Mr Michael Walshe, a solicitor who formerly worked with McCann Fitzgerald has gone into partnership with Mr Philip O'Connor, another Dublin based solicitor.

Mr O'Connor has been practising as a sole practitioner, specialising in residential and commercial conveyancing for the past seven years. Mr Walshe is well known for his work on commercial and insolvency matters and business reorganisation.

The two trained together in Binchy & Partners. The new firm, known as O'Connor Walshe, is based at Merchant's House, Merchant Quay in Dublin.