Practice Areas

Insolvency and Restructuring

Our Insolvency and Restructuring Practice is one of the largest and most highly rated in Ireland. We have acted for stakeholders in most major insolvencies in Ireland over the last 10 years.

Our main clients are Irish banks and foreign banks active in Ireland. We also act for insolvency officeholders, both domestic and international, and routinely assist in the sale or purchase of distressed assets either in a restructuring or through formal processes.

We have deep experience in advising clients on examinership, Ireland's domestic corporate rescue regime and routinely advise liquidators and receivers of all types.

The practice extends to advising bondholders and other debt providers as well as general creditors and shareholders in distressed situations.

Our team also commonly advises directors regarding managing insolvency risk, reducing the risk of personal liability and regarding investigations by the Director of Corporate Enforcement.

We have extensive experience in litigating both domestic and international insolvency related disputes.

Should you wish to find out more about how we can assist you and your business, please do not hesitate to contact one of the team members listed adjacent.

Recommendations:

Legal 500, 2013
Mason Hayes & Curran is ‘among the top-two providers in terms of its service’, according to one client, and Maurice Phelan gives ‘excellent, clear and timely advice on all insolvency matters’. The firm acted for Bank of Scotland in its successful opposition to the examinership of pub and nightclub chain, Sheffs.

Chambers & Partners Europe, Europe's Leading Lawyers, 2012
This practice sits within the litigation department but draws on the firm's extensive expertise to offer a multidisciplinary approach. The team concentrates on advising banks and insolvency practitioners on the full spectrum of restructuring and insolvency work. A notable recent mandate was advising an investor on the successful examinership of Aer Arann. The firm has responded to a growing demand for the team's services by adding three fee earners.   “It is a top-class firm that has progressed and grown in the right way. It has a fantastic, diverse insolvency practice that has a great pool of expertise to draw from.”

Legal 500, 2012
Mason Hayes & Curran fields ‘an incisive, commercial and technically good team’, which includes Maurice Phelan, Declan Black and Judith Riordan, who are ‘up there with the best’. The group advised Xtra-vision on it’s application for examinership.

Related Publications

• Dawn of a New Era? The Personal Insolvency Bill 2012

Our People

• Declan Black
  Head of Department