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Areas of Expertise

Experience Highlight

05/11/2025

Matheson advises Incline Equity on investment in Advanced Solutions International

Experience Highlight

05/11/2025

Matheson advises on sale of Hanley Energy Group to Jabil, Inc

Experience Highlight

05/11/2025

Matheson advises Kansai Electric Power Co on its Investment in Simply Blue Energy

Experience Highlight

03/11/2025

Matheson advises Bank of Ireland on an €81m loan facility amendment for GSA’s Kavanagh Court student accommodation

Accolades

Sharon Daly “is very commercially minded and very client friendly. She is prepared to give a view on difficult issues and back it up with sound reasoning”.
Dispute Resolution: The European Legal 500 2021

Sharon Daly is an “expert in her field and is very well respected in the Irish legal arena. She is very well-informed and a thorough professional. Sharon is an excellent negotiator”.
Dispute Resolution: The European Legal 500 2021

Sharon Daly “does a lot of high-end litigation, including insurance work.”
Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Chambers Global and Europe 2021

Best in Litigation
2020 Women in Business Law Europe Awards

Sharon Daly is recommended.
Dispute Resolution: The European Legal 500 2020

“Sharon Daly is a first-class litigator, a very talented lawyer. She has an exhaustive knowledge of the law in the area of litigation. I am very relieved she is on our side.”
Dispute Resolution: The European Legal 500 2020

Sharon Daly is “commercial, high-energy driven and committed.”
Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Chambers Global and Europe 2020

Ranked as one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Lawyers in Europe
Financial Times Innovative Lawyer Awards Europe 2019

Lawyer of the Year
Benchmark Litigation 2019 Europe Awards

Sharon Daly is a “formidable opponent, her name alone carries force. She is very decisive; she is forceful when she needs to be. I think she is excellent”.
Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Chambers Global and Europe 2019

Sharon Daly is an “exceptional operator” and regarded as “a leading coverage practitioner in Ireland”.
Insurance: The European Legal 500 2019

Sharon Daly “uses a common-sense approach to solving any issues and is open to finding novel solutions”.
Dispute Resolution: The European Legal 500 2019

Sharon Daly is named a leading individual.
Dispute Resolution: The European Legal 500 2019

Sharon Daly is an “excellent insurance lawyer” .
Insurance: Chambers Europe 2019

Recognised for Insurance Law and Litigation
Best Lawyers Ireland 2019 edition

Sharon Daly is recognised in the Influential Women in Re/Insurance Report
Intelligent Insurer 2018

Winner, Best in Insurance, Europe
Euromoney Europe Women in Business Law Awards 2018

Sharon Daly is an “excellent negotiator”.
Insurance: The European Legal 500 2018

Sharon Daly is “a very good strategic thinker. She really cares and always want to get the best result for her client. She’s formidable and superb in hard-fought commercial litigation.”
Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Chambers Global and Europe 2018

Sharon Daly is recognised in the Influential Women in Re/Insurance Report
Intelligent Insurer 2017

Recognised for Insurance Law and Litigation
Best Lawyers Ireland 2018 edition

Sharon Daly is named a leading individual.
European Legal 500 2017

Sharon Daly is described as a “great litigator” with “a strong reputation in the insurance defence market.”
Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Chambers Global and Europe 2017

The market-acclaimed Sharon Daly “is a very commercial operator,” according to one source, with another describing her as “decisive, confident, clear-thinking, no-nonsense and pragmatic – a fine legal mind”.
Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Chambers Global and Europe 2017

 

Education

Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland – 1992

University College Dublin, Bachelor of Commerce

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