Gill Cotter, partner in the Commercial & Business Team at Hayes Solicitors LLP.

Gill Cotter

Partner

gcotter@hayes-solicitors.ie

Gill is a partner in the Commercial & Business team at Hayes solicitors.

She advises on commercial disputes, acting for a variety of private companies and financial institutions in the High Court and Commercial Court.

Expertise

Gill is a partner in the Commercial & Business team at Hayes solicitors. She specialises in commercial litigation and dispute resolution, acting for a variety of private companies and financial institutions in the High Court and Commercial Court. She advises commercial clients on a broad range of matters including contract disputes, insolvency, enforcement and recovery actions, landlord and tenant disputes, and general litigation cases.

Experience

  • Civil Litigation – advises on a number of high value actions in the Circuit Court, High Court and Commercial Court in cases involving claims for breach of contract, summary judgment, enforcement and the realisation of security, including the appointment of receivers. She has advised on enforcement and debt recovery actions in the Circuit and District Court. These cases have involved advising banks, financial institutions, receivers, and liquidators in relation to bringing various applications including injunctions, bankruptcy proceedings and actions for the enforcement of security.
  • Commercial Landlord & Tenant – advises landlords and tenants in commercial disputes.
  • Insolvency & Restructuring – representing various financial institutions and receivers in cases which include enforcement and the realisation of security.
  • General commercial litigation – advises private companies and individuals on bringing and defending various types of litigation and on a range of company law issues and company law obligations.
  • Commercial disputes – advises clients on all aspects of commercial disputes, including injunctive relief applications, property disputes and claims for breach of contract.
  • Public Liability Defence Litigation – advises the State Claims Agency, the State indemnifier, on various public liability cases.

Qualifications/Education

  • Bachelor of Social Science
    University College Dublin
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law
    Dublin Institute of Technology
  • Professional qualification as a solicitor
    Law Society of Ireland, 2012
  • Professional qualification as a solicitor
    Law Society of England & Wales (non-practicing), 2013
  • Diploma in Corporate Law and Governance
    Law Society of Ireland 2016
  • Certificate of Data Protection
    Law Society of Ireland, 2022
  • Certificate in Commercial Contracts
    Law Society of Ireland, 2023

Memberships

  • Law Society of Ireland
  • DSBA litigation Committee
  • RII
  • IWIRC

Related Practice Areas

‘Gill Cotter is thorough and always extremely well prepared for every case.’

— The Legal 500 EMEA 2022
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