Legal 500 2017

PUBLISHED: 13th April 2017

The firm has been highly ranked in the latest edition of Legal 500.

Leading independent legal ranking publication Legal 500 has again highly ranked a number of our practice areas and solicitors.
 

LK Shields have been ranked in the following practice areas:

• Banking and Finance - the ‘excellent’ Neil O’Keeffe and practice head Richard Curran are recommended.
• Capital Markets - David Williams is recommended.
• Commercial, Corporate and M&A -  The ‘intelligent and pragmatic’ team includes managing partner Emmet Scully and ‘Problem-solver’ Gerry Halpenny.
• Dispute Resolution -  Practice head Michael Kavanagh is recommended. The ‘superbly efficient’ Jennifer Clarke and Edmund Butler are also recommended.
• EU & Competition - Marco Hickey is recommended, whose ‘huge amount of international experience is useful for both local and international acquisitions’.
• Employment - Aoife Bradley, Jennifer O’Neill and Susan Battye are recommended.
• Energy and Natural Resources -  Philip Daly is recommended.
• Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring - The ‘very responsive and capable’ Jill Callanan is recommended as is Ruairi Mulrean.
• Insurance - Edmund Butler is recommended.
• Intellectual Property - we are recommended.
• Investment Funds - LK Shields Solicitors is ‘quick in understanding the problems and getting the proper answer’. David Williams is recommended.
• Pesions and Employee Benefits - Amy Bradley is recommended.
• Projects and PPP - Richard Curran is recommended.
• Real Estate - Clair Cassidy and John Campbell are recommended.
• Telecoms - Practice head Gerry Halpenny provides ‘consistently practical and appropriate advice’.

2 lawyers are listed in the elite "Leading lawyers" list.

• Dispute Resolution - Edmund Butler
• EU and Competition - Marco Hickey
   

1 lawyer is listed in the "Next generation lawyers" list.

• Dispute Resolution - Jennifer Clarke