RDJ Recognised by Chambers Europe 2025 Guide
Chambers Europe 2025 ranks RDJ in 11 practice areas, including a top-tier ranking for Insurance: Dispute Resolution.
The 2025 edition of Chambers Europe has been published. RDJ has been named a leader in 11 practice areas, including a Band 1 ranking for Insurance: Dispute Resolution. 18 partners were recognised for their individual achievements over the past 12 months.
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Below is a summary of the firm’s rankings.
Banking & Finance
"The team is thorough, diligent and responsive."
"RDJ provides high levels of practical, commercial advice on transactions."
"Cian Fenton is an excellent banking transaction lawyer with timely, high-quality and grounded transaction execution."
"He provides a superior level of service and is both highly skilled and very personable."
Construction
"RDJ's depth of construction industry experience across its team is a core strength."
"RDJ doesn't only provide advice, the team provides it promptly and is good at negotiating as well."
"Finola has a clear way of explaining her client's position."
"Finola McCarthy has huge experience and a wonderfully calm demeanour, no matter what the context."
Corporate/M&A
"Time and time again, the team demonstrates its ability to quickly understand all the potential risks and ensure the right expertise is brought in to advise at certain stages."
"RDJ keep the wheels turning, ensuring that transactions move at an efficient pace."
"The lawyers are fantastic communicators."
"The firm is very available and really diligent in what it does."
"The lawyers know their stuff and are very practical."
"Gillian Keating
clearly has a lot of experience and is really considered in her approach to problems. She really thinks through all of the detail which makes it really easy to trust her advice."
"Gillian has very strong negotiation skills."
Dispute Resolution
"RDJ provides excellent legal advice furnished through a commercial lens."
"The team's knowledge is excellent and the lawyers are accessible and always well prepared."
"The team is made up of very responsive partners who really get into the business and its needs."
"The team has great legal, commercial, negotiation and settlement skills. It is very committed and available to the client."
"There isn't a member of that team who doesn't deliver."
"Richard Martin is excellent."
Dispute Resolution: Healthcare Litigation
"Padraic Brennan is a powerhouse driving the healthcare team by direction and example, striving at all times for meticulous excellence."
"Fergal Dennehy is a smart, experienced and wily adviser, achieving great results."
"Imelda Tierney is an immensely knowledgeable, astute and practical adviser."
"Peter Groarke is a super-capable lawyer with a fine instinct for the tactical needs of his clients' cases."
Employment
"The team knows employment law inside out and has a lot of practical experience."
"The team is knowledgeable, responsive and provides us with solutions."
"RDJ provides fair, balanced and detailed advice, after completing comprehensive research and communication on an issue."
"Jennifer is one of the most hardworking lawyers I have worked with. She consistently demonstrates a level of dedication and expertise that truly makes a difference in complex employment law matters."
"Jennifer Cashman consistently impresses with her expertise and client-oriented approach."
"She delivers advice effectively to her clients and provides straightforward, practical guidance while maintaining a deep commitment to her clients' interests."
Insurance: Dispute Resolution
"RDJ offers extensive and wide-reaching technical expertise."
"RDJ has an incredibly strong team that is bright, plugged into the market, very responsive and exceptionally pleasant to deal with."
"Donal Twomey
is an expert and a well-rounded practitioner."
"Jamie Olden is great. He's been around a long time and is really good."
"Peter Lennon handles complex work."
"Uilliam Ó Lorcáin is really responsive, pragmatic and easy to deal with."
Real Estate
"The lawyers at RDJ understand the commercial aspects of deals in great detail."
"RDJ has a vast array of knowledge and practical experience."
"Evin is a great solicitor with a very strong, focused and target-driven team."
"Evin McCarthy is an exceptional lawyer across the board."
"Margaret Ring has vast knowledge and experience in her subject matter and focuses on detail."
Restructuring/Insolvency
"RDJ has over many decades enjoyed a great reputation in the field of insolvency and restructuring; the team enjoys and carries forward that heritage. Clients' concerns come first."
"RDJ handles complex examinerships exceptionally well, with quality resources allocated to every issue."
"Ashling Walsh went above and beyond at all times."
Tax
"RDJ have a clear and practical approach."
"John Cuddigan is absolutely brilliant and a very safe pair of hands."
"John is an outstanding lawyer and is very sensible and smart."
TMT: Media
"The team at RDJ is responsive, understands the urgency of issues and is always prepared."
"RDJ's commitment to transparent communication and proactive guidance makes it a trusted partner."
"RDJ stands out for its deep industry knowledge, responsiveness and pragmatic approach to legal issues."
"The firm is strong on negotiations and is responsive."
"Darryl Broderick is fantastic, very responsive, pragmatic and gets straight to the point."
RDJ ranked a leading law firm in the following practice areas:
- Banking & Finance
- Construction
- Corporate/M&A
- Dispute Resolution
- Dispute Resolution: Healthcare Litigation
- Employment
- Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Real Estate
- Restructuring/Insolvency
- Tax
- TMT: Media
Individual recognitions went to:
Lawyer-Practice Area
- Padraic Brennan – Dispute Resolution: Healthcare
- Darryl Broderick – TMT: Media
- Jennifer Cashman – Employment
- John Cuddigan – Tax
- Fergal Dennehy – Dispute Resolution: Healthcare
- Cian Fenton – Banking and Finance
- Peter Groarke – Dispute Resolution: Healthcare
- Gillian Keating – Corporate/M&A
- Peter Lennon – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Richard Martin – Dispute Resolution
- Evin McCarthy – Real Estate
- Finola McCarthy - Construction
- Jamie Olden – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Uilliam Ó Lorcáin – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Margaret Ring – Real Estate
- Imelda Tierney - Dispute Resolution: Healthcare
- Donal Twomey – Insurance: Dispute Resolution
- Ashling Walsh – Restructuring/Insolvency
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