Barry Cahir

Barry Cahir is a partner at Beauchamps LLP in Dublin and head of the firm's insolvency and corporate restructuring team. A seasoned insolvency expert and litigator, he led the practice recognised as Insolvency Law Firm of the Year in Ireland at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025, an accolade that reflects both his personal standing in the field and the depth of the team he directs at one of Ireland's established full-service firms.

Mr Cahir's practice combines litigation and dispute resolution with insolvency and white-collar work, and he brings substantial Irish and cross-border experience to contentious and non-contentious insolvency and debt restructuring matters. He acts for the full range of stakeholders and office holders, and his record includes a number of the most significant and high-profile matters to have come before the Irish courts and market in recent years. He advised in the examinership of CityJet, acted in the Sean's Bar COVID-19 business interruption insurance test case, and has been involved in the restructurings of major retailers including Aldo Shoes and the Warehouse and Oasis fashion businesses. These engagements illustrate both the scale of the work he handles and his ability to navigate complex, time-critical situations where the interests of creditors, debtors and office holders must be carefully balanced.

His standing in the profession is reflected in the leadership roles he has held in the field's principal bodies. He became President of INSOL Europe in 2022, having served on its Council since 2016, and he has been a Fellow of INSOL International since 2016, distinguished as the only Fellow based in Ireland. He is also a former Chairman of the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners. Through these positions he has contributed to the development of insolvency practice and policy at both national and European level, and has helped shape the professional standards that govern the field.

Mr Cahir's qualifications underpin this record of achievement. He holds a Bachelor of Civil Law from University College Dublin, awarded in 1995, and qualified as a solicitor of the Law Society of Ireland in 1998. He completed the INSOL International Global Insolvency Practice Course in 2015 and 2016, and is a member of the UK Insolvency Lawyers Association, the Asset Based Finance Association and the Dublin Solicitors Bar Association. He is recognised as a leading practitioner by both Chambers and Partners and Legal 500, where he is noted as highly experienced and technically strong, as well as empathetic and pragmatic, with a deep understanding of the business landscape in which his clients operate.

Beauchamps LLP is a full-service Irish firm advising companies, institutions and individuals across the principal areas of business law. Within that platform, Mr Cahir's insolvency and corporate restructuring team provides clients with authoritative guidance through financial distress, restructuring and enforcement, drawing on his extensive experience of the Irish and cross-border insolvency landscape. The recognition of the practice at the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025 confirms both the quality of that work and Mr Cahir's position among the foremost insolvency practitioners in Ireland.