Ashling Walsh
Partner, Cork Office
Ashling leads the Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring Team, practising across the areas of corporate, commercial and insolvency. She uses her extensive knowledge of Irish company law to significant advantage in advising clients on both sale and acquisition sides of distressed companies.
Ashling’s practice includes advising on all types of restructurings and insolvency law matters and has vast experience in advising insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, liquidators, examiners, receivers, debtors and distressed companies. She has many years of experience acting for financial institutions in the context of debt settlement arrangements and has advised in relation to a number of significant receiverships and liquidations. She also regularly advises on both examiners and petitioners with respect to the examinership regime.
Ashling is recognised as a leading lawyer for Insolvency in Chambers Europe and The Legal 500 and is a member of the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners (ISIP). She lectures on the Law Society PPC 2 Insolvency course and has presented at a number of external seminars on insolvency matters. She has also co-written two chapters of the most recent edition of the Law Society’s insolvency manual.
Education
University College Cork (BCL)
University College Dublin (Diploma in Business Studies)
Law Society of Ireland (Diploma in Applied Finance)
Professional
Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland.
Member of the Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners.
Accolades
Ashling has been recognised by Chambers Europe and The Legal 500 for her work in Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring Law.
"Ashling Walsh is a stand-out practitioner, who has a thorough understanding of the law, a gift for management and logistics, and a willingness to roll up her sleeves and get thoroughly involved in the complex cases. She is unafraid to challenge other views (with diplomacy), and plays a very full role in contentious matters, engaging deeply with counsel to bring about the best outcome possible for her client. ’– The Legal 500 (2025)
Ashling went above and beyond at all times.– Chambers Europe (2025)
Ashling Walsh focuses on making sure to provide clients with as much information as she can. She is exceptionally hard-working..– Chambers Europe (2024)
Ashling Walsh is a pragmatic and strong operator with very deep insolvency technical knowledge, excellent work ethic and market presence.– The Legal 500 (2024)
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