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Restructuring/Insolvency | Europe

Ireland

The below Restructuring/Insolvency rankings table provides market-leading insights on the top ranked lawyers and law firms whose advice and legal services can be purchased in Ireland. The rankings are the result of extensive research by our internal research team, who conduct interviews with in-house counsel, other third-party experts and private practice lawyers who have worked alongside them. Use our table and ranking system to identify the most suited provider of legal services for you.

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Band 1

  1. A&L Goodbody
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    A&L Goodbody
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years Ranked

    A&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.

  2. Arthur Cox
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    Arthur Cox
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years Ranked

    Arthur 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.

  3. Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
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    Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years Ranked

    Mason 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.

  4. Matheson LLP
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    Matheson LLP
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years Ranked

    Matheson 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.

  5. McCann FitzGerald LLP
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    McCann FitzGerald LLP
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years Ranked

    McCann 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.

  6. William Fry LLP
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    William Fry LLP
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years Ranked

    William 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.

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Band 2

  1. Addleshaw Goddard (Ireland) LLP
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    Addleshaw Goddard (Ireland) LLP
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 2 | 14 Years Ranked

    Addleshaw 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 LLP
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    Beauchamps LLP
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 2 | 11 Years Ranked
    Beauchamps 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.
  3. Dentons
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    Dentons
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 2 | 4 Years Ranked
    Dentons 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.
  4. Maples Group
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    Maples Group
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 2 | 13 Years Ranked
    Maples 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.
  5. AMOSS LLP
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 2
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Band 3

  1. Byrne Wallace Shields
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    Byrne Wallace Shields
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 3 | 12 Years Ranked

    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.

  2. Dillon Eustace
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    Dillon Eustace
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 3 | 8 Years Ranked

    Dillon 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 LLP
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    RDJ LLP
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 3 | 14 Years Ranked

    RDJ 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.

  4. Walkers
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    Walkers
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 3 | 8 Years Ranked

    Walkers 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.

  5. Eversheds Sutherland
    Restructuring/Insolvency
    2025 | Band 3