Holmes O’Malley Sexton LLP

Insurance, Dispute Resolution, Construction, Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring

Managing Partner

Harry is Holmes’ Managing Partner.  He has a broad range of experience having worked supporting clients across multiple practice areas.  He is an experienced Commercial Litigation Solicitor and a CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) Accredited Mediator.

Having extensive experience of advising clients across a range of contentious and non- contentious matters, Harry practices with an emphasis on commercial litigation and financial lines claims, including professional negligence litigation, cyber claims and claims against directors and officers.  He also has extensive experience of resolving property related disputes and shareholders’ disputes.  He practices extensively in and has vast experience in dealing with cases in the Commercial Court (a commercial division of the High Court).

His work involves dealing with high profile contentious disputes concerning public and private bodies.  Harry advises on public administrative law as it relates to State bodies, disputes and investigations concerning public bodies, judicial review, employment law disputes (particularly as they impact on the board and chief executives of companies), contentious issues as they impact on environmental law, procurement, planning law and health and safety law.

He has considerable experience in the area of construction law as well as extensive experience in insolvency and corporate recovery.  Harry represents liquidators, receivers and examiners.  He has been involved in high profile examinerships.

Harry practises in the area of dispute resolution and has been involved in many mediations.  He is an accredited mediator through CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) in London.

Chairman of University of Limerick Foundation

Professional Negligence Lawyers Association (PNLA)

Forum of Insurance Lawyers (FOIL)

Law Society of Ireland’s Guidance and Ethics Committee’s Panel

International Lawyer’s Network

Special advisor to Mid-Western Hospitals Trust

International Board of Kemmy Business School

Founding Member of Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners

Law Society of Ireland

BA – National University of Ireland, Galway

Certificate in Judicial Review – Law Society of Ireland

Accredited Mediator – Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution

Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland