The Principal of the firm is Bill Holohan, B.C.L., LL.B., F.C.I.L.S., F.C.I.Arb. He is a Solicitor, a Notary Public, an Arbitrator, a Trade Mark Agent / Community Trade Mark Practitioner and is a Commissioner for Oaths.

He is one of the few Irish Solicitors who has appeared (without barristers) in the High Court and in the Supreme Court when arguing cases on behalf of clients. He has been described by the Sunday Business Post, (the leading weekly business newspaper in Ireland), as a "groundbreaker" and as "innovative".

In 1986 he was appointed by the President of the High Court as a Commissioner for Oaths, and in April 2000 was appointed as a Notary Public.

Mr. Holohan is the co-author of a number of books on Bankruptcy, Leasing, Civil Procedures and the Rescue of Companies. (A full list of his Books and other papers can be found on our Publications page). he is also the Honorary Legal Advisor to the Irish Franchise Association, a member of the Executive Committee of the Irish Maritime Law Association since 1985, having acted as Honorary Secretary to that Association for a number of years, and is a Consultant to the Law School of the Law Society of Ireland.

In 1995, the Sunday Business Post featured him as one of the top 40 entrepreneurs / senior managers in the country under 40 years of age. He has made legal history on a number of occasions, most recently in 2000 when he was appointed by The Chief Justice in Ireland as a Notary Public for the two areas of Dublin and Cork, (the norm being appointment for only one area) and secondly when he was requested by the International Arbitration forum to become the first Irish solicitor on their International Arbitration Forum Panel of Arbitrators.

Bill Holohan is a graduate of U.C.C. and holds honours B.C.L.and L.L.B. degrees from that College.

He afterwards studied in the Academy of International Law in The Hague and is a Fellow of the Centre for International Legal Studies in Salzburg, Austria. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, a Trade Mark Agent, a Registered European Community Trade Mark Practitioner, and a Solicitor.

In his private capacity, he has been involved in youth work in Ireland for a number of years having served six years as National Secretary of Scouting Ireland C.S.I., two years as Chairman of the Federation of Irish Scout Associations, six years as the Chairman of the Northern Ireland Scout Foundation, and also was a National Youth Council of Ireland Representative on a Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment Committee reviewing Youth Employment Legislation. As a result he has considerable knowledge and insight into the workings of Government Agencies.

Mr. Holohan's business knowledge is not confined solely to an advisory role. In addition to acting as solicitor and advisor to private clients and business clients he is the company secretary and/or company director of a number of companies carrying on different types of business.

In April 2000, he made legal history when he was appointed as a Notary Public for the Cities and Counties of both Dublin and Cork. Traditionally, a Notary Public was appointed for one area only and Bill Holohan is the first person to be appointed for both Dublin and Cork. The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Ronan Keane,in appointing Mr. Holohan described him as "pre-eminently qualified".