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E: editorial@ The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2018 The clients guide to law firms Dillon Eustace 33 SIR JOHN ROGERSON S QUAY, DUBLIN 2, IRELAND Tel: +353 1 667 0022 Fax: +353 1 667

1 E: The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2018 The clients guide to law firms Dillon Eustace 33 SIR JOHN ROGERSON S QUAY, DUBLIN 2, IRELAND Tel: Fax: Banking and finance Capital markets Commercial, corporate and M&A Dispute resolution Insolvency and corporate restructuring Insurance Investment funds Media and advertising Real estate Transport

2 E: DILLON EUSTACE 33 SIR JOHN ROGERSON S QUAY, DUBLIN 2, IRELAND T: F: E: enquiries@dilloneustace.ie W: The firm Dillon Eustace was established in 1992 and is one of Ireland s leading law firms focusing on financial services, banking and capital markets, corporate and M&A, litigation and dispute resolution, real estate, and taxation. Headquartered in Dublin the firm s international practice has seen it establish offices in Tokyo, New York and the Cayman Islands. In tandem with international development the firm has expanded significantly, particularly in recent years, in the domestic Irish market. Areas of practice The firm advises across a wide range of practice areas and disciplines. It is a market leader in a number of its key chosen fields including financial services, banking and capital markets, financial and insurance litigation and regulated and international mergers and acquisitions. In recent years the firm has been involved in many of the most significant transactions forming part of Ireland s deleveraging and distressed asset disposal processes. It has acted for buyers of in excess of 20bn worth of distressed Irish assets and in some of the most high-profile commercial transactions including the sale by the State of shares in Bank of Ireland and a number of high profile corporate inversion transactions.

3 LANGUAGES SPOKEN French German Italian Main work contacts Asset management: Andrew Bates, Brian Dillon Aviation/asset finance: Conor Keaveny Banking: Conor Houlihan, Keith Robinson Capital markets: Mark Thorne, Conor Houlihan Cayman Islands: Matt Mulry, Derbhil O Riordan Commercial litigation and dispute resolution: Kieran Cowhey, Paul Breen Compliance and regulatory: Brian Kelliher Corporate and M&A: Lorcan Tiernan, Adrian Benson Distressed asset acquisition and finance: Conor Houlihan, Mark Thorne Employment: John Doyle Financial services: Andrew Bates, Brian Higgins Hedge funds and structured investment funds: Donnacha O Connor, Etain de Valera Insolvency and corporate recovery: Jamie Ensor Insurance litigation: Kieran Cowhey, Paul Breen Insurance regulatory: Andrew Bates Inward investment: Mark Thorne, Lorcan Tiernan Listings: Tara O Callaghan, Fionnán Gannon Maritime and aviation litigation: Kieran Cowhey, Paul Gill Media and defamation: John Doyle, David Kavanagh New York: David Walsh Pharma and healthcare: Elaine Healy Private equity/venture capital: Adrian Benson, David Lawless Real estate: Paul Eustace, Louise Wright Regulatory investigations: Andrew Bates, John O Riordan Securitisation and structured finance: Conor Houlihan, David Lawless Taxation: David Lawless, Sean Murray

4 E: Banking and finance TIER 2 Dillon Eustace s commercial and client-focused approach makes it a popular choice for clients including NAMA, for which it acted on two very significant real estate loan sales. The team also draws on the firm s strength in investment funds to advise on a high volume of lender and borrower mandates. Practice head Conor Houlihan and John-Hugh Colleran are practical and easy to deal with and newly promoted partner Kate Curneen is very solutions driven A&L Goodbody Arthur Cox Mason Hayes & Curran Matheson McCann FitzGerald William Fry Beauchamps ByrneWallace Dillon Eustace Eversheds Sutherland Maples and Calder Walkers Eugene F. Collins LK Shields Solicitors Ronan Daly Jermyn Amoss Solicitors Flynn O Driscoll Hayes Solicitors Holmes O Malley Sexton JW O Donovan Solicitors McDowell Purcell Philip Lee Whitney Moore

