Career
Dermot is a savvy disputes lawyer, who is an accredited mediator, and also has a wide disputes practice in litigation and arbitration spanning over the last 30 years. Dermot imbues the values of commitment, energy, drive and innovation to his role as a disputes lawyer, where he takes great pride in his accepted role as a leading disputes lawyer in Ireland. Dermot seeks to consistently deliver excellence in the provision of the highest quality legal services for his clients. Effective communication remains at the core of understanding his clients’ needs so he can continue to deliver the service they require to assist in meeting essential commercial goals.
Dermot focuses primarily on advising clients in the specialist areas of construction & real estate disputes. This advice spans a wide range of issues across the entire construction supply chain, assisting on managing specialist issues ranging from claims for extensions of time, delay and/or liquidated damages; advising on contract interpretation; and on entitlements to specific performance or other dispute issues. Dermot also continues from time to time to advise other clients on wider commercial issues, particularly in the technology and medical device sectors. Dermot is also one of Ireland’s leading commercial mediators (and conciliators) and he deploys the same skills to assist his clients to resolve otherwise intractable and protracted disputes, seeking to save the management time and legal costs involved in managing a full trial/arbitrations.
