Full Service Criminal Law Firm of the Year in England S&O Partnership Oliver Al-Falah Partner Tel: +44 (0)207 698 4486 oalfalah@sopartnership.com www.sopartnership.com S&O Partnership is a leading firm of criminal and regulatory lawyers delivering specialist legal advice through a modern, stream-lined practice. The firm advises clients on matters across the whole spectrum of criminal law from general criminal matters such as driving, drug, sex and violent offences to white collar crime such as fraud and money laundering. The firm was founded with the vision of providing the highest quality legal advice, personally tailored to each individual client to deliver a discrete private service. It advises privately paying individuals and businesses, specialising in heavyweight investigations and subsequent litigation across the full spectrum of its practice areas. S&O Partnership has acted for
a number of high-profile individuals in relation to various types of investigations. The firm advises at all stages of investigations by various government bodies, with a particular focus on giving straightforward, practical advice in an effort to try and resolve proceedings as swiftly and as favourably as possible for its clients. S&O Partnership was created with the aim of providing a personalised and transparent client-focused service; this means its lawyers are available to its clients at all times, offering a facility
S&O Partnership was created with the aim of providing a personalised and transparent client-focused service.
that is tailored to their requirements. The founding partners have years of experience working at rival top ranked law firms and have developed formidable reputations for not only their legal acumen but also their client care. The firm is currently acting for a number of individuals and businesses being investigated by HMRC and the FCA, relating to various different matters, including de-registration, noncompliance and suspected involvement in multi-jurisdictional money laundering. As with any service business, the quality and attitude of the firm’s people is paramount. They are the ones who help S&O Partnership deliver the service it set the firm up to deliver and what its clients expect.
Individual - Aviation Barrister of the Year in England MARTIN HAYDEN SC BCL (Hons), CEDR Martin Hayden SC BCL (Hons), CEDR Barrister-at-Law (of Kings Inns, Dublin, Ireland) Barrister-at-Law (of Middle Temple, London, England) Tel: +35318722238 MHayden@martinjhayden.ie Martin Hayden is a Senior Counsel, having been called to the Irish Bar in 1987 and to the Inner Bar in 2001. Mr Hayden was also called to The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 2014. His areas of practice are Commercial Litigation, Banking Law, Aviation Law, Tax Law and Planning and Employment Law. He has extensive experience in Banking and Commercial Litigation and has appeared before the High and Supreme Courts of Ireland, as well as before the Court of Justice of the European Union. In addition, Mr Hayden has extensive experience in Aviation Law, having been Counsel for Ryanair for more than 10 years. He has also been involved in numerous cases in relation to NAMA (an Irish State entity established to deal with Bank losses arising from the global economic collapse in 2008) which have had, in part, an overlap in relation to assets and positions in the UK.
Mr Hayden has extensive experience in Aviation Law, having been Counsel for Ryanair for more than 10 years.
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Mr Hayden appears frequently before the Courts in matters relating to Aviation Law. In particular, he acted on behalf of a substantial European airline in relation to its challenge to Regulation 261/2004 before the ECJ challenging (unsuccessfully) the proportionality and application of the Regulation in relation to airlines’ obligations to customers arising out of the Icelandic ash cloud and the resultant closure of European airspace. Mr Hayden has also acted regularly in relation to challenges to the operation and assessment of charges by the Airport Regulator in relation to the operation of Dublin Airport. In this regard, he has been involved in a number of judicial review challenges regarding the rate of levy arising out of the operation of the regulated asset base. Significant Reported Cases • Tribunal of Inquiry into the Blood Transfusion Service Board (Finlay Tribunal – 1997) • Tribunal of Inquiry into the Infection with HIV and Hepatitis C of Persons with Haemophilia and Related Matters (Lindsay Tribunal – 1999-2001) • Tribunal of Inquiry into Payments to Politicians and Related Matters (Moriarty Tribunal – 2000)
MARTIN HAYDEN SC • Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments (Flood Tribunal – 2001-2004) • Ryanair Limited v Google Ireland Limited, Vacaciones eDreams S.L. and Google Inc. [2015] 9973P, Unreported Judgment 16th February 2017 • Ryanair v Labour Court and Irish Municipal Public and Civil Trade Union [2007] 1 ILRM 45 • Nurendale Limited t/a Panda Waste Services v Dublin City Council [2009] IEHC 588 • Ryanair Ltd v Billigfluege .de GMBH [2010] IEHC 47; Supreme Court ruling given on the 20th November 2014 (written judgement pending) • McDonagh v Ryanair Ltd; Case C-12/11 • Sherborough Securities Limited & Others v An Bord Plenala and Coras Iompar Eireann • Ryanair Ltd v On the Beach Ltd. [2013] IEHC 124 • McCaughey v Anglo Irish Bank [2013] IESC 17 • O’Sullivan v Canada Life Assurance Ireland Ltd. [2014] IEHC 217 • Haughey v J&E Davy Stockbrokers, Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank and Bank of Ireland [2014] IEHC 206