Matheson is an Irish law firm with offices in Dublin, London, New York, and Palo Alto. It focuses on serving the legal needs of international companies doing business in and through Ireland, and counts over half of Fortune 100 companies among its clients. Matheson's commercial litigation and dispute resolution department is the largest in Ireland and represents both domestic and international clients in several high-profile cases in the Irish Commercial Court. The department provides specialist advice in areas such as banking, regulatory, energy, and insolvency matters.

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Matheson ‘inspires confidence’,
according to clients, who also believe
that ‘there are no other firms on a par
in this area’.
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Commercial Litigation and
Dispute Resolution

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Contacts
Matheson’s primary focus is on serving the Irish legal needs of international companies and
financial institutions doing business in and through Ireland. Our clients include over half of the
Fortune 100 companies. We also advise 7 of the top 10 global technology brands and over half of
the world’s 50 largest banks. We are headquartered in Dublin and also have offices in London, New
York and Palo Alto. More than 600 people work across our four offices, including 75 partners and
over 350 lawyers.
Sharon Daly
partner and head of commercial
litigation and dispute resolution
T +353 1 232 2119
E sharon.daly@matheson.com
Nicola Dunleavy
partner
T +353 1 232 2033
E nicola.dunleavy@matheson.com
Bríd Munnelly
partner
T +353 1 232 2549
E brid.munnelly@matheson.com
Carina Lawlor
partner
T +353 1 232 2260
E carina.lawlor@matheson.com
Michael Byrne
partner
T +353 1 232 2075
E michael.byrne@matheson.com
• Representing a global financial institution in the litigation arising from the
Bernard Madoff fraud. This is the most significant litigation before the
Irish courts, both in terms of importance and value.
• Advising a global financial institution in relation to the Central Bank of
Ireland’s investigation and enforcement arising from the collapse of an
Irish investment manager.
• Representing UCC in a subrogation action for AVIVA in the Commercial
Court, against the ESB, claiming that ESB were negligent in their
management of the Inniscarra Dam, which contributed to flooding in
Cork in 2009 causing very extensive damage.
• Advising News International Group Limited / News Group Newspapers
Limited in relation to a hugely-publicised defamation action taken by
well-known media personality Louis Walsh.
• Representing the trustees of the contributory defined pension scheme
of Element Six (formerly De Beers Industrial Diamond) in Commercial
Court litigation.
• Representing a large multinational in litigation arising from the sale of PPI
in Ireland.
• Representing a large US oil and gas company in challenging a
regulator’s decision on gas tariff setting. Our client relied on Irish and
European Union Energy Law, not previously tested in Europe.
• Representing a Russian oil company challenging the enforcement of a
€180 million ICC arbitration award, given in New York.
• Representing Royalty Pharma, a US-based pharmaceutical company,
in its multi-billion euro hostile takeover bid which included High
Court injunction applications and Commercial Court judicial review
proceedings of a Takeover Panel decision.
• Advising An Post in its defence of High Court enforcement proceedings
brought by its regulator, ComReg, for alleged breaches of quality of
service standards.
• Advising RTÉ in connection with the first statutory investigation initiated
by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland under section 53 of the
Broadcasting Act 2009, into the broadcast of “Prime Time Investigates
– A Mission to Prey.”
Recent transactions
“We see a lot of firms across the table and we always feel we have the
best team. Its input is invaluable.”
Dispute resolution: Chambers Europe 2013
What others say about us
Our Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution department is the largest litigation practice in Ireland, representing both domestic and
international clients. We are at the forefront of several key Irish Commercial Court cases. We act for a broad range of clients, including banks and
financial institutions, property developers, insurance companies and large multinationals. Our e-discovery platform and capability gives us the ‘edge’
over competitors to manage large discoveries without the need for a third party service provider. Our department provides advice on a number of
specialist areas, including banking and financial services, regulatory, investigatory, energy and environment, corporate restructuring and insolvency,
intellectual property, insurance, healthcare, employment, pensions and benefits, and property litigation. We regularly work in cross-departmental
teams with other areas of the firm to ensure that the firm’s broad range of expertise is available to our clients. Our department is a leader in the
development of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and has five accredited mediators. In addition, senior litigation partners Sharon Daly and Bríd
Munnelly lecture on ADR in order to promote its use in Ireland.
“It is an exceptionally solution-oriented team that is fantastic at
cutting through all the mess and getting to the bottom line.”
Dispute resolution: Chambers Europe 2012
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We have a strong track record of representing clients in some of the most significant dispute resolution cases in Ireland. Some of our recent and
current work includes: