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Nine of our partners have been recommended in the just published 2014 Legal 500 EMEA edition. Details of our recommendations are listed below:Banking and finance:‘Ambitious firm’ McDowell Purcell has ‘a great spread of experience and industry knowledge’. Breen Purcell is ‘very approachable’ and ‘client-focused’. The firm was recently appointed to the Bank of Ireland Special Recoveries Group Panel.Corporate and commercial:McDowell Purcell takes ‘a no-nonsense, practical, fr...
Nine of our partners have been recommended in the just published 2014 Legal 500 EMEA edition. Details of our recommendations are listed below: Banking and finance: ‘Ambitious firm’ McDowell Purcell has ‘a great spread of experience and industry knowledge’. Breen Purcell is ‘very approachable’ and ‘client-focused’. The firm was recently appointed to the Bank of Ireland Special Recoveries Group Panel. Corporate and commercial: McDowell Purcell takes ‘a no-nonsense, practical, friendly and effective approach’, led by Feilim O’Caoimh. Clients include Bank of Ireland, Ecclesiastical Insurance and Wind Energy Direct. Employment: Barry Walsh is recommended Energy and natural resources: McDowell Purcell assists with development, finance, sale or acquisition, and regulatory matters in the energy sector. Feilim O’Caoimh and Thomas O’Malley are recommended. Insolvency and corporate restructuring: At McDowell Purcell, Mark Woodcock ‘has built up a hand-picked team of insolvency specialists who mesh well together’. Clients include BDO, NAMA, KBC Bank and Grant Thornton. Pensions and employee benefits: McDowell Purcell is advising 124 members of the Element Six Contributory Pension Plan in a €50m Commercial Court action against the trustees of the scheme. James McConville heads the pensions unit, and has ‘exceptional understanding of technical pensions legislation’. Public sector: JP McDowell heads McDowell Purcell’s public and regulatory law department, and is ‘very knowledgeable in the regulatory area, listens well to problems and explores issues in detail’. Eimear Burke and Aideen Ryan are also recommended. Real estate: At McDowell Purcell, the ‘respected and experienced’ Breen Purcell is ‘an industry heavyweight’, and Thomas O’Malley is also recommended. Clients include KBC Bank, Bank of Ireland and NAMA. For more information on Legal 500 EMEA visit their website at www.legal500.com.