Mr Ronan Geary > RDJ LLP > Cork, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

RDJ LLP
85 South Mall
T12 TP8D
Ireland
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Work Department

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Position

Ronan heads up the firm’s Commercial Dispute Resolution team. He and his team represent commercial clients before the superior Courts and also in other forums, including Mediations, Arbitrations, Tribunals and Oral Hearings. He has a recognised expertise in particular in contract disputes, company law disputes, judicial review, landlord & tenant disputes and planning matters.

Ronan has been the lead partner on a number of the most prominent Commercial Court shareholder disputes in recent years as well as acting in a number of highly publicised Commercial Court judicial reviews (regarding tenders, planning and State Aid). He also advised a manufacturing client plaintiff in the leading Irish multi-jurisdictional, multi-party product liability case; Clients consistently praise Ronan’s pragmatism in providing the best possible commercial advices and his detailed knowledge of a broad range of legal areas. Clients also comment again and again on his and his team’s tenacity in achieving the best possible outcome for them.

He has authored chapters on dispute resolution and product liability in a number of international law publications, is recognised consistently in Legal 500 in the areas of dispute resolution and planning, and is the lead lecturer to the Law Society of Ireland on both the Commercial Court and Mediation. Ronan has been a CEDR accredited Mediator since 2006 and regularly acts for clients in large commercial mediations and other alternative dispute resolution forums.

Memberships

Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland.
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales (non-practising).
Accredited Mediator (CEDR of London).

Education

BCL (University College Cork), LL.M (University College Cork),
Construction Contract Law & Administration Cert (Liverpool John Moores University).

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Dispute resolution

RDJ LLP has a large team of dispute resolution specialists spread across its Cork, Galway and Dublin offices. The breadth of team affords the firm with high levels of specialisation, from commercial disputes and professional indemnity to media, healthcare (medical negligence), aviation and data protection cases. It also has extensive experience in judicial review and construction disputes. The firm has close links to international insurers and reinsurers, along with media enterprises, handling large cases on a regular basis. Managing partner Jamie Olden has led teams in a series of high-stakes cases, as has Ronan Geary, the head of the commercial litigation group. Darryl Broderick heads the litigation team and is rated for media disputes. Richard Martin remains a senior and highly-rated practitioner.

Ireland > Planning and environment

RDJ LLP handles a variety of mandates related to planning and environmental law, assisting clients with compliance with planning obligations, all steps of large-scale planning applications and environmental due diligence. The team is equally active on the contentious side, handling both the prosecution and defence of environmental enforcement actions. Finola McCarthy heads the practice and regularly advises local authorities and state agencies on planning and environmental impact assessments for major projects. Ronan Geary and Donal Twomey are also recommended.