5 Capital markets: debt TIER 2 Dillon Eustace was active on a range of issuer mandates including practice head Conor Houlihan, who is very strong technically and an excellent negotiator, acting for N&W Global Vending on the issuance of 300m senior secured notes and 100m second lien notes. Conor Keaveny advised DFC Global on an exchange offer relating to senior secured notes A&L Goodbody Arthur Cox Matheson McCann FitzGerald Walkers William Fry Dillon Eustace Maples and Calder ByrneWallace LK Shields Solicitors

6 E: Commercial, corporate and M&A TIER 3 Dillon Eustace s professional and prompt team has expertise in a variety of sectors, including tax-based deals, media, financial services, healthcare and real estate. Practice head Lorcan Tiernan and Catherine Hicks handled a number of matters for Centric Health, including advising on the acquisition of Primacare A&L Goodbody Arthur Cox Maples and Calder Mason Hayes & Curran Matheson McCann FitzGerald William Fry Beauchamps ByrneWallace Eugene F. Collins Eversheds Sutherland LK Shields Solicitors Dillon Eustace Philip Lee Ronan Daly Jermyn Whitney Moore Adrian Burke & Associates Flynn O Driscoll Hayes Solicitors Holmes O Malley Sexton Lavelle Solicitors McDowell Purcell McEvoy Corporate Law OBH Partners Walkers

7 Dispute resolution TIER 2 Dillon Eustace is an obvious choice for insurance-related defence work and in one standout matter practice head Kieran Cowhey and John O Riordan (both very strong technically ) successfully acted for the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland in a case to determine liability for losses following the collapse of Setanta Insurance Company. John O Riordan, John Doyle and the authoritative Peter Bredin were all active in significant commercial disputes arising from fraud and unpaid guarantees A&L Goodbody Arthur Cox Mason Hayes & Curran Matheson McCann FitzGerald William Fry Beauchamps ByrneWallace DAC Beachcroft Dublin Dillon Eustace Eugene F. Collins Eversheds Sutherland LK Shields Solicitors Maples and Calder Philip Lee Hayes Solicitors Ronan Daly Jermyn Whitney Moore Holmes O Malley Sexton JW O Donovan Solicitors Kennedys Lavelle Solicitors McDowell Purcell

8 E: Insolvency and corporate restructuring TIER 2 Dillon Eustace s first-rate team is led by shrewd litigator Jamie Ensor, who was active in the loan enforcement space for clients such as Lapithus Management. In other work Ensor is acting for Deloitte on the liquidation of Hanly Brothers A&L Goodbody Arthur Cox Matheson McCann FitzGerald William Fry Beauchamps ByrneWallace Dillon Eustace Eugene F. Collins Eversheds Sutherland Maples and Calder Mason Hayes & Curran Ronan Daly Jermyn Walkers Amoss Solicitors Hayes Solicitors LK Shields Solicitors Lavelle Solicitors McDowell Purcell Next generation lawyers Jamie Ensor

9 Insurance TIER 2 At Dillon Eustace, Kieran Cowhey and John O Riordan s perseverance and resilience secured a favourable result for the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland in a Supreme Court case arising from the collapse of Setanta Insurance Company. Andrew Bates is very strong on new regulatory developments A&L Goodbody Arthur Cox Matheson McCann FitzGerald William Fry DAC Beachcroft Dublin Dillon Eustace Eversheds Sutherland Mason Hayes & Curran Ronan Daly Jermyn BLM Beale & Company Corrigan & Corrigan Eugene F. Collins Hayes Solicitors Holmes O Malley Sexton Kennedys LK Shields Solicitors Maples and Calder

10 E: Investment funds TIER 1 Dillon Eustace provides solutions to awkward issues based on particularly good technical knowledge and industry experience. The practice handles a significant number of funds for clients such as Aon Hewitt. Practice head Andrew Bates provides relevant and practical advice, Donnacha O Connor is a go to for difficult questions, Cillian Bredin is always on top of his brief, Brian Kelliher has excellent business acumen and David Dillon has extensive fund management industry experience. Senior associate Grace O Connor is also recommended A&L Goodbody Arthur Cox Dillon Eustace Maples and Calder Matheson McCann FitzGerald William Fry Dechert LLP Mason Hayes & Curran Walkers LK Shields Solicitors Leading individuals Andrew Bates Next generation lawyers Cillian Bredin Grace O Connor

