Barbara Galvin

Partner

Barbara is a Partner in William Fry’s Litigation & Investigations department, specialising in corporate restructuring and insolvency.

Barbara has particular expertise in advising on all aspects of examinership, liquidation and receivership processes (contentious and non-contentious), acting for creditors, shareholders and directors as well as insolvency practitioners. Barbara’s more recent experience includes advising on a number of significant cross-border insolvency and restructuring processes. She also advises clients in complex commercial litigation matters.

Recent significant work includes advising:

the committee of unsecured creditors appointed in the US Chapter 11 proceedings of Endo International plc on all Irish law aspects of the Chapter 11, including an Irish law scheme of arrangement under Part 9 of the Companies Act 2014.
an ad hoc group of bondholders (holding c.$500m of bonds), led by Attestor Capital, in successfully petitioning the Irish High Court for the winding up of two companies in the Russian state owned GTLK group (which had a valuation in the region of $4.5bn prior to the imposition of international sanctions).
Certa Ireland Limited in Commercial Court proceedings against Green D Project Ireland Limited in a dispute valued at c.€30m
Andrew O’Leary and Ken Fennell of Interpath, the joint receivers of 4D Pharma Cork
Nicholas O’Dwyer and Stuart Preston of Grant Thornton, as joint liquidators of Windhoist Ireland
Padraic O’Malley (of JW Accountants) and Myles Kirby (of Kirby Healy & Co) as joint liquidators of Clifton Court Hotel.

2025 Chambers Europe

"Barbara is very driven in her field and provides very practical solutions. She has a vast amount of experience and can see solutions from various angles." "Barbara is great to work with: technically strong and always seems to take a practical approach to our dealings."

2025 Legal 500 EMEA

"Barbara Galvin is a joy to work with. Her wealth of knowledge is outstanding and gives you time and attention no matter how small the work. She is always available to her clients. She has a great attitude to not only her work and clients, but also junior members of staff and brings them on." "Barbara's strengths lie in her comprehensive understanding of both Irish and international insolvency law, and her ability to navigate complex, often contentious situations with a calm, solution-focused approach." "Barbara Galvin is a strong technically able lawyer within the team and has been able to coordinate a number of firms across multiple jurisdictions with ease and calm - a great partner to work with."

2025 IFLR 1000

Barbara is ranked as a Rising Star Partner in IFLR 1000 in Restructuring and Insolvency.