Business Ireland: Guide to Law 2014

Profiles, views and news from some of Ireland’s premier law firms

Business Ireland: Guide to Law Firms Brian O’Neill, Marketing Director of Friends First with Myra Garrett, Managing Partner of William Fry, the 2014 Law Firm of the Year.

About Us: William Fry is Ireland’s corporate law firm of choice. We are one of the largest firms and firmly established in the top tier for many decades. Our clients include many of the leading global and domestic companies operating in Ireland, Irish government bodies, financial institutions and entrepreneurs.

We offer unrivalled corporate and commercial expertise and experience across the full breadth of the business sector. We back that reputation with a results-focused and innovative team of more than 270 high calibre lawyers and tax professionals and 110 support staff, who have worked on the highest profile corporate and commercial transactions and legal challenges of recent years.

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Eversheds Eversheds is one of the world’s leading law firms with 52 offices in 30 countries, staffed by over 4,000 people. Here in Ireland, we are the only international law firm with the ability to offer our clients a seamless service across multiple jurisdictions, managed by a single point of contact here in Dublin. We believe the international nature of our business helps give us a bird’s eye view of the global business world. Our partners and solicitors strive to work in a collaborative partnership with our clients to deliver premium legal advice on time and within budget through our innovative project management structure which is unique among the legal profession.We work with some of Ireland’s largest, most successful and progressive companies as well as many exciting and innovative smaller companies.

It is really important to us is that every client receives personal attention,

dedicated service and the most appropriate integrated advice.

As service providers to the business community and public sector, we believe we can add greatest value where our advice is grounded in a business view. At local or international level, we aim to help all our clients in achieving their commercial objectives. The service areas we offer include banking and finance, construction, projects and PPP, corporate, dispute resolution and litigation, employment and pensions, energy and natural resources, health and safety, insolvency and corporate recovery, insurance and regulatory, intellectual property, life sciences, M&A, property, SMEs, taxation and technology and telecoms.

If you want to experience a top quality law firm that is committed to unlocking the full potential of your organisation, we would be delighted to hear from you.

About Us: Location:

Dublin One Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2 t: +353 1 6644 200 f: +353 1 6644 300 e: info@eversheds.ie

Years In Practice: 47 Years

Founded: 1967

Website: www.eversheds.ie

Our People

Name: Norman Fitzgerald Title: Partner Practice Area: Head of our Dispute Resolution and Litigation Department Office: Dublin Norman handles complex large-scale commercial litigation, acting for large corporate clients and public bodies, including the State. He has in-depth knowledge of insurance and professional indemnity, specialising in advising liquidators and companies.

Name: Steve Rogers

Name: Joseph Stanley

Name: David O’Beirne

Title: Partner Practice Area: Head of Banking and Financial Services Office: Dublin

Title: Partner

Title: Partner

Practice Area: Head of Real Estate

Practice Area: Head of Corporate and Commercial

Office: Dublin

Office: Dublin

Joe has an extensive real estate practice advising a variety of property companies, institutions and investors on the acquisition, disposal and management of Irish property portfolios.

He has negotiated and led many complex real estate transactions.

David is a highly experienced corporate and commercial partner specialising in mergers and acquisitions.

His practice includes advising listed companies and subsidiaries of overseas multinationals, often across multiple jurisdictions.

Steve has extensive experience in both the Irish and UK markets, advising both lenders and borrowers on a full range of secured and unsecured finance transactions. He has extensive experience in reviewing loan and security packages for high profile financial institutions.

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Dillon Eustace Dillon Eustace is one of Ireland’s leading law firms focusing on financial services, banking and capital markets, corporate and M&A, litigation and dispute resolution, commercial property and taxation. Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, the firm’s international practice has seen it establish offices in Tokyo, New York, Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands.

In tandem with Ireland’s development as a leading country for inward investment, Dillon Eustace has developed a dynamic team of lawyers representing international and domestic companies, big and small.

