with Gearoid Costelloe, Barrister

Content will include:
 

• Assessing the actions of Directors leading up to Insolvency.
• The important role of the financial advisor, auditor, and legal advisor. 
• Role of the Liquidators Section 682 Report to the ODCE ( previously “s.56 Report”, CLEA 2001). 
• Legal process of restriction, the burden of proof, costs of an adverse decision , impacts arising for parties. 
• Potential impact of Covid 19 on the assessment of “ honestly and responsibly” and general defences arising. 
• Disqualification. 
• Q and A. 
   

Gearoid will also bring some practical experience and advice to practitioners on the crucial areas to focus on when advising clients in financial difficulty.

Gearoid Costelloe was a Partner with Grant Thornton for 25 years.  He was previously a partner with Coopers and Lybrand.  Gearoid is a  Member of the ACCA since 1982 and Past President Irish Region and Munster Connaught Society. 

Gearoid acted as a Corporate Finance and Insolvency partner with GT for much of his career handling some high profile cases of Liquidation , Receivership and Examinership.   He was called to the Bar of Ireland 2010, now practising as a Barrister since last year having retired from Grant Thornton. Gearoid is an accredited CEDR Mediator. 

His specialist areas of practice are Commercial Law, Banking and Security, Company Law and Insolvency.