Practice Areas
Michael is the Head of the Bird & Bird Ireland office. His practice focuses on complex contentious intellectual property and technology matters, and domestic and international commercial disputes. He has extensive experience in regulatory disputes and investigations, product liability, and judicial review with a particular focus on the life sciences and technology sectors. He has acted in some of the leading intellectual property, technology and commercial disputes in Ireland and have extensive experience advising on Irish Commercial Court litigation, and ADR.
He advises on a wide range of litigation and regulatory matters involving patents, trade marks, copyright, designs, trade secrets and confidential information, often involving additional issues such as intermediary liability, data protection, competition and consumer law claims. Michael has also advised on leading Commercial Court cases and alternative dispute resolution processes in many sectors, in particular life sciences and technology. He thrives on helping clients to navigate the Irish Courts, particularly in the context of a complex multi-jurisdictional mandate, and to collaborate with others and find the right solution for matter in question.