Ranking tables
Restructuring/Insolvency | Europe
Ireland
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Senior Statespeople
Band 1
Band 2
- Barry Cahir Beauchamps LLP18 Years Ranked
- Gareth Steen Dentons8 Years Ranked
- Gavin Smith DLA Piper16 Years Ranked
- Judith Riordan Mason Hayes & Curran LLP10 Years Ranked
- Lisa Smyth McCann FitzGerald LLP12 Years Ranked
- Mark Traynor A&L Goodbody17 Years Ranked
- Robin McDonnell Maples Group12 Years Ranked
- Ruairi Rynn William Fry LLP8 Years Ranked
- Gavin SimonsAMOSS LLP
Band 3
- Ashling Walsh RDJ LLP4 Years Ranked
- Barbara Galvin William Fry LLP1 Years Ranked
- Craig Sowman Addleshaw Goddard (Ireland) LLP6 Years Ranked
- Doug Smith Addleshaw Goddard (Ireland) LLP15 Years Ranked
- Gemma Freeman Dentons2 Years Ranked
- Jamie Ensor Dillon Eustace13 Years Ranked
- Jeremy Erwin Hayes solicitors LLP3 Years Ranked
- John Fitzgerald Byrne Wallace Shields12 Years Ranked
- Kevin Gahan Matheson LLP7 Years Ranked
- Marsha Coghlan A&L Goodbody12 Years Ranked
- Maurice Phelan Mason Hayes & Curran LLP14 Years Ranked
- William Greensmyth Walkers2 Years Ranked
- Mark HomanBHSM LLP
- Mark WoodcockFieldfisher Ireland LLP
- Norman FitzgeraldEversheds Sutherland
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 A&L GoodbodyRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years RankedA&L Goodbody offers a market-leading practice with substantial depth of expertise and resources. The outstanding team ably handles major liquidation, debt restructuring, administration and examinership cases. The firm further assists with enforcement proceedings, as well as insolvency-related litigation. The law department works in conjunction with the firm's first-class banking and finance, real estate and corporate practices.
1 Arthur CoxRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years RankedArthur Cox has a market-leading insolvency practice with strong experience in large-scale and complex mandates. The expert team advises debtors and creditors, as well as a broad range of insolvency practitioners such as examiners, receivers and liquidators. The firm also assists international parties with cross-border mandates. The team is experienced in a whole host of proceedings, including restructuring, examinership, liquidation and enforcement proceedings.
1 Mason Hayes & Curran LLPRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years RankedMason Hayes & Curran has a large team that regularly acts for debtors, creditors, liquidators and receivers. The firm's areas of expertise include examinership cases and disputes relating to the appointment of receivers. The team also has experience in liquidation mandates and the winding down of operations, as well as boasting knowledge in enforcement proceedings.
1 Matheson LLPRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years RankedMatheson is a premier law firm renowned for providing high-quality advice and possessing vast experience in complex Irish and multi-jurisdictional distressed mandates. The impressive team boasts strong relationships with many leading banks and insolvency practitioners, working on a range of top-end contentious and non-contentious matters such as examinerships, liquidations and receiverships. The firm is also well placed to assist distressed companies with corporate restructuring.
1 McCann FitzGerald LLPRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years RankedMcCann FitzGerald has a highly respected team that offers extensive experience and technical knowledge in restructuring and insolvency cases. The firm advises domestic and multinational creditors as well as debtors and their subsidiaries. McCann FitzGerald additionally represents examiners, administrators and receivers in a variety of mandates, including litigation and enforcement proceedings.
1 William Fry LLPRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years RankedWilliam Fry houses a highly respected team that offers extensive experience and technical knowledge in restructuring and insolvency cases. The firm advises domestic and multinational creditors as well as debtors and their subsidiaries. The leading team is also knowledgeable in solvent liquidations. William Fry additionally represents examiners, administrators and receivers in a variety of mandates, including litigation and enforcement proceedings.
Band 2
2 Addleshaw Goddard (Ireland) LLPRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 2 | 14 Years RankedAddleshaw Goddard has a solid team with specialised knowledge spanning examinerships, receiverships, voluntary liquidations and other insolvency cases. The firm has a strong track record of acting for major insolvency practitioners, assisting receivers, liquidators, examiners and trustees.
2 Beauchamps LLPRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 2 | 11 Years RankedBeauchamps is an established law firm handling a range of restructuring and insolvency mandates. The team assists with examinership processes as well as restructurings and liquidations. The practice's clientele comes from sectors including aviation, retail and real estate.2 DentonsRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 2 | 4 Years RankedDentons fields a notable restructuring practice that often advises insolvency practitioners on examinership, liquidation and receivership in mandates. The team assists clients in sectors such as retail and finance.2 Maples GroupRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 2 | 13 Years RankedMaples Group has a strong team that often handles liquidation and enforcement matters for banks, financial services entities and insolvency practitioners, covering contentious and advisory issues. The firm also acts for debtors on examinership and administration mandates.
Band 3
3 Byrne Wallace ShieldsRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 3 | 12 Years RankedByrne 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.
3 Dillon EustaceRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 3 | 8 Years RankedDillon Eustace acts for insolvency practitioners on examinership, receivership and liquidation mandates. The firm also handles enforcement proceedings and bankruptcy-related litigation on behalf of banks and financial services clients. The team advises on domestic and cross-border insolvency matters.
3 RDJ LLPRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 3 | 14 Years RankedRDJ handles a wide range of restructuring and insolvency mandates, offering excellent regional coverage. The firm is experienced in receivership and liquidation proceedings, including voluntary wind-ups. The practice also assists creditors with matters relating to schemes of arrangement.
3 WalkersRestructuring/Insolvency2025 | Band 3 | 8 Years RankedWalkers has a prominent bankruptcy and insolvency practice, with significant experience handling cross-border and multi-jurisdictional mandates. The firm frequently acts for liquidators. It also represents debtors and creditors in restructuring processes and scheme of arrangement matters.