Angela is a partner in Matheson’s Disputes and Investigations Group.

She brings over 17 years’ experience in advising in some of the most significant litigation to come before the Irish Courts in recent years.

She was one of the lead partners representing four of the world’s leading Aircraft Leasing Companies in insurance coverage claims in four separate sets of proceedings in what were the largest insurance coverage claims to ever come before the Irish courts, with similar proceedings being run in the UK and the US.

Angela won Lawyer of the Year – Aviation Disputes – at the Women in Business Law Awards EMEA in 2023 and was nominated again in this category in 2024.

Connor Cassidy is a partner in the Disputes and Investigations Group at Matheson.

Our Disputes and Investigations Group works closely with technical experts from our non-contentious practice areas, including the Technology and Innovation, Financial Institutions, Asset Management, Finance and Capital Markets and Corporate groups to ensure a seamless service which understands and meets our clients’ regulatory requirements and priorities.

April McClements is a Partner in the Disputes and Investigations Group.

April is a commercial litigator and specialises in insurance disputes. She is recognised by Legal 500 as a “Leading Individual” for Insurance and has won Insurance Lawyer of the Year twice at the EMEA Women in Business Awards. She is ranked by Chambers & Partners for Insurance Disputes.

April advises on the full spectrum of insurance disputes, in particular complex coverage disputes, across all lines of business.  She also advises on policy wording interpretation and drafting, D&O claims, professional indemnity claims (including any potential third party liability), cyber, W&I and emerging risks, and subrogation claims.

Aisling Kavanagh is a partner in Matheson’s Disputes and Investigations team.

Aisling specialises in complex, high stakes insurance coverage disputes. She also practices in commercial and financial services dispute resolution, and arbitration.

Aisling advises domestic and international clients on policy wording interpretation, complex coverage disputes, D&O claims, professional indemnity claims, including any potential third party liability, and subrogation claims.

Julie is a partner and co-head of Matheson’s Disputes and Investigations Group in Matheson.

Julie advises on a wide range of contentious matters including corporate, commercial, aviation and financial services disputes and investigations as well as governance, including in regulated sectors.  She specialises in cross-border disputes and fraud, asset recovery, enforcement and jurisdictional issues.

Julie has significant expertise in shareholder disputes and contentious corporate restructuring and insolvency matters (for which she was ranked for many years) and regularly advises in relation to directors’ duties, corporate governance and risk.

Karen is a partner in our Disputes and Investigations team and leads our multi-practice Regulatory Investigations Group. Karen has almost 20 years experience acting for clients in high stakes commercial and regulatory disputes and investigations.

Karen has acted in some of the most high, profile Commercial Court cases in recent years, and the most significant Central Bank investigations.  Karen regularly advises boards and senior management in all aspects of their regulatory engagement, their communications with stakeholders and how to mitigate and navigate commercial and reputational risk, to secure optimum outcomes in contentious matters.  She is an advocate of alternative dispute resolution and has negotiated positive settlements to secure confidential resolutions for clients in many cases.

Aishlinn Gannon is a partner in Matheson’s Disputes and Investigations Group, where she leads on complex, high-stakes disputes and contentious regulatory matters, with a particular focus on the financial services sector.

A seasoned litigator, Aishlinn has acted in many of the most significant commercial disputes in recent years. She represents leading financial institutions, global corporates and insurers in complex litigation before the Superior Courts, bringing a strategic and commercially-focused approach to each matter.

As trusted adviser in regulatory investigations and enforcement actions, Aishlinn supports both domestic and international clients navigating regulatory scrutiny, crisis response, and reputational risk. She delivers clear, strategic advice to organisations, and senior individuals on all aspects of investigations and enforcement actions.

Darren Maher is a partner and Co-Head of the Firm’s Corporate Department and Head of the Financial Institutions Group at Matheson. He has led the Financial Institutions Group since 2017.

He advises a wide range of leading domestic and international financial institutions on all aspects of financial services law and regulation including establishment and authorisation, development and distribution of products, compliance, corporate governance and re-organisations including cross-border mergers, schemes of arrangement, portfolio transfers and mergers and acquisitions.

Darren is a leading figure in the (re)insurance market. He is ranked Band 1 in Chambers and has been admitted to the Hall of Fame in Legal 500 for Corporate Insurance.

Gráinne Callanan, is head of the Matheson Cork office and is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group and specialises in health insurance and regulatory insurance.

Gráinne advises a wide range of leading domestic and international financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland including life and non-life (re)insurance companies, captive insurers and intermediaries on corporate transactions, regulatory and compliance and corporate governance. Gráinne has extensive expertise in the areas of new authorisations, portfolio transfers, cross-border mergers, corporate restructurings, product development and distribution arrangements.

She has advised on a wide range of innovative transactions in the insurance market and has taken a leading role advising clients on a number of significant acquisitions of closed books of life insurance businesses.