We strive to develop our teams, to provide a sophisticated proactive service to clients and to deepen our understanding of each client’s business and needs. Our Corporate Department advises both domestic and international clients on all aspects of corporate and commercial law including mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations and restructurings, corporate and other business structures, intellectual property rights, EU and competition law providing clients with innovative but practical solutions throughout the lifecycle of the client’s business.

About Us: Location:

Dublin 33 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay Dublin 2, Ireland t: +1 667 0022

Cayman Islands Landmark Square, West Bay Road, PO Box 775, Grand Cayman KY1-9006, Cayman Islands t: +1 345 949 0022

Tokyo

Our People

12th Floor, Yurakucho Itocia Building 2-7-1 Yurakucho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0006, Japan t: +813 6860 4885

New York 245 Park Avenue, 39th Floor, New York, NY 10167, United States t: +1 212 792 4166

Hong Kong Name: Mark Thorne

604 6F Printing House, 6 Duddell Street, Central, Hong Kong t: +852 3521 0352

Name: Matt Mulry

Email: mark.thorne@ dilloneustace.ie

Name: Lorcan Tiernan Title: Partner, Head of Corporate Office: Dublin Email: lorcan.tiernan@ dilloneustace.ie

Name: Derbhil O’Riordan

Name: Paul Moloney

Name: Daniel Forbes

Name: Brian Dillon

Title: Partner

Title: Partner

Title: Associate

Title: Partner

Office: Cayman

Office: Hong Kong

Office: New York

Office: Dublin / Tokyo

Email: derbhil.o’riordan@ dilloneustace.ie

Email: paul.moloney@ dilloneustace.ie

Email: daniel.forbes@ dilloneustace.ie

Email: brian.dillon@ dilloneustace.ie

Title: Managing Partner Office: Dublin

Title: Partner Office: Cayman

Website: www.dilloneustace.ie

Email: matt.mulry@ dilloneustace.ie

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Eugene F. Collins

Corporate Advisors

Our People

Name: David Hackett

Name: Gerard Coll

Title: Partner and Head of Corporate

Title: Partner and Head of M&A

Practice Area: • Corporate

Practice Area: • Corporate

• Information Technology

• M&A • Commercial

• Intellectual Property

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Email: dhackett@efc.ie

Email: gcoll@efc.ie

David heads up the Corporate department and has particular expertise in the areas of Information Technology & Intellectual Property law.

Gerard has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, commercial contracts and general corporate law.

Our advices are partner-led. We provide a comprehensive legal service which is focused on delivering commercial solutions to clients to enable them to run their business more effectively. We have an expert team of people who have gained wide experience in diverse areas of law. This allows us to offer clients a specifically tailored service to deliver the commercially-focused results they require from a legal partner.

Our corporate practice handles a full range of corporate transactional and advisory work for public and private companies and individuals across a broad spectrum of industry sectors.

Our specialist areas include: • Acquisitions & disposals • Charity law • Commercial contracts • Company formation & secretarial services • Corporate governance & compliance • Corporate finance • Distribution • Agency & franchising • EU competition & regulated markets • Financial services & regulatory law • Joint ventures • Management buyouts • Mergers & acquisitions • Private equity • Re-organisations • Venture capital • Shareholders agreements & rights • Stock exchange regulatory issues • General corporate advice

About Us: Location:

Dublin Temple Chambers, 3 Burlington Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 t: +353 1 202 6400 f: +353 1 667 5200 e: lawyer@efc.ie

Founded: 1893

Website: www.efc.ie

We have built our reputation on solid relationships with

our clients.

Corporate transactions are complemented by specialisations in other areas in the firm, such as Corporate Recovery, EU & Competition, Banking & Finance, Employment, Insurance and Property & Construction.

What they have said “Recognised for topquality advice..” “..The lawyers are diligent and responsive.”

Chambers Europe, 2014 Eugene F. Collins’ commercial team “provides very pragmatic and timely advice.”

