Insolvency & Restructuring
Hayes solicitors’ insolvency team comprises lawyers drawn from different departments in the firm to bring together their skills in the areas of banking & financial services, corporate law, dispute resolution, employment, intellectual property and property law. It is the flexible nature of the group that enables us to tailor our team to suit our individual client’s needs.
The members of the insolvency team have considerable experience and strong reputations for dealing with a wide variety of insolvency issues. We act for insolvency practitioners as well as advising banks, other financial institutions, statutory bodies and creditors. Our service includes advising businesses in financial difficulties and their directors or trustees.
Services
We advise on:
- Bankruptcy
- Liquidation
- Receivership
- Examinership
- Cross border Insolvencies
- Individual and Company Voluntary schemes of arrangements
- Corporate Restructuring including equity swaps, hive downs, assignment of debt etc
- Obtaining judgments
- Directors disqualification proceedings, liabilities and responsibilities
- Wrongful or fraudulent trading claims against former directors
- Antecedent transactions
- Loan default
- Asset and debt recovery
- Retention of title claims
- Regulatory authority liaison
- Insolvency issues such as ‘ transactions at an undervalue’
- Asset recovery for the benefit of creditors
- Business turnaround
- Debt recovery
- Property, commercial and employment transactions and disputes
- Dispute resolution
- Transaction planning
- Alternative dispute resolution
Experience
- Strong reputation and track record including high profile mandates.
- Long-established relationships with Ireland’s leading insolvency practitioners, accountancy firms, banks and asset management companies.
- Strong flow of work from asset managers, including purchasers of loan portfolios from Irish financial institutions.
- Proven track record in attracting instructions on cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters, particularly from UK/Northern Ireland firms.
- Adviser to a number of private equity distressed loan investment funds.
- Known for handling complex and high volume enforcement actions efficiently and achieving optimum returns within tight timeframes.
What clients say: Insolvency & Restructuring
"Each member of the team provides excellent support and advice. Their response times are always excellent."
‘My contact is Joe O’Malley whose experience and instruction is exceptional and always directed me to highly professional individuals within the firm. He is also well connected and put me in touch with financial backers and potential partners. I have recommended him to several other individuals and have no intention of moving from Hayes.’
‘David Phelan – Very knowledgeable and reliable partner who leads from the front, always available for a consolidation and will get back to you!
‘Joe O’Malley brings with him an enormous wealth of experience across the whole spectrum of commercial litigation.’
‘Joe O’Malley is one of the best solicitors in the country, if not the best, due to his commitment to the clients’ interests, work-rate, expertise, and depth of knowledge.’
‘Joseph O’Malley is an excellent litigator, combining an excellent knowledge of the law with a strategic approach to achieving the best possible outcome for clients. Robbie Slattery will always know the case inside out, and has an ability to speak plainly to clients so that complex legal ideas are made easily comprehensible.’
‘David Phelan is an expert in this field and is responsive, wise, pragmatic, an excellent communicator and knowledgeable of the media landscape and of his clients’ needs.
‘David Phelan stands out in contractual and media matters. He has a very solid judgement and a calm approach to problematic situations.’
"Joseph O'Malley is intelligent, commercial and exceptionally hard-working"
"He is a strong team leader and provides commercial advice"
"Joe is excellent at negotiating settlements and dealing with complex matters. He has excellent communication skills, perseverance and judgement"
"He is an excellent legal resource. He is very accessible, which is of great comfort"
‘Joe O’Malley is brilliant – very clever but also commercial and brilliant to deal with. Robbie Slattery is also a very good member of the team.’
'Joseph O’Malley is highly-intelligent, excellent with clients and extremely hard working – the complete package.'
‘Hayes Solicitors is world class. They are capable of handling complex, cross border litigation matters and are tireless and persuasive litigators. I trust partner Joe O’Malley with large and complex litigation matters.’