Cahill, Nessa
Nessa Cahill has been a practising barrister since 1999. She practices in common law, administrative law, commercial/chancery, bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisations and company law. She is the author of Company Law Compliance and Enforcement (2008).
O'Leary, Dáibhí
Dáibhí is Legal Director in the Company Compliance and Governance Group of Arthur Cox LLP. Prior to joining that firm in 2007, he trained and qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG, working as a statutory auditor.
He contributed the chapter on Financial Statements, Audit and Annual Return to The Law of Companies, (4th ed, 2016) and has contributed to MacCann & Courtney, Companies Acts 1963-2012 (2012) and to Bloomsbury Professional's Guide to the Companies Act 2014 (2015).
He wrote our valuable title The Law of Statutory Audits (2024) - covering every facet of the statutory auditor's role from their appointment to their duties, rights and powers, and their removal and resignation.
Cann, Lyndon Mac
Lyndon MacCann BA(Mod), M Litt, SC is one of Ireland's leading company law senior counsels.
Courtney, Thomas B.
Dr Thomas B. Courtney BA, LLB, LLD, founder of Courtney Governance Limited and Solicitor (non-practising) is author of The Law of Companies, (4th edn, Bloomsbury Professional, 2016) and a writer, speaker and thought leader in Irish company law and corporate governance. As Chairperson of the Company Law Review Group, from its establishment in 2000 to 2018, Tom is recognised as being the architect of the pioneering Companies Act 2014 which made the private LTD front and centre of Irish company law.
Tom was a member of the EU Commission's Advisory Group on Company Law and Corporate Governance, established by Commission Decision (2005/380/EC) and of the McDowell Group on Company Compliance & Enforcement. A former director, company secretary and head of legal at Bank of Ireland Mortgage Bank, Tom worked in banking for 11 years before spending 18 years as a senior partner in Arthur Cox LLP where he established and headed the company compliance and governance group. During his time in Arthur Cox, Tom advised the Department of Finance on the State's legislative response to resolve the Irish banking crisis. Tom also advised companies on complex shareholder disputes, subsidiaries' directors on their relationship with the parent company and the boards of many State bodies on their governance obligations and the relationship with their sponsoring department.
Lynch-Fannon, Irene
Professor Irene Lynch-Fannon is a graduate of UCD (BCL 1982); Oxford University (BCL 1986, Senior Scholar, Somerville College) and the University of Virginia (Doctor of Juridical Science 1999). She qualified as a Solicitor in Ireland in 1985. She has taught Company Law and Employment Law in the Department of Law at UCC since 1987.
Johnston, William
William Johnston, MA (Dub) Solicitor, has been a partner in Arthur Cox for 30 years, is a former chair of the Banking Law Division of the International Bar Association and is external examiner in Banking Law for the Law Society.
Dr Thomas B. Courtney BA, LLB, LLD is head of the Company Secretarial Practice and a partner in the Corporate Group at Arthur Cox.
Lyndon MacCann BA (Mod), M Litt, SC is one of Ireland's leading company law senior counsels. He has been general editor of the Companies Acts since its first edition was published in 1995.
Irene Lynch-Fannon is Professor of Law in UCC. She is a consultant solicitor with A&L Goodbody's Solicitors primarily working with the Insolvency and Restructuring group.
William Johnston, MA (Dub), solicitor, is a partner at Arthur Cox. He has expertise in all aspects of security law for financing and banking facilities.
Daibhi O'Leary BComm, M Acc, solicitor, is an associate at Arthur Cox and a contributor to the third edition of Law of Companies by Dr Thomas B. Courtney.
Nessa Cahill BL has been a practising barrister since 1999. She is the author of Company Law Compliance and Enforcement.