Legal 500 EMEA, 2014

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LKG Solicitors LKG Solicitors are a commercially focused law firm based in South Dublin. LKG is client focused, expert led, innovative and service driven. Its ethos is to take a practical, commercially focused approach to the legal issues which its clients face to achieve the optimum results, in the shortest possible timeframe and for a fair fee. LKG ensures that its service is partner led and driven. LKG is divided into four specialist areas: Corporate and commercial, property, litigation and private client.

About Us: Location:

Dublin The Forum, 29-31 Glasthule Road, Glasthule, Co. Dublin, t: + 353 1 231 14 30

Website: www.lkgsolicitors.ie

Leading commercial lawyers LKG’s managing partner is Neil Keenan who was a former partner with a Top 5 commercial law firm. LKG has a long and impressive track record in corporate and commercial transactions with a particular interest and focus in the renewable energy sector, the firm having acted for Airtricity when it was originally founded in the late 1990s and it has advised on the development and project finance of many of Ireland’s largest wind farm projects. LKG has also advised on significant equity and debt fundraising transactions for renewable energy companies. Additionally, LKG has experience in acting for clients in other sectors such as ICT and the healthcare and medical devices sectors. Its clients range from large multinational companies to small family businesses. LKG’s track record and experience is on a par with much larger commercial law firms and the company’s corporate specialists advised on over a130 million in corporate transactions in 2013 alone.

Name: Neil Keenan Title: Managing Partner Practice Area: company and commercial law

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Banking on a Recovery Peter O’Brien, Partner in the Banking & Financial Services Department at Matheson tells Business Ireland about the revival of the country’s banking sector.

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Those of us involved in the Irish banking and finance sector during the past decade have witnessed truly historic events. From 2004-2007, we saw a dramatic boom in the banking industry. Then, from 2007, we witnessed one of the biggest banking sector collapses the world has ever seen.

These dramatic events called for unprecedented policy responses, including the government’s 2008 bank guarantee, bank recapitalisation, nationalisation and, ultimately, the EU-IMF bailout. These were not merely once-in-a-lifetime events, but were once-in-a-century events. Future historians may well refer to these events as, “The Irish banking crisis: 2008-2013”. Finally, we can now refer to the banking crisis in the past tense.

After these turbulent years, in 2014, we can confidently say that the Irish banking crisis is over.

Ireland has exited the EU-IMF bailout and all our economic indicators are pointing in the right direction. As the Irish property market steadily improves, so too does the banking sector’s confidence. We are now beginning a positive new chapter for the Irish banking sector. Deutsche

Bank’s announcement of 700 new jobs shows that growth is already underway and underlines the fact that Dublin is now a major global financial services hub.

International Reaction International admiration for Ireland’s stoic and effective response to the crisis has been effusive. ECB president Mario Draghi recently said that Ireland has “improved on all fronts … it has shown [a] rate of growth higher than in most countries in the euro area last year … the right things have been done. Structural reforms have been undertaken and financial stability risks have consistently, continuously and significantly been reduced in Ireland.”

Similarly, the broader international reaction to Ireland’s return to the markets has been one of admiration. Even those most unsentimental of organisations, the ratings agencies, all now reaffirm Ireland’s fundamental credibility.

When Moody’s recently upgraded Irish sovereign debt in line with the other ratings agencies with a “positive outlook”, it cited an acceleration in Irish economic growth “which indicates an increased likelihood of securing the sustained long-term growth needed to achieve a turnaround in Ireland’s public finances”. It also noted that the Irish government had “regularly outperformed quantitative fiscal goals, which helped it regain and retain market confidence” and that Irish bond yields had proven “impervious” to international shocks.

A New-found confidence Just a couple of years ago, Irish banking lawyers were grappling with issues such as sovereign risk and the potential consequences of euro default. These concerns have been replaced with a new-

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found sense of confidence. In terms of future trends, I see a return to equilibrium in the ratios of lending to re-financing by Irish banks, a continuing maturation of NAMA in its role and an increase in market entrants seizing opportunities, especially in loan book acquisitions.

