Recent Work by Practice Area

Recent work relevant to Travel & Transport   Railway Procurement Agency     CIE     Advising the RPA in relation to property and construction aspects of line A of the LUAS (Dublin's light rail system).     Member of CIE's (State transport company) legal advisory panel.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Michael O'Reilly                      Helen Kilroy                      Timothy Bouchier-Hayes                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Michael O'Reilly                      Timothy Bouchier-Hayes                                       Laois County Council     National Roads Authority     Acted in a ten week oral hearing in connection with the routing of the M7/M8 motorway.     Advising in judicial review proceedings taken by public interest objectors concerning various road projects including the M7/M8, the M3 (Hill of Tara), Galway outer bypass and New Ross bypass.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Michelle Doyle                      Michael O'Reilly                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Michelle Doyle                                       National Roads Authority     Connex - LUAS Project     Advising the NRA in relation to a number of PPP projects including the Fermoy, Waterford, Clonee-Kells and Limerick bypasses.     Advising Connex, the successful bidder for the operation of the LUAS, Dublin's new light rail system.     Date : Ongoing Partners :  Timothy Bouchier-Hayes                      Eamonn O'Hanrahan                      Claire Lenny                      Colm Fanning                           Date : Ongoing Partners :  Colm Fanning                                       DHL     DHL     Advising in relation to the Irish merger control clearance of the acquisition of DHL by Deutsche Post AG.     Successfully upholding DHL's right to limit liability under the provisions of the Warsaw Convention, which had been challenged by a customer.     Date : June 2001     Date : April 2003                 Touax Group     Veolia Transport     Advised the Touax Group in relation to a €15m secured revolving facility to finance railcars to be acquired by its Irish subsidiary, Touax Rail Finance Limited     We advised Veolia Transport in relation to its acquisition of Nestor Bus Limited     Date : July 2004 Value : $15m    Partners :  Colm Fanning                           Date : November 2006 Partners :  Paul Heffernan