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Provided by John Fitzgerald
John Fitzgerald joined Flynn O’Driscoll as a Partner and Head of Restructuring and Insolvency, having led the Restructuring & Insolvency team in Byrne Wallace Shields LLP.
The Law Society of Ireland, Dublin Solicitors Bar Association, Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners, INSOL Europe, Restructuring & Insolvency Ireland.
John’s experience and focus is on advising all stakeholders in the following areas:
Restructuring & Insolvency
Corporate and Commercial disputes
Property related disputes
Planning & Environmental
Investigations
John was previously a lead advisor in commercial property and banking transactions, and this experience provides an invaluable insight into resolving disputes in these areas.
- Advising an electrical engineering sub-contractor in relation to successful winding up petition against its main contractor and related strategies to recover debt
-Advising an Irish SME in relation to its successful SCARP in the IT/recruitment sector
-Advising a cosmetics business in relation to a successful examinership petition
- Advising a state agency in relation to the interplay between environmental law obligations and the examinership framework
-Advising a secured creditors and its appointed receivers and managers in relation to the enforcement of security for loans against consortia of investors in 4 nursing homes, and their sale as going concerns
-Advising the secured lender on its enforcement options in relation to loans to the shareholders of a major private hospital
-Project lead on several volume platforms acting for secured creditors (banks and private equity) and their appointed receivers in relation to security realisation and all ancillary litigation
-Advising a UK retailer with an Irish network of branches in relation to all aspects of its Irish restructuring
-Advising the liquidator on the cross border liquidations of Kendar Holdings Limited and MPS Global Limited
-Advising a counterparty to a subsidiary of Mallinckrodt Plc in relation to the impact of its restructuring via Chapter 11 and examinership
-Advising on several judicial reviews relating to planning decisions and the RZLT
Provided by Chambers
John Fitzgerald advises clients on domestic and cross-border restructuring and bankruptcy mandates, often representing insolvency practitioners and creditors. John moved to Flynn O'Driscoll in September 2025.
Provided by Chambers
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.
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.