As with any country, Ireland’s international reputation is crucial in its ability to do business globally.

With that robust shape, we are now seeing international property investment funds invest in the Irish property market.

NAMA has proven itself well able to gain solid returns, while actively enhancing market growth and stability.

Ireland’s robust defence of its competitive tax regime, as well as increased domestic competitiveness means that Ireland is well placed to grow as an international financial services hub. Ireland’s globally leading asset finance sector also continues to thrive.

Banking is now becoming more international in nature, particularly as regulation becomes increasingly centralised at an EU level. Many Irish banks already have very substantial overseas operations and the internationalisation of the banking industry is set to continue.

Recent Irish legislation, The Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013, included an intriguing provision allowing credit institutions operating outside the EU/EEA to operate branches in Ireland. Such credit institutions will

now be able to apply to the Central Bank for a bank licence. Until now, it had been the policy of the Central Bank not to accept such applications. This change will facilitate the further development of internationallytraded financial services.

Growth on the Horizon Now that the crisis has passed, and new opportunities for expansion are on the horizon, there is increasing talk of the State divesting some of the shares it took in major Irish banks during the crisis. As these banks return to profitability in a positive macroeconomic environment, the appetite for such shares could be significant.

Simultaneously, we are seeing significant international interest in Irish property, bonds and shares while foreign direct investments in the country achieves record levels.

Forbes magazine recently voted Ireland the best country in the world in which to do business. Forbes measured 11 different factors such as investor protection, tax burden and red tape and found that Ireland was the only one to rank in the top 15 per cent in each category. Forbes noted that Ireland’s well-educated, flexible and English-speaking workforce and accommodating tax system were the main draws for international investors.

What all this points to is that not only is the financial crisis over, but a period of remarkably strong growth is on the horizon for Ireland, and consequently for its banking sector.

As the Irish property market steadily improves, so too does the banking

About Us: Location:

Dublin 70 Sir John Rogerson’s Quay Dublin 2, Ireland e: dublin@matheson.com

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New York 200 Park Avenue, New York NY 10166, United States e: newyork@matheson.com

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sector’s confidence.

Name: Peter O’Brien Title: Partner Practice Area: Banking and Financial Services Office: Dublin Peter O’Brien’s main focus is on banking and structured finance transactions. He acts for a range of international and domestic financial institutions and has more than fifteen years’ experience in the field.

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Leaders in Law Legal professionals in Ireland were recognised at this year’s Irish Law Awards.

Maurice Gaffney, winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award, with Miriam O’Callaghan at the Irish Law Awards in the Four Seasons.

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Legal professionals from across the country were recognised at the third annual Irish Law Awards on May 2nd 2014. The awards commend excellence in Irish law and recognise the outstanding achievements and exemplary practices of leading law firms, legal practitioners and inhouse legal teams.

Cork based firm Ernest J Cantillon received the Special Merit Award for its work on the Louise O’Keeffe case. The award was presented in recognition of the landmark lawsuit against the Irish State, which saw Corkwoman Louise O’Keeffe take Ireland to the European Court of Human Rights for failing to protect her as a child.

A lifetime achievement award was presented to Maurice Gaffney, SC, who has practised law for almost 60 years. Known as ‘The Father of the Bar’, the 97-year old was recognised for his outstanding and continuous contribution to the legal sector in Ireland.

The Bar Council’s Human Rights Award was presented to the barristers who voluntarily represented the victims of the Magdalene Laundries. The award was given in recognition of their fight for justice for the women of

the laundries who were mistreated to such an extent that their human rights were violated.

Law Firm of the Year was awarded to William Fry and Sole Practitioner/Principal Law Firm of the Year was presented to Marion Campbell Solicitors. Legal Website of the Year was awarded to McCarthy & Co and Litigation Case of the Year was presented to ByrneWallace. The Pro Bono/Public Interest Lawyer/Team of the Year was awarded to KOD Lyons.

The finalists were selected by an esteemed adjudication panel comprised of 20 leading national and international legal experts, headed

by Dr Eamonn G Hall, Solicitor & Notary Public and Chairman of the judging panel of The Irish Law Awards.

