Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations

Our Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations Group is the leading practice of its kind in Ireland. We are recognised for our expertise in complex, high-value cases heard in the Commercial List of the High Court and our experienced investigations practice. We represent corporates, financial institutions and insurance bodies, government entities and state bodies, professional organisations, and private individuals, and work with the most prominent firms from around the world.

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Our Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations practice is market-leading. We have wide-ranging experience in all types of commercial and corporate disputes, including those arising from commercial agreements and operations, the financial markets, mergers and acquisitions, share dealings and other corporate and banking transactions. We also assist clients to prevent disputes before they occur.

We have expertise in all forms of alternative dispute resolution, including arbitrations, mediations, conciliations and expert determinations. Our international arbitration team acts for clients in high-value, multi-party and complex cross-jurisdictional arbitrations for clients in every business sector.

We have wide-ranging experience in dealing with investigations and have played a significant role in many of the most important regulatory investigations and statutory inquiries in Ireland in recent years.

We also have a dedicated Legal Tech team to deal with discovery, document review and data management, now a major aspect of all litigation, disputes and investigations, in order to effectively manage the costs and client time involved.

Relevant Experience

Advising Banco Santander and Optimal Investment Services on all issues relating to the fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff Securities LLC including the defence of proceedings brought by SPV OSUS Ltd seeking circa US$3bn in damages
Acting for BNY Mellon in its defence of two separate professional negligence claims, each for circa €400m, brought by the liquidators of collapsed Cayman hedge funds
Advising financial institutions in respect of the Central Bank of Ireland’s (CBI’s) industry-wide tracker mortgages investigation and in respect of numerous other investigations brought by the CBI, including the first CBI investigation brought under the 2012 Consumer Protection Code
Acting for Ryanair in Commercial Court proceedings it has issued against the operators of various flight comparison websites for alleged screen-scraping and breach of copyright and other IP rights and passing off, and breach of the terms of a licensing agreement relating to the use of Ryanair’s data
Acting for Volvo and Renault Trucks in over 50 sets of High Court proceedings which have been instituted on foot of a decision by the European Commission that several truck manufacturers engaged in unlawful conduct in relation to truck pricing and the timing and passing on of the costs for the introduction of emission technologies. Volvo and Renault Trucks together with other truck manufacturers were the subject of the European Commission Decision and were subsequently fined a record €2.93bn
Acting for the Musgrave Group in the successful defence of a Commercial Court injunction application by a shopping centre landlord seeking to enforce a “keep open” covenant in a lease. This was the first such successful defence in the Irish courts
Acting for Meta (Facebook) in defending Irish High Court proceedings brought by public figures in relation to alleged fake advertisements appearing on its platform
Representing CRH plc and Roadstone Limited over a period of 9 years in their successful defence of circa 400 cases launched in the High Court by homeowners and insurers where allegations were made against multiple parties, including Roadstone Limited (a subsidiary of CRH plc), that material supplied in the construction of houses was defective. In January 2020, all claims against CRH plc and Roadstone were withdrawn
Advising a global insurer on complex coverage issues arising from a significant material damage claim following a fire at high-profile retail premises. The value of the claim was in excess of €35m

Our Expertise

Alternative Dispute Resolution Aviation Disputes Banking and Financial Services Disputes Competition/Antitrust Disputes and Investigations Corporate and Shareholder Disputes Corporate Crime Funds Disputes Healthcare and Life Sciences Disputes Investigations Product Liability Disputes Real Estate Disputes Regulated Industries Disputes Tax Disputes

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Endorsements

“The team at Arthur Cox is very proactive, approachable and practical.”
Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2023

“The team are always available and prepared to go the extra mile with a good appreciation of the client’s needs and concerns.”
Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2023

“No matter what arose in the case, Arthur Cox had the answer.”
Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2023

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