11 Media and advertising TIER 3 Dillon Eustace has considerable experience in defending newspapers in defamation claims, and in one example, the diligent and able David Kavanagh successfully acted for MGN in proceedings brought by Caroline Watson. Other key figures are practice head John Doyle and Paul Gill, who has decades of experience in the news media sector Mason Hayes & Curran Matheson McCann FitzGerald Philip Lee William Fry A&L Goodbody Arthur Cox Simon McAleese Solicitors Dillon Eustace Eugene F. Collins Hayes Solicitors

12 E: Real estate TIER 2 Dillon Eustace significantly bolstered its team by hiring new head of practice Kelly O Hara from NAMA, and Martin Colman from Arthur Cox. The team is highly active on loan book sales and property portfolio sales in the distressed real estate space. Former practice head Paul Eustace is calm and commanding and Louise Wright is efficient and personable A&L Goodbody Arthur Cox Eversheds Sutherland Matheson McCann FitzGerald William Fry Beauchamps ByrneWallace Dillon Eustace Eugene F. Collins Maples and Calder Mason Hayes & Curran Ronan Daly Jermyn Hayes Solicitors LK Shields Solicitors McDowell Purcell Philip Lee Walkers Whitney Moore Holmes O Malley Sexton JW O Donovan Solicitors Kennedys Lavelle Solicitors OBH Partners Reddy Charlton Solicitors

13 Transport TIER 3 Dillon Eustace s team is led by maritime specialist Paul Gill, who has particular expertise in wrongful arrests. Gill acts mainly for shipowners and insurance companies against commercial threats and class-actions McCann FitzGerald A&L Goodbody Kennedys Noble Shipping Law Arthur Cox Dillon Eustace Mason Hayes & Curran Matheson Walkers William Fry Leading individuals Paul Gill

E: editorial@ ANDREW BATES WORK DEPARTMENT Asset Management and Investment Funds, Insurance POSITION Partner and Head of Financial Services CAREER Andrew is the Head of the Financial Services

14 E: ANDREW BATES WORK DEPARTMENT Asset Management and Investment Funds, Insurance POSITION Partner and Head of Financial Services CAREER Andrew is the Head of the Financial Services Department where he works primarily on asset management, investment funds and insurance regulatory matters. He has been recognized as a leading lawyer in these practice areas by Chambers, by the Legal 500, by IFLR and others. He is the author of several publications including Guides on UCITS, on Hedge Funds and on Private Equity Funds as well as on MiFID and cross border insurance regulation and is a regular speaker on financial services related topics at domestic and international events. MEMBER Andrew is a former Council Member of the Irish Funds Industry Association and is a member of the Investment Funds division of the IBA. He also sits on the boards of several investment fund platforms and asset managers. EDUCATION University College Dublin and the Law Society of Ireland

ADRIAN BENSON WORK DEPARTMENT Corporate and M&A, Insolvency and Corporate Recovery POSITION Partner, Corporate and M&A Department CAREER Adrian joined Dillon Eustace in January 2005 and was appointed

15 ADRIAN BENSON WORK DEPARTMENT Corporate and M&A, Insolvency and Corporate Recovery POSITION Partner, Corporate and M&A Department CAREER Adrian joined Dillon Eustace in January 2005 and was appointed a partner in Adrian has extensive experience advising on a wide range of corporate transactions and commercial arrangements across a wide range of industries including mergers and acquisitions, corporate re-organisations, shareholders agreements and disputes, joint ventures, private equity and corporate governance. MEMBER Law Society of Ireland; Dublin Solicitors Bar Association (DSBA); AIJA (Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats). Adrian was a former committee member of the Business & Commercial Law Committee of the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association. EDUCATION 1995 Bachelor of Business and Legal Studies (BBLS), University College Dublin 1999 Qualified as Irish Solicitor, The Law Society of Ireland

E: editorial@ TOM CARNEY WORK DEPARTMENT Competition and EU Law, Corporate and M&A POSITION Partner CAREER Tom joined Dillon Eustace in 2004 and became a partner in 2007.

16 E: TOM CARNEY WORK DEPARTMENT Competition and EU Law, Corporate and M&A POSITION Partner CAREER Tom joined Dillon Eustace in 2004 and became a partner in Tom is a former legal adviser to Ireland s telecommunications and pension regulators with broad experience in providing focused regulatory and commercial law advice to clients across several sectors. Tom has lectured and published broadly on EU commercial law matters. EDUCATION University College Galway, College of Europe in Belgium and the Law Society of Ireland.