Dr. Hall said: “Lawyers of all hues play an influential role in the lives of all who live on the island of Ireland. In the complex web of legal relationships, society needs lawyers.

“Of course lawyers do not exist for their own sake; lawyers must remember they serve their fellow man and woman. That is why we celebrate the service of the dedicated law firms and individual lawyers who have been acclaimed as having demonstrated in an exemplary manner exceptional achievements in the law during 2013.”

Hosted by Miriam O’Callaghan, the awards took place in The Four Seasons Hotel Dublin. The event is a unique opportunity for those working at the forefront of the Irish legal profession to be recognised alongside their European and international peers. This year’s awards received a total of 360 nominations across 25 categories, which marks a 20 per cent increase on last year.

For the full list of winners go to www. irishlawawards.ie/recipients-2014

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VP McMullin scores legal awards hat-trick

The VP McMullin Team

To win an award once shows quality. To win twice shows quality and consistency. However, to win an award three years in a row, a feat which was accomplished by VP McMullin Solicitors at the 2014 Irish Law Awards, shows a commitment to excellence that goes above and beyond the ordinary.

Indeed, the Donegal-headquartered multi-disciplinary law firm’s perennially strong showing means that the Ulster Law Firm of the Year has gone to VP McMullin every year since the inaugural Awards in 2012. However, this should not come as a surprise to anybody who is familiar with the upward trajectory of one of the Northwest’s largest and most pre-eminent law firms.

Founded in 1921 by Vincent P McMullin, the firm has expanded over the years, and now boasts offices in Letterkenny, Ballybofey, Ballyshannon and a recently opened office in Dublin. It currenty provides legal advice and legal services across a number of areas and to a number of client types, including public bodies, large private companies,

SMEs and private individuals.

However, it is not merely the size and the scope of VP McMullin that led the judging panel to select it for its Regional Award for the third year running; rather, it is the firm’s ability to demonstrate continual improvement both in terms of its processes and its practices that once again tipped the scales in its favour.

“Whilst the firm is based in different locations a significant investment in communication and computer systems has allowed us to deliver a comprehensive range of legal services to clients right across the country,” said Brian McMullin, partner at VP McMullin. “It’s one thing to win an award for one year, but in a constantly changing environment, unless you are adapting and upgrading all the time, you won’t be successful for a second year.”

Or a third in the exceptional case of VP McMullin Solicitors. For further details see www.vpmullindublin.ie The full version of this article of this article was first published in the Sunday Business Post 18/05/14.

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Irish Law Awards 2014

Bernie Smith and Brian McMullin, V.P McMullin Solicitors, receive the Ulster Law Firm over 3 Award.

Brian Sweeney, Keyhouse, presents Cian O’ Carroll and Catherine Feeney of Cian O’Carroll Solicitors with the Law Firm Innovation Award.

Brian O’Neill, Friends First, presents the Law Firm of the Year Award to Sarah Twohig, Myra Garrett, Laura Murdock and Alvin Price of William Fry.

Justice Quirke presents the Bar Council Human Rights Award to Patricia Sheehy Skeffington.

Flor McCarthy and John McCarthy of McCarthy Solicitors, winners of the Legal Website of the Year Award.

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Contact: Stephen Walker, Therese Rochford or Mark Ryan Wilton Park House, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland T: +353 1 611 0000 F: +353 1 611 0090 E: ecomms@whitneymoore.ie W: www.whitneymoore.ie

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LIST OF MEMBER COMPANIES OFFERING LEGAL SERVICES A&L Goodbody Solicitors 01 6492000 www.algoodbody.com

DAC Beachcroft Dublin 01 2319600 www.dacbeachcroft.com

Adams Corporate Solicitors 01 6115100 www.adamssolicitors.com

Desmond Ryan B.L. 01 8172378

Arthur Cox 01 6180000 www.arthurcox.com Aylmer Co. Solicitors 01 2342552 www.aylmerco.com Beauchamps Solicitors 01 4180600 www.beauchamps.ie

