Awards and Testimonials

  • Law Firm of the Year, Northern Ireland - Dealmakers Global Awards 2011
  • Full Service Law Firm of the Year, Northern Ireland - Intercontinental Finance Global Awards 2010
  • Short-listed for UK National Law Firm of the Year, 2010 – Legal Business magazine
  • Regional Law Firm of the Year, 2009 – Acquisition Finance magazine
  • Best Law Firm in Northern Ireland for Insolvency Work, 2009 - Corporate International magazine
  • Business Consultancy of the Year, 2008 – UTV/Business Eye Awards

Testimonials


Extracts and Quotations from Chambers UK 2012 Directory


www.chambersandpartners.com/UK/Firms/427-45057

Real Estate This five-partner real estate team has a varied client base and has been involved in a number of high-value transactions. 
 
Clinical Negligence This team remains a leading player in the market and handles a diverse range of cases, winning particular acclaim for its successes in high quantum matters. 

Sources say they are "excellent at distilling complex legal issues into understandable concepts," adding that "they give the client one lawyer to maintain a personal relationship throughout a case and are responsive to calls and queries." 
 
Dispute Resolution
Tughans remains a premier firm for commercial dispute resolution, offering clients broad expertise spanning shareholder disputes, property disputes, IP and public procurement.
 
Corporate M&A Tughans has a very fine reputation for its corporate practice in Northern Ireland.  

Clients enjoy working with the firm, and particularly note the quality of its lawyers, who “will turn matters around immediately if needed. They have very good business understanding, and are of a very high standard.”
 
Professional Injury
 
Tughans attracts market respect for its excellence in communications and expertise in EL/PL and RTA claims. 

Clients value how the team "acts professionally and reacts to our needs promptly."
 
Real Estate Litigation
 
This five-partner real estate team has a varied client base and has been involved and has been involved in a number of high-value transactions. 
 
Intellectual Property Tughans' purposeful and commercially focused approach to IP work continues to impress commentators. 

Interviewees say they are "technically excellent, hard-working and genuinely go the extra mile for their clients."
 
Banking and Finance
 
The "very impressive and proactive" banking and finance team at Tughans has notable expertise in property finance, asset finance and acquisition finance.
 
Environment Tughans offers expertise in both contentious and non-contentious environmental matters. 
 
Employment The employment team here advises clients across the public and private sectors and is particularly strong on tribunal claims and transactional matters. 
 
Restructuring and Insolvency The practice at Tughans is noted for proving a "fast and responsive service" as well as being "great at explaining complex matters." 
 






















Extracts and Quotations from UK Legal 500 2011 Directory


www.legal500.com/firms/654-tughans/7991-belfast

Corporate and commercial
 
Tughans provides ‘clear advice that is very focused and timely
Dispute resolution
Tughans has ‘a top insurance practice’ as part of 
an extensive litigation department.
 
Banking and finance Tughans' excellent team frequently advises on cross-border, multi-jurisdictional matters properties.
 
Insolvency Tughans' ‘very good’ insolvency department is ‘responsive and its depth of knowledge impressive.

Employment

Tughans advises on the employment aspects of transactions and restructuring, as well as handling tribunal and other contentious matters.
 
Projects, energy and natural resources The group is active in energy matters.
Real estate: Commercial Property Tughans is outstanding, and is recommended for its efficiency, business acumen and speed of response.
 
Environment and planning Tughans recruited Andrew Ryan (‘a good environmental lawyer’) from Carson McDowell in April 2010 to head its newly formed environment and planning practice.
 
TMT (technology, media and Intellectual property and information technology: Tughans advises venture capital investors and technology companies on exploiting and defending their IP rights.