Tony
O'Grady
Consultant
Tony O’Grady is a consultant in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department and head of the Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Group at Matheson. He advises on all aspects of corporate restructuring and insolvency law matters and represents a number of financial institutions, public and private companies and insolvency office-holders.
Tony is a member of INSOL, R3 and the Insolvency Lawyers Association. He lectures frequently on corporate restructuring and insolvency law matters. He has spoken at conferences organised by many professional bodies and other organisations including most recently the American Bankruptcy Institute. He has written widely on the subject of insolvency and is co-author of the Law Society of Ireland’s insolvency manual.
Areas of Expertise
Experience and Education
Tony has advised:
- in high profile restructurings of Aer Arann, Cityjet, Nordic Aviation and Stobart Aer;
- in relation to numerous international and domestic financial institutions financial institutions in relation to distressed debt resolution;
- insolvency officiaIs in relation to numerous large domestic insolvencies including many in the aviation sector; and
- in numerous other cross-border insolvencies and restructurings over the years including those relating to KPNQwest, Exodus Communications, Flightlease, Sea Containers, Eurofood, (the Irish subsidiary of the Parmalat Group, in relation to the first reference to the European Court of Justice for an interpretation of the European Insolvency Regulation) and Petroceltic.
- Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland – 1993
- University College Cork
