Patterson Donnelly has taken over as one of the leading legal firms with thriving branch practices in Belfast, Bangor and Newtownards. The firm is ideally suited to provide legal services throughout Northern Ireland and in association with our established colleagues in Ireland and Great Britain.

The commercial side of the firm has grown quickly and has been successful in attracting large corporations to become clients. Koni Lifts, Nationwide Building Society, Sheridan Millennium and Halifax property services to name but four. The Practice has acted for other major Banks including Security Pacific and Gresham Life and are on the panel of all major lenders in Northern Ireland. The Practice is the major transactor of Nationwide Re-Mortgages throughout Northern Ireland. Patterson Donnelly transact over 95% of all Nationwide Re-Mortgages in Northern Ireland. The Practice was also appointed to set up the transactional conveyancing for Halifax Property Services, a first in Northern Ireland.

With the latest technology the Practice has been developing in conjunction with a major software house an internet based reporting programme, it is now possible for clients and the bank to have reports in real time as each part of a transaction occurs. This will remove the need for the bank to have operatives continually ringing Solicitors for updates - especially as a lot of time the Solicitor is not there to answer the query.

The Practice has formed strategic associations with other large commercial firms in Ireland, Daniel Spring & Co in Dublin and McGuire Desmond in Cork. In England with Maunder Hadley in the Midlands and with Kennedys in London.