Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Matheson’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Group is market-leading. Our disputes lawyers regularly represent clients in mediation, arbitration, expert determination and adjudication as a means to resolve disputes without incurring the costs of litigation, or where mandated by contract.
We build multi-disciplinary teams, collaborating with subject-matter experts across Matheson, to ensure that our clients benefit from subject-matter expertise.
Our lawyers appreciate that not all disputes are created equal and understand the strategic importance of using alternatives to the traditional courts system, especially where issues such as confidentiality and efficiency are key. A number of our partners are also accredited mediators with the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”).
Experience Highlights
The team have recently represented:
- on a successful motion to stay Commercial Court proceedings for arbitration where the other party was arguing that the dispute was non-arbitrable on public policy grounds;
- on an LCIA London based arbitration claim for over USD400 million acting for contractor claimant;
- an international private equity company against an Irish plc oil company in a cross-border enforcement of a multi-million international arbitration award arising from a shareholder dispute in relation to a gas field in Poland;
- in relation to technology and digital economy disputes, representing platforms and software developers in a range of Irish Court proceedings and in arbitration;
- numerous buyers and sellers in post-acquisition warranty and indemnity disputes in ICC and LCIA arbitrations and in actions for enforcement of arbitral awards;
- a Californian company in an arbitration against a leading Irish airline related to marketing on the airline’s website;
- a telco in an ICC arbitration against a State body regarding a licence to access broadband fibre;
- a state oil company, in High Court proceedings regarding four arbitration awards in aid of enforcement over assets in excess of €450 million as part of multiple proceedings brought in the US, Holland, England and Wales and elsewhere;
- an international IT sector client in a multi-million euro arbitration regarding defects in its Irish headquarters and succeeding in a settlement that included the insurers;
- various manufacturers in construction disputes under design and construction contracts including in mediation and arbitration;
- an international engineering firm in a statutory adjudication;
- an international contractor in a statutory adjudication connected with the construction of a solar farm;
- a state body in conciliations under the Public Works Contracts connected with the construction of sporting and office facilities;
- an international engineering consultancy in an ADR process under an EPC contract for a €500M cross-border energy transmission project; and
- an international technology company in an expert determination process as to whether works on a large office development had achieved practical completion status.
