About

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The Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Restructuring & Insolvency practice provides comprehensive service on all aspects of corporate insolvency, personal insolvency and corporate restructuring.


The team advises leading insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, investors, unsecured creditors, debtors, domestic and international banks, NAMA, directors and shareholders, and other parties affected by insolvency, on both contentious and non-contentious insolvency issues.


The team has been involved in many high profile mandates as well as a large number of informal restructurings and asset swelling litigation for banks and receivers. They use their depth of knowledge and experience to identify options for clients, and to recommend and implement cost-effective, tailored solutions.


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Restructuring/Insolvency - Ireland

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Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Byrne Wallace Shields houses a well-regarded practice noted for its capabilities in restructuring and insolvency matters. The firm represents official liquidators and receivers, as well as creditors, in bankruptcy proceedings and insolvency-related litigation. The team also assists with examinership.

Work Highlights

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  • Byrne Wallace Shields advised Myles Kirby as liquidator in the liquidation of Puratec Ireland, as well as on related asset-swelling litigation against the directors and a related company.

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Notable Practitioners

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John Fitzgerald
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John Fitzgerald
Head of Restructuring/Insolvency
3
Band 3
John Fitzgerald advises clients on domestic and cross-border restructuring and bankruptcy mandates, often representing insolvency practitioners and creditors.

John is very responsive to queries raised by my team and always sets out a range of possible options, highlighting the implications, both positive and negative, for each.

John Fitzgerald is a very experienced and practical professional advisor. He is very proactive and will advise on the best option to achieve the desired outcome.

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John Fitzgerald
3
John Fitzgerald
Head of Restructuring/Insolvency
3
Band 3

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