Commercial and Business
Contemporary business relationships have become more complex, particularly with continual legislative and regulatory developments. Our Commercial and Business team supports business clients with their day-to-day corporate and regulatory queries and activities, in their transactions, their corporate work, mergers and acquisitions (domestic and cross-border), and in litigation.
Our clients are public bodies and state agencies, public and private corporations, multinationals, SMEs, banks and financial institutions, private equity holders and sole traders. We are proud of our track record of working with some of Ireland’s leading corporations, along with start-up businesses who have grown to become strong corporate players.
We work closely with each client to meet their requirements based on their concerns, needs and expectations. Our team combines business insight with legal excellence and focuses on achieving practical and commercially-aware solutions.
Services
Our services cover:
- Banking
- Business establishment in Ireland
- Charities
- Company law
- Commercial litigation and dispute resolution
- Corporate and Company Secretarial
- Competition and EU law
- Data Protection
- Debt recovery
- Distribution, supply, agency, licensing & franchising agreements
- Food, retail, hygiene, safety & labelling
- Health & Safety
- Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Intellectual property and information technology
- Marketing and advertising
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Pensions
- Product liability and public liability
- Procurement
- Regulation
- Shareholders, joint ventures and partnership agreements.
What clients say: Commercial and Business
On EU and competition, David Phelan ‘brings a business brain to solving issues’.
"Each member of the team provides excellent support and advice. Their response times are always excellent."
‘The team is always available and provides practical advice relevant to the client’s specific sector.’
‘Matt Austin goes above and beyond for his clients.’
‘Laura Fannin understands the context within which the client is working and can provide astute advice accordingly. She is professional, and a good working relationship followed, which assisted the process greatly. Her advice is always accurate and succinct.’
‘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.’
‘I would work most closely with David Phelan. I have been working with legal firms both in Ireland and abroad for over 30 years. I can say without hesitation, David is the very best that I have worked with in that time. He deals with a wide range of issues across a number of different spectrums all with the same poise and composure. He makes everyone on calls feel like he has nothing else on, only the work that he is working with you on. Clearly we know that this is not the case. He has built a level of trust with me and a number of teams that we work with that allows all of us to have the peace of mind that David is on it. All of that and he’s just a very nice human being.’
‘David Phelan – Very knowledgeable and reliable partner who leads from the front, always available for a consolidation and will get back to you!
‘Cian Clinch – excellent communicator and provides concise information.’
‘Joe O’Malley brings with him an enormous wealth of experience across the whole spectrum of commercial litigation.’
‘Jeremy Erwin is a superb litigator with a keen instinct for strategy.’
‘Cian Clinch is decisive and tenacious with an immense work ethic.’
‘John Deignan is extremely hard working and very responsive.’
‘Gill Cotter is thorough and always extremely well prepared for every case.’
‘Michael Kelly is highly experienced in insolvency litigation and is well capable of tackling complex cross-border cases.’
"Jeremy Erwin is a good and solid insolvency lawyer and litigator."
"Jeremy Erwin has a superb instinct for litigation and excels at both strategy and tactics.“
‘Matt Austin goes above and beyond for his clients.’
‘Robbie Slattery is one of the best solicitors in the country.'
‘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.’
‘Robbie Slattery is clever, reliable, good-humoured and organised. He has excellent interpersonal skills and is likeable whilst doing a great job.’
‘Laura Fannin is professional, knowledgeable, available and able to explain complex issues in simple terms.’
‘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"