Dillon Eustace 01 6670022 www.dilloneustace.ie Dublin Dispute Resolution Centre (DDRC) 01 8175277 www.dublinarbitration.com

Berrymans Lace Mawer 01 2612150 www.blm-law.com

EP Keane & Company Solicitors 01 7078236 www.keanesolicitors.ie

ByrneWallace 01 6915000 www.byrnewallace.com

Eugene F. Collins 01 2026400 www.efc.ie

CB Robinson Co. Solicitors 01 8044117 www.cbrobinson.ie

Eversheds 01 6644200 www.eversheds.ie

Clerkin Lynch 01 6114400 www.clerkinlynch.com

Flynn O’Driscoll Business Lawyers 01 6424220 www.fod.ie

Corplaw 1800 331 155 www.corplaw.ie

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DFMG Solicitors 01 6376600 www.dfmgsolicitors.ie

Gore & Grimes Solicitors 01 8729299 www.goregrimes.ie

Hugh J Ward & Co. Solicitors 01 8197010 www.wardlawyers.eu

McCann FitzGerald Solicitors 01 8290000 www.mccannfitzgerald.ie

Kent Carty Solicitors 01 8658800 www.kentcarty.com

McDowell Purcell Solicitors 01 8280600 www.mcdowellpurcell.ie

Kerman & Co. Solicitors 01 9011115 www.kermanco.ie Kevin Murphy & Associates 01 6130800 LK Shields Solicitors 01 6610866 www.lkshields.ie Madden and Co. Solicitors 01 6770050 www.maddensolicitors.com Maples and Calder 01 6192000 www.maplesandcalder.com

McKeever Rowan Solicitors 01 6702990 www.mckr.ie O’Connor Solicitors 6764488 www.oclegal.ie O’Gradys Solicitors 01 6613960 www.ogradysolicitors.ie Sheehan and Company 01 6616922 www.sheehanandco.ie Tomkins & Co. Intellectual Property Attorneys 01 2026700 www.tomkins.com

Maree Gallagher Associates 01 6787700 www.mga.ie

W & E Bradshaw 01 6762811 www.webradshawsolicitors.com

Martin E. Marren 01 6686266 www.memarren.ie

Walkers Ireland 01 4706600 www.walkersireland.com

Cristina Stamatescu Solicitors 01 4773935 www.cssolicitors.com

Hayes Solicitors 01 6624747 www.hayes-solicitors.ie

Mason Hayes & Curran 01 6145000 www.mhc.ie

Whitney Moore Solicitors 01 6110000 www.whitneymoore.ie

Croskerrys 01 6620099 www.crosskerrys.com

Holmes O’Malley Sexton 01 6768928 www.homs.ie

Matheson 01 2322000 www.matheson.com

William Fry 01 6395000 www.williamfry.ie

We cut through the red tape

At William Fry we work hard for your business.

We focus on the detail for you and work through it, so that you can stay focused on your goals.

williamfry.ie Law Firm of the Year 2014 (Irish Law Awards) $UBLIN s ,ONDON s .EW 9ORK s 3ILICON 6ALLEY

The natural choice

An Irish law firm with global reach Not all law firms are the same.

In Ireland, Eversheds offers a real difference through a full service offering, seamless international capability with 49 offices in 29 jurisdictions and services that go beyond legal advice.

Our roots are in Ireland. But our reach is global.

We deliver local expertise coupled with access to a worldwide resource. Our range of products and unique project management approach enable you to control time, costs and risk.

If you want to experience a top quality law firm that is committed to unlocking the full potential of your organisation, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

Alan Murphy Managing Partner and Chairman – Eversheds International +353 1 6644 289 alanmurphy@eversheds.ie

“Strategic high quality legal advice, pragmatic commercial advice and real value for money.”

The criteria which saw Eversheds voted the overall leading firm in the Legal Business, in-house counsel survey 2013.

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