Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
About
Firm Details:
Chair: Christine O’Donovan
Managing Partner: Will Carmody
Number of partners: 108
Number of lawyers: 375
Languages: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Firm Overview:
As legal and regulatory responsibilities become more complex, progressive organisations need the right advice to help realise their ambitions. The services Mason Hayes & Curran LLP offers are grounded in deep expertise and informed by practical experience.
MHC LLP tailors advice to their clients’ business and strategic objectives and gives clear recommendations. This allows clients to make good, informed decisions and to anticipate and successfully navigate even the most complex matters.
Main Areas of Practice:
Corporate: The firm’s corporate team is recognised as a leading adviser to domestic and global corporations on all types of transactions across a broad range of industry sectors. They work with organisations at every level, from fast-growth companies to multinational listed enterprises. They routinely advise on some of the most high-profile, innovative and complex transactions in the Irish market.
Contact: David O’Donnell
Email: [email protected]
Dispute Resolution & Commercial Litigation: The dispute resolution team possesses unrivalled experience in acting for clients in all types of high value and complex commercial disputes. Their lawyers are leaders in their fields, specifically in the areas of boardroom and shareholder disputes, intellectual property, government and regulatory enquiries, employment, and competition disputes. The team is frequently retained by international clients on multi-jurisdictional disputes which involve providing strategic guidance driven by the different systems of rules and practices worldwide.
Contact: Maurice Phelan
Email: [email protected]
Employment & Benefits: The employment and benefits team has unique understanding of the challenges faced by employers in all sectors and industries and provides a tailored approach to meet the individual needs of each client. The team empowers employers to confidently make the right decisions. Their client list includes leading domestic and multinational operations.
Contact: Melanie Crowley
Email: [email protected]
Financial Services & Banking: The financial services team provides high calibre advice to domestic and international clients. It acts across a range of activities including acquisition and leveraged finance, asset finance, debt capital markets, project finance, and transaction restructurings and refinancing. Their financial services experts provide specialist advice in corporate acquisition and leveraged finance, particularly for international private equity and corporate clients.
Contact: Neil Campbell
Email: [email protected]
Construction, Infrastructure & Utilities: The firm’s renowned construction, infrastructure and utilities team is a dominant force in the Irish market and offers extensive local and international experience in complex construction and engineering projects. They routinely represent clients in all forums of dispute resolution, advising on complex legal issues. Having acted for the entire range of stakeholders in construction and engineering projects, the team can provide comprehensive commercial and solution-driven advice from project inception through to completion.
Contact: Rory Kirrane SC
Email: [email protected]
Real Estate: With the largest real estate team in Ireland, the firm offers extensive expertise critical for structuring complex real estate transactions. It advises banks, state agencies, corporates, multinationals and both private equity and institutional investors on the most high-profile mandates. The lawyers possess strong sectoral and industry knowledge, particularly in the areas of energy, technology, health and hotels and leisure.
Contact: Vanessa Byrne
Email: [email protected]
Technology: The firm’s technology team are the ‘go to’ lawyers for multinational technology companies. This is reflective of their position as Ireland’s leading technology and data protection advisers. They regularly advise social media and search organisations, along with high potential start-ups and entrepreneurs. From first round funding to strategic outsourcing partnerships, intellectual property management or global privacy structures, the team offers high calibre, commercial advice.
Contact: Philip Nolan
Email: [email protected]
Taxation: The firm’s specialist tax team comprises internationally experienced tax law partners and professionals and provides innovative and leading-edge tax services to its international corporate and individual client base. Its service offering is focused on companies and individuals using Ireland as part of their global tax management strategy.
Contact: Niamh Caffrey
Email: [email protected]
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Provided by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
- DublinSouth Bank House, Barrow Street, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland, 4
- Web: www.mhc.ie
- Tel: +353 1 614 5000
- Fax: +353 1 614 5001
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17 items provided by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
Industry to Benefit From New Rules on Drones
It is anticipated that drones will represent 10% of the EU's aviation market within the next 10 years. EU civil aviation rules have been modernised to ensure that key safeguards are applied and consistent standards are set across EU Member States.
Combating White Collar Crime - Ireland Sets High Standard
Ireland’s commitment to combat money laundering, terrorism and corruption has been highlighted recently by further legislative developments in these areas. We are now seeing a lot of progress in the efforts by both Ireland and the EU to deliver on these objectives.
Technology Update: Data Centres in Ireland
Data centres are an increasingly prominent feature of Ireland's policy landscape, as well as its physical landscape. We provide an overview of the key legal issues arising in the context of data centre development in Ireland.
New Debt Recovery Partner at Mason Hayes & Curran
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Liz Quinn as a partner in our firm’s Debt Recovery team.
New Financial Services Partners at Mason Hayes & Curran
We are delighted to announce the appointment of two new Partners in our team, Barry Walsh and Ronan Armstrong.
