Jill is a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution team and advises on all aspects of commercial litigation and dispute resolution.
Jill is an experienced litigator whose practice spans a broad range of complex commercial and regulatory disputes. Jill has extensive experience in all aspects of commercial litigation, in particular contractual, shareholder and property disputes.
Jill has also extensive experience representing parties before tribunals of enquiry and commissions established by the Oireachtas.
Jill is also a leading member of the Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency team and has acted in some of the most high-profile insolvencies in recent years. Jill has vast experience of advising in restructuring, examinerships, receiverships and liquidations on behalf of all stakeholders including companies, directors, officeholders, insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, shareholders and creditors.
Experience
- Acting for a multinational entity in defence of proceedings before the Commercial Court concerning unfair pricing and anti-competitive behaviour.
- Acting in a number of complex shareholder disputes before the Irish High Court.
- Acting for a multinational oil company in a number of high court contractual disputes concerning fuel agreements.
- Acting for an international company in defence of proceedings concerning alleged environmental contamination of retail and residential lands.
- Acting for a commercial landlord of a substantial number of retail properties in bringing High Court proceedings against a well-known restaurant chain which was a tenant of those properties.
- Acting for a regulated forestry investment fund in defence of high court proceedings brought by a number of preference shareholders of that fund.
- Acting for an international packaging manufacturer in significant debt recovery proceedings against a customer before the High Court.
- Advising and acting for receivers appointed pursuant to fixed and floating charges in respect of claims being made by the borrowers that the receivers were not validly appointed and in particular taking injunctive proceedings against the borrowers.
- Acting for a number of companies in bringing successful applications to place the companies in examinership.
- Acting for a significant number of both court appointed liquidators and liquidators appointed in creditors voluntarily liquidations in successful applications seeking to restrict and/or disqualify directors of the companies.
Qualifications
- Admitted as a Solicitor in Ireland, Law Society of Ireland, 2003
- Diploma in Legal French, Law Society of Ireland, 2001
- Bachelor of Arts (Hons.), University of Limerick, 1999
- Member of the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners (ISIP)
- Working knowledge of French
Recommendations
- ‘Jill Callanan is absolutely excellent to deal with. Immediately clear that she is vastly experienced in the area of insolvency and her advice is always spot on.’ Recommended for Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring. - Legal 500 2024
- Recommended for Dispute Resolution and EU and competition. - Legal 500 2024
- Recommended for Dispute Resolution. - Legal 500 2023
- Recommended for EU and Competition. - Legal 500 2023
- Recommended for Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring. - Legal 500 2023
- Recommended for Dispute Resolution. - Legal 500 2022
- Recommended for Dispute Resolution and Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring. - Legal 500 2021
- Recommended for Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring. - Legal 500 2020
- Recommended for Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring. - Legal 500 2019
- Recommended for Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring. - Legal 500 2018
- Jill Callanan is noted as a 'key figure'. - Legal 500 2015
- Jill Callanan is great to work with. - Legal 500 2014
- Jill Callanan provides a superb level of service. - Legal 500 2013
