Legal System:
Common Law
Practice Areas:
Arbitration, Audiovisual - Media, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Employment, Finance - Banking, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Mediation, Sales - Purchases, Trade - Industry, Transport, Other
Jurisdiction:
Ireland
Publications
Wolters Kluwer, ICCA Congress 2024 publication - ‘The impact and importance of human engagement in the arbitral process – A focus on sports arbitration’
Les Cahiers de l’Arbitrage (6.2024) - ‘Arbitration and World Rugby in Context’
International Sports Justice, International Sports Law & Policy Bulletin (01.2024) - “International Rugby Justice: The World Rugby Judicial System”
The MBNA Business Law Review Q2 2021 – ‘Getting the Most Out of Expedited Sports Arbitration’
Speaking Engagement:
Dublin International Arbitration Day 2025 - ‘The Achmea of Sport’
Dublin International Disputes Week 2025 – ‘Doping, Disputes & Deals: Law & Ethics in the era of the Enhanced Games’
The Bar or Ireland ADR Committee (10.2025) - ‘Aviation Disputes and the Role of Arbitration’
European Circuit of the Bar Seminar (05.2025) - ‘EU Law and Sport’
Arbitration Ireland @ PAW 2025 - ‘Seismic Shifts in the New World Order – what does it mean for International Arbitration?’
Society of Construction Law (IRL 11.2024) - ‘The Future of Construction Law’
ICCA Bi-Annual Conference, Hong Kong (05.2024) - ‘Procedures and Behaviours: The impact and importance of human engagement in the arbitral process’
Teaching
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Member of the Approved Faculty List (Ireland)
Law Society of Ireland - External Examiner & lecturer - Diploma in Sports Law
University College Dublin Law School - Visiting Lecturer Sports Law BCL Degree
Education
LLB (DUB), LLM (QUB), BL (IRL), BL (N.IRL)
Senior Counsel (Member of the Inner Bar), The Bar of Ireland
FCIArb
AMINZ Fellow
CEDR Accredited Mediator
Other Information
International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) - Conciliation Panel (Ireland appointment)
European Commission DG TRADE - Arbitrator Member of the Disputes Settlement Panel
Court of Arbitration for Sport - Arbitrator, Member of the Panel of Presidents
Former General Counsel of an International Sports Federation
Former banker and legal advisor in the financial services sector.
