Insolvency & Restructuring

Our Insolvency & Restructuring team offers clients a focused service tailored to their individual business needs. We assign specialists in key areas – including banking & financial services, corporate law, dispute resolution, employment, intellectual property, and property law – working together to deliver solutions across a wide range of insolvency issues and scenarios.

Expertise

We act for clients across the full spectrum of insolvency and restructuring matters. We advise insolvency practitioners, banks and other financial institutions, statutory bodies, and creditors. We work with businesses in financial difficulties along with directors and trustees.

Our team is trusted to deliver on high profile mandates and has long-established relationships with Ireland’s leading insolvency practitioners, accountancy firms, banks, and asset managers. We advise purchasers of loan portfolios from Irish financial institutions along with private equity distressed loan investment funds. Clients benefit from results-focused expertise in handling complex, high-volume enforcement actions efficiently and achieving optimum returns within tight timeframes. We offer extensive international expertise in cross-border insolvency and restructuring projects.

 

Services

  • Bankruptcy
  • Liquidation
  • Receivership
  • Examinership
  • SCARP (Small Company Administrative Rescue Process)
  • Cross border Insolvencies
  • Individual and Company Voluntary schemes of arrangements
  • Corporate Restructuring including equity swaps, hive downs, assignment of debt etc
  • Directors disqualification proceedings, liabilities and responsibilities
  • Wrongful or fraudulent trading claims against former directors
  • Antecedent transactions
  • Asset and debt recovery
  • Retention of title claims
  • Regulatory authority liaison
  • Business turnaround
  • Debt recovery
  • Dispute resolution
  • Alternative dispute resolution
‘Highly experienced in dispute resolution, enforcement and insolvency. Understands the commercial realities faced by lenders.’
Legal 500 2026
‘Jeremy Erwin and Joe O'Malley are both excellent solicitors. Technically sound, commercial and good communicators.’
Legal 500 2026
‘Hayes Solicitors LLP is distinguished by its market-leading reputation and consistent track record of delivering favourable results for their clients. They are known for their authenticity and approachability.’
Legal 500 2026
‘The individuals I work with in Hayes Solicitors LLP consistently demonstrate an exceptional commitment to client service. They are proactive, responsive and have the ability to solve problems creatively. Their approach is pragmatic, commercially astute and always tailored to their client's needs.'
Legal 500 2026
'Joe O'Malley and Jeremy Erwin all demonstrate the ability to translate complex issues into actionable strategies.’
Legal 500 2026
‘Highly responsive. Solid practical commercial advice.’
Legal 500 2026
‘Partner involvement and availability, including outside working hours, multidisciplinary team approach, quality of advice, very good turnaround time.’
Legal 500 2025
‘Jackie Buckley has been an excellent negotiator who prioritised my work and achieved excellent outcomes.’
Legal 500 2025
'Jeremy is very practical and thorough, with quick turnaround times and high quality.'
Chambers and Partners 2025
'He is very bright, reads everything and is incredibly hard-working. He's a fantastic solicitor. Joe is very hands-on.'
Chambers and Partners 2025
'Jackie always responds in a timely manner with clear and comprehensive advice.'
Chambers and Partners 2025
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