JOHN DOYLE WORK DEPARTMENT Litigation and Dispute Resolution POSITION Partner. Specialist areas: Employment / Labour law. Commercial Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation.

17 JOHN DOYLE WORK DEPARTMENT Litigation and Dispute Resolution POSITION Partner. Specialist areas: Employment / Labour law. Commercial Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation. CAREER Trained at Cawley Sheerin Wynne, Dublin. Qualified in Commenced with present firm, Dillon Eustace in 1992 and became a Partner in LANGUAGES English MEMBER Law Society of Ireland. American Bar Association. European Employment Lawyers Association. Hon Secretary of Arbitration Ireland, former Hon Secretary of the Irish Commercial Mediation Association EDUCATION College of Commerce, Rathmines B.Sc (Mgmt.) Trinity College Dublin

E: editorial@ JAMIE ENSOR WORK DEPARTMENT Corporate Recovery and Insolvency POSITION Partner.

18 E: JAMIE ENSOR WORK DEPARTMENT Corporate Recovery and Insolvency POSITION Partner. Acts for insolvency practitioners, companies, creditors, shareholders and company directors in all aspects of insolvency and corporate recovery including examinerships, receiverships, liquidations and bankruptcies. Particular expertise acting for domestic banks, NAMA and many foreign banks in relation to their security enforcement and distressed asset recovery. More recently acting for large distressed asset funds active in the Irish market in relation to their enforcement options and remedies. Extensive experience in acting in the wide range of litigation before the superior courts arising from insolvency appointments. CAREER Joined Dillon Eustace from Eugene F. Collins in 2013 and became a partner in 2014 MEMBER Law Society of Ireland, Dublin Solicitors Bar Association, Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners (member of the website sub-committee), Law Society of England and Wales. American Bar Association (International) Steering Group for the International Secured Transactions & Insolvency Committee EDUCATION University College Dublin, Bachelor of Business & Legal Studies Law Society of Ireland, Qualified as a Solicitor in Admitted in England and Wales

19 CONOR KEAVENY WORK DEPARTMENT Banking & Capital Markets POSITION Conor is a Partner in Dillon Eustace s Banking & Capital Markets group. He acts on a wide range of banking transactions for both financial institutions and corporates, both Irish and foreign. Conor s lending experience extends to bi-lateral, club and syndicated lending arrangements, both secured and unsecured. He has a great deal of experience of acting for sellers, purchasers and financiers of loan portfolios. Conor has also advised extensively in the area of aircraft finance, including acting for aircraft lessors and financiers. Representative actions: Acting for Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (AIB) on a variety of secured lending transactions, including in relation to funding for a private secondary school; units in a retail park and an industrial facility. Acting for HSBC Bank plc in the refinancing of commercial and residential property in Dublin. Acting for ABN AMRO Bank (Luxembourg) S.A. in financing the acquisition by Irish companies of Spanish properties. Acting for a leading Irish nursing home group in the refinancing of its existing facilities and obtaining new facilities from an Irish bank. Acting for a listed investment group in various cross-border deals, including most recently a refinancing of a portfolio of German shopping centres. Acting for Perrigo Company p.l.c. in respect of the financing aspects of its acquisition of Elan Corporation p.l.c. Acting for Dilosk Limited in its acquisition of the ICS mortgage broking business from Bank of Ireland, including a portfolio of residential mortgages valued at in excess of 200 million. Acting for the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) carrying out loan and security due diligence on borrower connections transferred to NAMA. Acting for the Lone Star funds in the acquisition of the Project Kildare portfolio. Acting for NAMA in relation to the sale of the Project Arch portfolio. Acting for Goldman Sachs in relation to an acquisition financing for an international pharmaceutical group. CAREER Conor joined McCann FitzGerald as a trainee solicitor in March 1996, where his training period was largely spent in the Banking Department, including two periods in that firm s London office. On qualification in December 1998, Conor continued working in the Banking Department with a focus on asset finance, structured finance, public private partnerships and general banking. He was seconded to AerFi Group (now AerCap) for most of Conor joined the Banking Department of William Fry as an Associate in September 2004 in a general banking role, with a particular focus on secured property lending. In early 2006, Conor was seconded on a part-time basis to BNP Paribas, Dublin Branch. Conor joined Dillon Eustace in September 2006 and was made partner in August In late 2007, Conor was seconded on a part-time basis to Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking. MEMBER The Law Society of Ireland Irish Taxation Institute EDUCATION Trinity College Dublin: LL.B. The Law Society of Ireland: Solicitor Irish Taxation Institute: Associate

