Tughans Solicitors

Tughans announce Insurance Institute sponsorship

  Tughans is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Insurance Institute of Northern Ireland Premium Masterclass series.  Neil Cahill and Laura McKee of Tughans are pictured with IINI President Brian Caruth at the launch event.   Under the theme of ‘Premium’, the series now in its 9th year, will feature technical insurance presentations from... Read More

Tughans expands legal team

Tughans has significantly expanded its legal team with the appointment of 13 new members of staff. Managing Partner Patrick Brown, said that significant continued growth in the firm’s corporate and commercial portfolio has necessitated the recruitment drive.  “2018 has been extremely strong for the firm in terms of corporate transactions, building on last year’s performance... Read More

Housebuilding remains a bright spot in Northern Ireland’s challenging construction sector

RICS and Tughans Northern Ireland Construction & Infrastructure Market Survey, Q2, 2018 Private housing was the only part of Northern Ireland’s construction sector reported to be in growth mode in the Q2 2018 RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) and Tughans Northern Ireland Construction & Infrastructure Market Survey. Overall workloads were reported to be broadly... Read More

Tughans top Experian NI M&A league table

Experian Deal and Adviser M&A 1/2 year league tables have just been announced, with Tughans in top position in both the deal volume and deal value tables.   There were 80 deals announced in Northern Ireland during the first half of 2018, a 26.6% decline on the 109 transactions recorded during H1 2017 but still... Read More

Manufacturing NI and Tughans NI Manufacturing Survey 2018

Despite high profile job losses, the most comprehensive survey of local manufacturers this year has identified a sector which is growing, putting on jobs, inflation busting pay rises and resilient in the face of power political headwinds. The survey, conducted for Manufacturing NI and Tughans shows that the shadow of Brexit and local political uncertainty... Read More

PARTNER PROMOTION AT TUGHANS

We are delighted to announce that Patricia Rooney has been promoted to partner within our employment team.   Patricia has over twenty years’ experience in employment law and has been a director with Tughans since 2010.  She is dual-qualified in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and regularly appears on behalf of clients in... Read More

NORTHERN IRELAND DEALMAKERS AWARDS 2018 WINNERS’ ROUNDTABLE

Liquidity and Positivity Boosting NI Deals Market There was a great deal of positivity at this year’s Winners’ Roundtable for the Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards, which was sponsored by Clarendon Executive. There is strong capital availability in the market from banks, private equity firms and from the alternative funders – which is powering M&A transactions... Read More

Private industrial and housebuilding grow but NI surveyors UK’s least optimistic

RICS & Tughans Northern Ireland Construction & Infrastructure Market Survey, Q1 2018 Private industrial workloads saw growth for the first time in two years according to the Q1 2018 RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) and Tughans Northern Ireland Construction & Infrastructure Market Survey. The survey also recorded a rise in the number of respondents... Read More

Wonder Woman?

I had the honour of accepting an award recently at the Insider Dealmaker Awards. I was absolutely delighted that my hard work had been recognised by the local business community. The award also highlighted the dedication of my team and the great support I have enjoyed from my clients throughout the past year. But I... Read More

Triple success at Insider’s Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards 2018

Tughans has celebrated triple success at Insider’s Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards 2018.  Corporate partner Ciara Lagan won the title ‘Dealmaker of the Year’ whilst two of Tughans’ major corporate deals lifted the winner’s accolade in the Private Equity / Venture Capital Deal of the Year and the Deal of the Year (£2.5m – £10m) categories.... Read More