A&L Goodbody

Corporate law firm A&L Goodbody (ALG) has named social enterprise and wellbeing charity Inspire as its new charity partner in Northern Ireland. ALG, which employs around 120 lawyers and business support professionals in Belfast, will support Inspire through volunteering, pro bono legal advice an

Corporate law firm A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced the appointment of four new solicitors at its Belfast office. Lauren McCollum and Shane Swaile have both been appointed as assistant solicitors in the corporate department, while Lydia Gilmour and Kourosh Abelehkoob have joined the banking and

A&L Goodbody has directly lobbied government ministers for the removal of juries from defamation cases, according to reports. The firm wrote to Justice Minister Helen McEntee following her appointment earlier this year to argue for urgent reform of the Defamation Act 2009, The Irish Times report

A&L Goodbody's Belfast office has advised on the redevelopment, letting and refinancing of Merchant Square, which represents the largest ever private sector office letting recorded in Northern Ireland. The law firm advised local property development firm Oakland Holdings in relation to the prime

Keavy Ryan, partner at A&L Goodbody, reflects on the future for solicitors qualifying in 2020. Take a moment to consider the class of 2020. After years of hard work from secondary school right through to the final year of third level, they will graduate into a world of uncertainty. Over the

A&L Goodbody partner John Whelan spoke alongside privacy activist Max Schrems at a recent webinar on data privacy. The "CJEU Privacy Ruling Explained" event was hosted by the European American Chamber of Commerce in New York.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Eugene F Collins has advised the management team at Irish PR company Drury Porter Novelli on its management buyout.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Matheson has advised US-based Modern Hire on its recent acquisition of Ireland-based video technology company Sonru.

A&L Goodbody has ranked as the top M&A firm in Ireland by deal count in the latest edition of Mergermarket's Global and Regional M&A Report. The firm advised on nine deals worth $568 million in the first half of 2020, closely followed by Matheson, which advised on nine deals worth $405 m

A&L Goodbody has been voted Ireland's most popular graduate recruiter in law for the ninth year in a row. The firm won recognition in the the 2020 gradireland Graduate Recruitment Awards, which are adjudicated by an expert panel of judges and the votes of over 13,000 undergraduate students in Ir

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Arthur Cox has worked with US law firm Akin Gump LLP to advise a group of unsecured creditors on an Irish scheme of arrangement which was approved by the High Court yesterday.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Ireland's two largest law firms, Arthur Cox and A&L Goodbody, have advised on the largest green revolving credit facility in the Irish real estate market.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Arthur Cox has advised Flutter Entertainment on its successful share placing raising gross proceeds of £812.6 million.

Major Irish law firms including Matheson, William Fry and Eversheds Sutherland are continuing to make strategic hires and welcome newly-qualified solicitors, trainees and interns in spite of the COVID-19 crisis, Irish Legal News can reveal. Top-level hires completed in recent weeks have included con

A round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Arthur Cox Listing Services has acted as listing agent for Firmenich Productions Participations SAS on its inaugural €1.5 billion Eurobond.