E: editorial@ BRIAN KELLIHER WORK DEPARTMENT Financial Services POSITION Brian is a partner in Dillon Eustace where he specialises in Asset Management & Investment Funds, Investment Services and

20 E: BRIAN KELLIHER WORK DEPARTMENT Financial Services POSITION Brian is a partner in Dillon Eustace where he specialises in Asset Management & Investment Funds, Investment Services and Regulatory & Compliance. In relation to investment funds, Brian advises on product design, authorisation, contract negotiation, marketing, migration and all applicable regulatory and compliance matters relating to all fund product types from traditional UCITS, ETFs, money market funds and alternative UCITS to the full spectrum of Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). CAREER Brian joined Dillon Eustace in 1994 and has been a partner in Dillon Eustace since Brian is a former chairman and member of the Legal and Regulatory Committee of the Irish Funds Industry Association. MEMBER Member of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland and a member of the Irish Funds Industry Association (IFIA) UK Distribution Working Group. Brian is also a member of the Company Law Review Group (an Irish statutory body established to advise the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on matters concerning company law). EDUCATION University College Cork ( ) where Brian obtained a Bachelor of Civil Law Degree. Brian is qualified as a solicitor to practice in Ireland since 1994 and is also qualified as a solicitor to practice in England and Wales.

DERBHIL O RIORDAN WORK DEPARTMENT Financial Services, Asset Management and Investment Funds, Derivatives POSITION Partner working in Financial Services, Asset Management and Investment Funds and

21 DERBHIL O RIORDAN WORK DEPARTMENT Financial Services, Asset Management and Investment Funds, Derivatives POSITION Partner working in Financial Services, Asset Management and Investment Funds and Derivatives CAREER Derbhil joined Dillon Eustace in 2003 and became a partner in Derbhil s practice covers both the hedge fund and private equity space and her legal expertise lies in establishing, structuring and operation of Cayman and Irish structures. Recent deal highlights include establishment of a multi-tiered, cross-jurisdictional private equity structure allowing EU investors access to Cayman loan origination funds, establishment of UCITS CTA funds using automated trading systems and ongoing advices to Cayman AIFs on accessing European capital. Derbhil publishes frequently on the impacts of on-shore regulation on off-shore jurisdictions, such as AIFMD in Cayman. EDUCATION Bachelor of Civil Law Degree from University College Cork (2000), LLM (Law and Computers) Queens University Belfast (2001), Law Society of Northern Ireland (2003), Law Society of Ireland (2003), Law Society of England and Wales (2010) and Law Society of Cayman Islands (2013)

E: editorial@ LORCAN TIERNAN WORK DEPARTMENT Corporate and M&A, Insolvency and Corporate Recovery, and Financial Services. POSITION Head of Corporate and M&A Department.

22 E: LORCAN TIERNAN WORK DEPARTMENT Corporate and M&A, Insolvency and Corporate Recovery, and Financial Services. POSITION Head of Corporate and M&A Department. CAREER Lorcan became a partner of Dillon Eustace in 2000 and Head of its Corporate and Commercial Department in His main areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate insolvency and financial services. MEMBER Lorcan is a member of the International Bar Association and is currently Co-Chair of the ABA s International Financial Products and Services Committee and a member of the Irish Law Society s Business Law Committee. He also acts as the ABA s liaison to the Law Society of Ireland. He is a past-chairman of the IFIA s Alternative Investment Committee as well as a past member of FEFSI s Hedge Funds Working Group. He is an alternate director of the Irish Takeover Panel. EDUCATION 1991 Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) University College Dublin Masters in Law (LLM) University of London Qualified as Irish Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland.

Kenneth L. Bachman, Jr.

Kenneth L. Bachman, Jr. Partner, Washington Office Kenneth L. Bachman is a partner based in the Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Bachman's practice focuses on financial institution and economic sanctions matters,