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This distinguished real estate practice provides specialist advice encompassing property development, investment transactions, property finance, asset management and distressed property. The team's distinguished client portfolio includes Tesco, Belfast Harbour Commissioners and Diageo Pension Trust. Clients are impressed by the group's "speed of response and commerciality, which sets them apart."
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| Clinical Negligence |
This team has seen a significant increase recently in medical and dental defence instructions and it maintains its superb reputation in the field. It defends clients on the full sweep of clinical negligence matters from low-value to substantial cases of the utmost gravity.
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Dispute Resolution
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Tughan's dispute resolution practice includes construction contract, shareholder and IP disputes, as well as judicial reviews, debt recovery and procurement challenges. The department is part of a larger team within the firm which boasts in excess of 20 solicitors, meaning it is able to advise on complex high-end cases.
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| Corporate M&A |
Tughans' corporate team is a traditional powerhouse in Northern Ireland, especially in advising private equity funds and venture capitalists. The team also advises a number of the region's top food and drink companies, including Diageo, United Dairies, Monaghan Mushrooms and Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association. Sources praise the team as "a quality legal practice with some very knowledgeable and commercially savvy lawyers who provide sterling support to the company."
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Professional Injury
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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." (Chambers 2012 extract)
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Real Estate Litigation
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The Tughans property litigation team specialises in landlord and tenant disputes, adverse possession claims and development-related litigation. It has acted for the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in a dispute arising from a prominent city centre development. Other clients include Tesco and Carneyhaugh Properties.
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| Intellectual Property |
This firm is recognised for the quality of its specialist IP offering. Many of the firm's lawyers have previous in-house experience at technology firms, which is seen as a major advantage by many clients. Sources say: "The culture of Tughans as a firm is very positive and impressive. They are professional, informed and easy to work with." Key clients include Intelesens, Kelvatek and MD Golf.
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Banking and Finance
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The dedicated banking team here has expertise covering the full range of banking and finance transactions, from secured and unsecured lending to restructuring and refinancing. "The level of service is strong and they are very pragmatic about fees," according to one impressed source.
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| Environment |
As "one of the top law firms in Northern Ireland," according to one client, Tughans continues to attract a healthy variety of work. The defence of environmental prosecutions, judicial reviews, environmental due diligence on corporate and property transactions and regulatory advice all feature regularly in the team's workload. Its "focused, and commercially aware" practitioners act for clients including Corbo Properties, Irish Recycling Services, Invest Northern Ireland and Eastwood Waste. Recent highlights include advising on the environmental aspects of three energy-from-waste projects for client Lagan Construction.
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| Employment |
A six-strong team guides clients in Northern Ireland on all manner of concerns, from generating terms and conditions to redundancies, TUPE transfers and a wide array of employment disputes. Sources highlight the team's "impressive strength in depth," its high levels of customer service and its "willingness to be available when required." It is also deemed to provide good value for money. Clients include Invest NI and the Electricity Supply Board.
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| Restructuring and Insolvency |
Tughans has maintained its strong position in restructuring work where the team advises on contentious and non-contentious instructions. It has fostered impressive relationships with clients such as KPMG, BDO, National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) and Bank of Ireland. The team recently advised the IBRC on its challenge to the Northern Ireland High Court bankruptcy order made against Sean Quinn, once the richest man in the Republic of Ireland.
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