Mergers

A new firm, Fagan Killeen, has been formed through the merger of Dublin firms Killeen Solicitors and Fagan Bergin. Former Killeen Solicitors partner Ronan Killeen has been named as managing partner of the new firm, which will continue to operate from what was Killeen Solicitors' office at 14 Mountjo

McGroddy Brennan LLP Solicitors has merged with Donal O'Kelly and Co Solicitors. The merger took effect yesterday, exactly one year after Merrion Street-based McGroddy Brennan's merger with Naas firm Paul A Ferris and Co,

ByrneWallace and LK Shields Solicitors are to merge in a shock move that will create one of the largest law firms in Ireland. The merged firm, to be called Byrne Wallace Shields, will create a firm with over 430 employees, including 220 solicitors.

Corporate law firm Flynn O'Driscoll LLP and commercial law firm Vincent & Beatty LLP have agreed to merge. The merger will be effective from 1 January 2025 and will create a firm with a headcount of 140 staff.

Two Newry firms, Luke Curran & Co Solicitors and Casey & Casey Solicitors, have merged.

Noonan & Cuddy LLP has changed is name to Noonan Cuddy O’Neill LLP and has incorporated John O’Neill Solicitors (Loughrea) and Cuddy & Co Solicitors (Loughrea). Noonan Cuddy O’Neill LLP will operate across two locations at Society Street, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway H53 P2K5, a

Dublin firm O'Brien Redmond Solicitors has merged with Ken Kennedy Law, the two firms announced today. Inspired by a generation of family solicitors before him, O'Brien Redmond Solicitors was established by Brian O'Brien in 1997. Mr O'Brien's mother was a solicitor and her aunt became Ireland's firs

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.