Advisers to leading international companies on the Irish aspects of global litigation and compliance matters.
Overview
With a long tradition of excellence in the field, States, major international companies and financial institutions turn regularly to McCann FitzGerald to advise on the handling of international disputes. The firm advises in relation to conflicts of laws issues, remedies available in Ireland to support litigation in other jurisdictions and the use of the Irish courts as a forum in support of global litigation. Proper appreciation of the application of rules as to conflicts of law can have a material impact on where and how litigation is conducted, whatever the background or industry sector.
Expertise
The firm's particular expertise in the area includes:
- Advising on applicable choice of forum and governing law rules and the rules conferring jurisdiction or selecting governing law in the absence of choice
- Advising on the relative merits of different jurisdictions for deciding a cross-border or international dispute where a choice is available
- Advising and acting in disputes as to jurisdiction internationally
- Acting to obtain injunctive or other relief to assist foreign proceedings
- The collecting of evidence for use in cross-border disputes
- Acting in international arbitrations under the rules of various institutional providers, including ICC and LCIA
- Advising and acting on questions of State immunity and justiciability, the status and powers of international organisations and the impact of international sanctions
Directory Comments
This firm has huge depth of experience across all the various practice areas where contentious work is a staple and, with almost 60 lawyers, boasts one of the largest departments in the Irish market. Commentators say: "McCanns is extremely reliable and high quality, and if you are up against it, you have to be on your guard." Chambers, 2010
The firm is advising credit and investment institutions on their rights arising out of the Bernard Madoff fraud, with senior lawyer and "tremendous strategist”" David Clarke taking charge of the file. Chambers, 2010
"One of the best in the business in terms of both size and quality..." this team has retained its market-leading position over the past year by acting on some of Ireland's biggest cases. Chambers, 2009