Back to the Future for Pensions
2016 was a mixed bag with little change for pensions in Ireland. We outline how early markers indicate that 2017 is more likely to bring considerable discussion with possible movement and change, with potential for tangible impact in a number of key areas.<br/>The big issues for consideration will include…
Directors in the New Era of Corporate Governance
We examine how the Companies Act helpfully sets clear and defined parameters for the role and responsibilities of a company director.<br/>The role of a company director is an interesting but onerous one. It may seem that with the commencement of the Companies Act 2014 (the "<strong>Act</strong>") that the responsibilities…
Telecoms and Energy Innovation in 2017
In the coming year, Ireland will take steps towards unlocking the potential of the internet of things and the green economy. A number of developments in 2016 set some groundwork for these initiatives. We examine these developments and their likely impact on telecoms and energy players in 2017 and beyond.…
2016 in Review - Irish Merger Control
The lowering of the Irish merger control thresholds towards the back end of 2014 prompted a significant uptick in the number of merger filings in 2015 (78 in total). The annual average number of filings over the previous five years was 39. It is undoubtedly the case that the lowering of the thresholds…
We examine the factors influencing the housing crisis in Ireland and explore effective ways to address the problem in 2017.<br/>There has been much discussion recently about a post-truth environment and yet, as far as real estate goes, we are still in a pre-truth condition. This is because we never have all…
The Gig Economy – The Future for Employers?
We look at the growing gig economy workforce and how Irish employers can engage independent workers in 2017.<br/>Up to 162 million people engage in independent work in the US and EU. Independent work is defined as work which:<br/>-has a high degree of autonomy <br/> -is paid for by task, assignment or sales<br/> -is one where…
As Ireland continues to be an important business location for multinational companies in the immediate aftermath of Brexit, we forecast a positive outlook for corporate activity in 2017, particularly in the sectors of IT & telecoms, life sciences, energy and food.<br/>Back in 1964, Bob Dylan sang “The…
Industry to Benefit From New Rules on Drones
It is anticipated that drones will represent 10% of the EU's aviation market within the next 10 years. EU civil aviation rules have been modernised to ensure that key safeguards are applied and consistent standards are set across EU Member States.
Combating White Collar Crime - Ireland Sets High Standard
Ireland’s commitment to combat money laundering, terrorism and corruption has been highlighted recently by further legislative developments in these areas. We are now seeing a lot of progress in the efforts by both Ireland and the EU to deliver on these objectives.
Technology Update: Data Centres in Ireland
Data centres are an increasingly prominent feature of Ireland's policy landscape, as well as its physical landscape. We provide an overview of the key legal issues arising in the context of data centre development in Ireland.
New Debt Recovery Partner at Mason Hayes & Curran
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Liz Quinn as a partner in our firm’s Debt Recovery team.
New Financial Services Partners at Mason Hayes & Curran
We are delighted to announce the appointment of two new Partners in our team, Barry Walsh and Ronan Armstrong.
Back to the Future for Pensions
2016 was a mixed bag with little change for pensions in Ireland. We outline how early markers indicate that 2017 is more likely to bring considerable discussion with possible movement and change, with potential for tangible impact in a number of key areas.<br/>The big issues for consideration will include…
Directors in the New Era of Corporate Governance
We examine how the Companies Act helpfully sets clear and defined parameters for the role and responsibilities of a company director.<br/>The role of a company director is an interesting but onerous one. It may seem that with the commencement of the Companies Act 2014 (the "<strong>Act</strong>") that the responsibilities…
Telecoms and Energy Innovation in 2017
In the coming year, Ireland will take steps towards unlocking the potential of the internet of things and the green economy. A number of developments in 2016 set some groundwork for these initiatives. We examine these developments and their likely impact on telecoms and energy players in 2017 and beyond.…
2016 in Review - Irish Merger Control
The lowering of the Irish merger control thresholds towards the back end of 2014 prompted a significant uptick in the number of merger filings in 2015 (78 in total). The annual average number of filings over the previous five years was 39. It is undoubtedly the case that the lowering of the thresholds…
We examine the factors influencing the housing crisis in Ireland and explore effective ways to address the problem in 2017.<br/>There has been much discussion recently about a post-truth environment and yet, as far as real estate goes, we are still in a pre-truth condition. This is because we never have all…
The Gig Economy – The Future for Employers?
We look at the growing gig economy workforce and how Irish employers can engage independent workers in 2017.<br/>Up to 162 million people engage in independent work in the US and EU. Independent work is defined as work which:<br/>-has a high degree of autonomy <br/> -is paid for by task, assignment or sales<br/> -is one where…
As Ireland continues to be an important business location for multinational companies in the immediate aftermath of Brexit, we forecast a positive outlook for corporate activity in 2017, particularly in the sectors of IT & telecoms, life sciences, energy and food.<br/>Back in 1964, Bob Dylan sang “The…