Mergers

Dublin firm McGroddy Brennan LLP has announced a successful merger with Naas-based Paul A Ferris and Co. Merrion Street-headquartered McGroddy Brennan LLP offers expert legal advice across property, commercial, family, employment, social housing, mediation, dispute resolution, litigation and probate

Dublin firm KOD Lyons has taken over the practice of Dun Laoghaire-based Jonathan Dunphy Solicitors following the appointment of its managing partner as a Circuit Court judge. The firms said the "strategic union" would enhance legal services for the clients of both firms, particularly in the areas o

Gartlan Furey LLP has welcomed Paula Fallon to its private client team following a merger with Paula Fallon & Associates. Ms Fallon brings nearly four decades of experience in the law, having qualified in 1986 and run her own specialist practice in the area of wills and administration of estates

Long-established Galway firms MG Ryan & Co and Kieran Murphy & Co are to merge, creating a new firm called MG Ryan Kieran Murphy LLP. The merger will take effect from 1 September 2023, creating a new law practice comprising four partners, four solicitors and a total staff of 20 people.

US-headquartered Clark Hill has acquired Dublin-based HBMO Solicitors, bringing its total headcount in Ireland to 31. Clark Hill first expanded into Ireland in February 2019 through a merger with Dublin-based O'Gradys Solicitors, providing Irish clients with access to US legal services and vice vers

Derry-based McCay Legal has acquired AD McClay & Company Solicitors in a deal which will grow the firm's staff to a headcount of 20 and allow it to offer certain services south of the border for the first time. Former AD McClay partners Neville Kerr and Charles Kane will remain with the combined

Dublin firms Reddy Charlton LLP and Simon McAleese Solicitors LLP have announced a merger. The merger follows the recent appointment of Simon McAleese as a judge of the Circuit Court.

A merger of Crowley Millar Solicitors LLP and J R Sweeney LLP has taken effect.

Newry-headquartered Fisher & Fisher Solicitors has announced the acquisition of Colman R Hanna Solicitors in Newcastle. Fisher & Fisher has six locations across Northern Ireland, including its own office in Newcastle as well as Belfast, Kilkeel, Rathfriland and Donaghadee.

Mayo-based solicitors' practices P. O’Connor & Son and Aileen McGing Solicitors have announced the merger of their respective firms. Charlestown-based solicitor Aileen McGing, who has delivered decades of service to the people of Charlestown, East Mayo, Connacht and further afield, now joi

Catherine Allison & Co Solicitors has announced a merger with Belfast practice Leeson & Co Solicitors. Prior to the merger, Catherine Allison & Co Solicitors had an office in Newry, Co Down in addition to its headquarters in Dundalk, Co Louth.

Ennis-based Michael Houlihan & Partners (MHP) and Limerick-based Sellors LLP have completed a merger forming the largest law firm in Co Clare and the largest dual-county legal team in the Mid-West region. The new firm, known as MHP Sellors, will be led by managing partner Stephen Keogh, who prev

Dublin-based commercial law firm Kenny Solicitors has joined Eversheds Sutherland LLP, boosting the global law practice's commercial litigation and real estate offerings in Ireland. Kenny Solicitors' team of lawyers, led by principal Graham Kenny, will become part of Eversheds Sutherland's team in I

Dublin-based commercial law firm Leman Solicitors LLP has merged with international law firm Ogier, becoming Ogier Leman LLP from June 2022. The combined firm will offer legal services to the Irish market in the areas of corporate, real estate, dispute resolution and employment, and an international

Co Cork firms Walsh & Partners Solicitors LLP and Deborah O'Connell Solicitors have announced a merger with effect from next week. The new firm will practice under the title of Walsh and Partners Solicitors LLP, incorporating Deborah O'Connell Solicitor, and will be located at 88 Main Street, Mi