RICHARD CURRAN

Managing Partner LK Shields

ACTIVITY Business is going well. I think in professional services the key thing is the quality of the people, both in terms of their ability and in terms of the service they provide to their clients. And I think we excel in both aspects across all the areas we operate in – we’ve made ourselves a trusted partner to our clients over many years and we have a reputation for high quality.

We are an independent Irish firm, which I think is something that is valued both by domestic clients and overseas clients. We’re able to be nimble and flexible in our dealings with clients, and that independence makes us attractive to a lot of overseas law firms who want to refer work here but don’t necessarily want to give it to an Irish office of one of their rivals.

We’re a full-service, well diversified firm, and one of the areas in which we’ve been investing is the support we can provide to clients around their technology and innovation agendas. Our rebranded technology and innovation team is designed to offer a top-class offering to the market in line with the evolution of the economy in recent years. So overall I’m very happy with the level of performance our business has demonstrated on a consistent basis over many years.

OUTLOOK I think the economy has proved very resilient through all the challenges of the last few years, and the picture is the same when I talk to our clients. Business confidence is robust, and our firm has been around a long time and we are very experienced at navigating the business cycle. What I’ve seen from the conversations I have in the market is that people are more used to dealing with uncertainty, and I believe that the market is in good shape. Our pipeline for 2024 and 2025 is very strong.

‘Our firm is experienced at navigating the business cycle’