- Acted as special foreign counsel for the Official Committee of Opioid Claimants of Endo International in respect of a large debt restructuring, which involved Chapter 11 restructuring proceedings in the United States, and acting as Irish counsel to the OCC in respect of a scheme of arrangement in Ireland which formed part of the overall restructuring of Endo's liabilities.
- Acted for the liquidator of Enterprise Insurance Company in relation to the Irish aspects of the liquidation, including applications for payment from the Insurance Compensation Fund.
Lawyers
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Practice head
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Robin McDonnell