Doug Smith
- Phone: +353 1 202 6400
- Mobile: +353 86 235 4120
- Email: dsmith@efc.ie
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Practice Areas
Doug Smith is the partner in charge of the firm's Corporate Recovery group. He has a broad range of experience in the area of commercial law and specialist knowledge of corporate restructuring and insolvency law. He represents companies in financial difficulty, creditors of companies in financial difficulty, insolvency/restructuring office holders and the executives of companies in financial difficulty. He is involved in most of the significant Irish restructuring and insolvency cases in one capacity or another. He has also been involved in cross-border restructurings and insolvencies.
Education
Admitted as a solicitor in 1997
B.A. (1990), University College, Galway
LL.B. (1993), University College, Galway
Membership of Chambers / Bodies
Doug is a member of IBA (section on insolvency restructuring and creditors rights), Insol, the UK Insolvency lawyers' association and the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners.
Achievements and Endorsements
Doug is a regular lecturer and tutor on corporate restructuring and insolvency law matters with the Law Society of Ireland. He has spoken at conferences organised by professional bodies and other organisations including the IBA. He is co-author of the Law Society of Ireland's insolvency manual.
Doug is highly recommended by international legal directories as an expert in the area of restructuring and insolvency law (see Legal 500 and Plc Which Lawyer?).
Partners
- Margaret Austin
- David Cantrell
- Michael W. Carrigan
- Gerard Coll
- Maura Connolly
- Eileen Grace
- David Hackett
- Deborah Kelly
- Terry Leggett
- Laura MacDermott
- Leonora Malone
- Nicola McGrath
- Garrett Miller
- Barry O'Neill
- Ronan O'Neill
- John Olden
- Doug Smith
- Justine Territt
- Sean Twomey
- Mark Walsh
- Lisa White