Tughans Solicitors

Tughans advises b4b Group on its exclusive agreement to partner with Fujitsu on smart border logistics solution

Tughans has advised b4b Group, a leading IT and telecommunications provider on its multi-year exclusive contract with Fujitsu UK & Ireland, a global leader in technology and business solutions, to underpin its smart border solution, Atamai Freight.   The solution enables goods to move seamlessly by verifying the integrity of freight from the point of... Read More

Tughans advises BGF on its £10m follow-on investment into Mzuri Group

Tughans has advised investment client BGF on its £10m follow-on investment into Mzuri Group, a Northern Irish business working in the design, engineering, manufacturing, and distribution of window coverings.   The business employs more than 1,500 people across the UK, and has customers in the UK, Europe and in Australia. The new funding brings BGF’s... Read More

UpStart Showcase at Digital DNA

Digital DNA, the two-day Northern Irish tech event is back and taking place at St George’s Market on the 14th and 15th June this year. Now in its 10th year, the annual Digital DNA Belfast event is set to be even bigger with an amazing lineup of speakers, exhibitors and exciting new areas, with thought... Read More

Tughans successfully represents the Ulster Gaelic Athletic Association in Casement Park Judicial Review

Tughans has successfully represented its longstanding client the Ulster Gaelic Athletic Association in the latest Casement Park Judicial Review brought before the High Court.   Planning permission was previously granted for a 38,000 capacity Casement Park in 2013. However, in 2014 approval was quashed in a High Court legal challenge brought by MORA. Following a... Read More

Tughans advises accountancy and business advisory firm FPM, on its merger with Anderson Anderson & Brown

Tughans has advised leading Irish independent accountancy and business advisory firm FPM, on its merger with Anderson Anderson & Brown (AAB), the tech enabled business critical services group, to fast track ambitious growth plans and create a significant regional presence across the UK and Ireland.   FPM is an independent audit, accounting, tax and business... Read More

Tughans advises Vyta on their £11m investment from MML and acquisition of FGD

Tughans has advised Vyta, a leader in the fast-growing IT asset disposition (ITAD) market, on both its significant investment from private equity firm MML Growth Capital Ireland together with its acquisition of Essex-based IT disposal company FGD.   MML’s investment was funded by the MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland Fund II, a €145m fund supported... Read More

Survey results show spring in the step of NI Manufacturing

More than half of Northern Ireland’s manufacturing businesses are experiencing growth so far this year, a survey conducted by Perceptive Insight for Manufacturing NI and Tughans shows.   Compared to April 2021, the growth reported by 52% of the businesses surveyed marks a four per centage point increase. There is also a decrease in the... Read More

Tughans expands its market leading banking team with appointment of new Partner

Belfast-based law firm, Tughans has further extended its expertise in Finance and Restructuring with the appointment of Julie Huddleston as Partner in its Banking team.   Tughans is one of Northern Ireland’s largest commercial law firms, providing legal advice across all business sectors. The firm was recently named Northern Ireland’s most active corporate law firm,... Read More

NI construction professionals less optimistic as labour shortages and soaring material costs bite

RICS & Tughans NI Construction & Infrastructure Monitor Q4 2022 Construction workloads in Northern Ireland fell in the final quarter of last year and surveyors here are less optimistic about the outlook than their counterparts elsewhere in the UK as skills shortages and material costs bite, the RICS & Tughans NI Construction and Infrastructure Monitor... Read More

Paul O’Brien nominated for prestigious ‘Dealmaker of the Year’ award at the Northern Ireland Dealmaker Awards

Paul O’Brien, a corporate lawyer at Tughans, has been nominated for the prestigious Dealmaker of the Year award at the Northern Ireland Dealmaker Awards.   Insider Media says “Paul has continued to build his reputation as one of the leading advisers on private equity/venture capital transactions in NI during 2021. He was the lead legal adviser... Read More