ByrneWallace LLP

Managing Partner: Feargal Brennan

Number of partners: 55

Number of lawyers: 146

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Firm Overview:

ByrneWallace LLP is one of Ireland’s leading full service law firms, dedicated to the protection and promotion of their clients’ interests through the provision of expert legal services. This expertise is borne out of a 50 year heritage, high professional standards and a commitment to recruit and develop the most talented lawyers. ByrneWallace LLP provides specialist advice on Irish law to domestic and international clients, with niche expertise in banking and finance, employment, property, litigation, corporate, recovery, intellectual property, data protection, tax, technology, life sciences, financial services, public sector, energy, healthcare and retail.

Main Areas of Practice:

Banking & Finance: ByrneWallace LLP has one of Ireland’s most experienced banking and finance practices, providing a range of corporate, restructuring, investment, treasury, and international financial services. The firm acts for all the major Irish banks and financial institutions, including the National Asset Management Agency, publicly quoted and private organisations, and high-net-worth individuals. Key expertise includes secured and unsecured lending, regulatory matters, debt restructurings, work-outs, recovery strategies and large-scale loan sales.

Contact: Mark Kavanagh

Email: [email protected]

Corporate, Commercial & M&A: ByrneWallace LLP has one of Ireland’s largest corporate practices with a rapidly growing domestic and international client base, ranging from scaling businesses to AIM listed companies. Internationally recognised as one of the top M&A legal advisers, the team are also acknowledged for their niche industry experience advising the life sciences, energy, and technology sectors. Expertise includes equity capital markets, governance, corporate finance and structuring, and reorganisation.

Contact: Feargal Brennan

Email: [email protected]

Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency: ByrneWallace LLP provides a comprehensive service on all aspects of corporate insolvency, personal insolvency, and corporate restructuring. The team has acted in many high profile mandates, as well as a large number of informal restructurings and asset-swelling litigation for banks and receivers.

Contact: John Fitzgerald

Email: [email protected]

Employment & Pensions: The firm’s award winning Employment Law team is consistently recognised both nationally and internationally as leaders in employment law. The team advises private and public clients across all industry sectors. They have particular expertise in administrative and pensions law, and have advised on some of the most high profile landmark pension cases in Ireland.

Contact: Michelle Ní Longáin

Email: [email protected]

Healthcare: ByrneWallace LLP has been at the forefront of the development of healthcare law in Ireland in the areas of child protection, health and social care, and mental health law. The team advises clients on administrative and constitutional law, regulatory compliance and prosecutions, fitness to practice, risk management, and clinical safety/negligence in the healthcare context. The team has advised on a number of landmark cases which have shaped the development of healthcare law in Ireland.

Contact: Sinead Kearney

Email: [email protected]

Infrastructure, Construction & Energy: One of the largest specialist practices in Ireland, the firm's Infrastructure, Construction and Energy team provides innovative solutions to the complex issues that affect clients. The team understands the ever-changing needs of clients, and provides expert advice through every stage of the development cycle, from project inception, procurement strategy, PFI/PPP project or development agreements, project finance, project execution, project completion, building regulations, health and safety and the resolution of any disputes.

Contact: Martin Cooney

Email: [email protected]

Investment Funds: ByrneWallace LLP advises on all aspects of investment management, including the establishment, ongoing operations and supervision of regulated investment funds in Ireland. Advising on a broad range of legal, regulatory and tax matters, and all types of regulated investment funds including, UCITS, AIFs, and REITs, the firm has significant experience advising on ICAVs, PLCs, unit trusts, CCFs and private investment funds (including partnership structures).

Contact: Mark Kavanagh or Anthony Smyth

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Life Sciences/Pharmaceuticals/Medtech: ByrneWallace LLP is one of the only Irish law firms to have a dedicated life sciences team, advising a broad range of domestic and international entities from early stage university spin-out companies to publicly quoted indigenous and global pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device, and diagnostic organisations. The team advise on a range of cutting edge transactions, including structuring and negotiation of complex transactions, regulatory law, conduct of clinical trials, research and development, intellectual property, licensing and EU medical law.

Contact: Colin Sainsbury

Email: [email protected]

Litigation & Dispute Resolution: With one of Ireland’s largest dedicated litigation and dispute resolution practices, the firm handles substantial enforcement projects and complex, high profile cases both domestically and internationally. The team’s expertise includes landmark cases in the areas of corporate, intellectual property, debt collection, competition law, tax, regulatory affairs, insurance, corporate crime and property/construction matters. The team has extensive experience advising on inquiries, investigations, and in reputation, crisis and risk management situations.

Contact: Jon Legorburu

Email: [email protected]

Private Equity & Venture Capital: Recognised as a leading adviser in venture capital and equity investment transactions, the firm's Private Equity and Venture Capital team has expertise advising on all stages of the investment cycle, from fund establishment to investment in portfolio companies, and ultimate exit. The team advises international and domestic organisations on equity financings of all sizes, from early stage seed funding to large syndicated international investment rounds.

Contact: Feargal Brennan

Email: [email protected]

Real Estate: ByrneWallace LLP has one of Ireland’s largest and most respected real estate law practices, advising domestic and international investors, developers, occupiers, retailers, financial institutions, insolvency practitioners and public authorities on all aspects of commercial property transactions and development projects. The team’s expertise includes advising on acquisitions and disposals, asset management, development finance, property finance, and residential, mixed-use and commercial developments. The team includes a dedicated residential homes unit who advise on development site acquisition, planning and development, scheme set-up, and unit and bulk sales.

Contact: Alison O'Sullivan

Email: [email protected]

Tax Services: The ByrneWallace LLP tax team is comprised of lawyers, chartered accountants and tax advisers, who provide a fully integrated advisory and compliance tax service. They offer sole and lead counsel in transactions, as well as an ongoing advisory role. They also advise clients on structured finance transactions, capital market issues, investment funds, cross-border financings, intellectual property planning, M&A, inward investment, group re-organisations, property acquisition and holding structures, pensions, retirement, succession planning.

Contact: Anthony Smyth

Email: [email protected]

Technology: The firm’s technology team advise Irish and international companies across all stages of their development, from start-up to mid-cap and scaling companies. The team has specialist expertise advising on fundraising, data protection, intellectual property, cybersecurity and data privacy, online trading, web development and operational issues, software licensing (enterprise and SaaS licensing), electronic payments and fintech.

Contact: Victor Timon

Email: [email protected]