Tughans Solicitors

Tughans has advised Made to Engage, a Belfast-based digital agency, on its acquisition by UNRVLD

Tughans has advised Made to Engage on its acquisition by UNRVLD. Made to Engage, a commerce specialist and Optimizely Platinum partner, brings extended skills and a roster of brands to the UNRVLD group, including New Era Cap, Energia Group, Permanent TSB and Eason.   Founded in 2011, Made to Engage also has offices in Dublin... Read More

Tughans tops the M&A league tables for seventh year

Tughans has been named Northern Ireland’s most active corporate law firm, as it topped the Experian MarketIQ M&A review: Northern Ireland League Table for an impressive seventh year in a row.   The Belfast-based law firm advised on 73 deals during 2021 with an overall value of more than £1bn. On a quarterly basis it... Read More

Tughans shortlisted for Corporate Law Firm of The Year

Tughans has been shortlisted by Insider Media’s Northern Ireland Dealmakers Awards for Corporate Law Firm of the Year. We have also advised on seven deals shortlisted for ‘Deal of the Year’ and advised one shortlisted deal for the ‘Bank-funded Deal of the Year’.   Insider Media invited Northern Ireland based corporate finance firms, banks and... Read More

Welcome return of the Saffron Business Forum Lunch

The Saffron Business Forum Sports Lunch, sponsored by Tughans, made a welcome return at the start of November 2021 after a two year absence, for a memorable day at Crowne Plaza Hotel, Shaw’s Bridge. Guests of honour were former Tipperary Hurling manager Liam Sheedy and one of his greatest players during his two terms at... Read More

NI Chamber President’s Banquet – Moving Forward Together

There was a welcome return of the NI Chamber President’s Banquet this year, which took place in the ICC Belfast on Thursday 25th November 2021. During his keynote speech to an audience of business and political leaders, the President of NI Chamber, Paul Murnaghan focused on the theme for the night, ‘Moving Forward Together’, saying... Read More

Made in Northern Ireland Awards

Manufacturing innovation and resilience was showcased at the Insider Media Made in Northern Ireland Awards, which were held today at the Europa Hotel in Belfast in early November. Mark Nodder, who was appointed as joint chief executive of the recently formed Makers Alliance in June 2021, gave a keynote address at the event. As a... Read More

Tughans to take part in Will Aid

Tughans is delighted to announce that it will be taking part in this year’s Will Aid campaign. Millions of people in the UK do not currently have a Will and Will Aid is an opportunity for people to put that right whilst raising vital funds for charities benefitting some of the world’s most vulnerable people.... Read More

Tughans Invests in Legal Talent

Belfast law firm Tughans continues to invest in Northern Ireland’s brightest legal talent with the appointment of two new directors, four newly qualified solicitors and three new trainee solicitors.   Kevin Hegarty joins the Healthcare Department as Director, acting on behalf of medical indemnity organisations and individual clinicians involved in medical negligence cases, regulatory/disciplinary proceedings,... Read More

NI house building growth placing new pressure on labour and supply chains

RICS & Tughans NI Construction & Infrastructure Monitor Q2 2021 The construction supply chain struggled to keep up with increasing new housing and infrastructure development, the RICS & Tughans NI Construction and Infrastructure Monitor has found for Q2 2021. With total workloads showing strong growth, there were also problems reported with the cost of materials... Read More

Tughans ranked as the busiest legal adviser by transaction volume for the first half of 2021

Tughans leads the field in the volume of corporate deals completed in Northern Ireland during the first half of 2021, as reported in the H1 MarketIQ United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review. The tech sector continues to be the principal source of deal making activity in Northern Ireland with 34 deals, however year... Read More