Mr Matthew Austin > Hayes Solicitors LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile
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LAVERY HOUSE
EARLSFORT TERRACE
DUBLIN 2
D02 T625
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Mr Matthew Austin
Work Department
Commercial and Business
Position
Partner in the Commercial & Business team at Hayes solicitors. He is a highly skilled litigator across a wide range of commercial disputes and is particularly experienced in cases before the Commercial Court. In recent years Matthew has acted in both the prosecution and defence of significant loan recovery proceedings and is currently acting in the defence of very substantial construction/energy claims before the Commercial Court. His considerable experience of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms includes acting in a number of successful mediations to resolve large commercial claims. Matthew is an experienced commercial lawyer and advises a number of Irish and international clients on a wide range of commercial matters, including consumer law, contract law and intellectual property law. Matthew has a specialist interest in professional regulatory matters, particularly with regard to the veterinary profession, and has extensive experience in defending complaints before the Fitness to Practise Committee of the Veterinary Council of Ireland. He also advises widely in the defence of civil and criminal matters in the professional sphere.
Memberships
Law Society of Ireland
Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
Commercial Litigation Association of Ireland.
Education
Bachelor of Laws Degree, Trinity College Dublin
Professional qualification as a solicitor (Professional and Advanced Course), Law Society of Ireland, 2009
Diploma in Intellectual Property and Information Technology, Law Society of Ireland
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Intellectual property
The intellectual property team at Hayes Solicitors LLP continues to work on complex and high-value IP matters, with notable expertise in the sports, media and advertising sectors. Renowned as a trade mark expert, practice head David Phelan provides comprehensive advice on a broad spectrum of both contentious and non-contentious IP issues. The duo of Jeremy Erwin and Laura Fannin regularly assists clients with trade mark registration and IP protection in Ireland, while Matthew Austin specialises in matters related to online and digital copyright licensing. The team is further strengthened by the expertise of IP rights specialist Cian Clinch.
Ireland > Media and entertainment
Hayes Solicitors LLP caters to a stellar client base, which includes publishers, authors, production companies, and advertising and marketing industry bodies. The team conducts a range of work in the media and entertainment sector, covering copyright, data protection, defamation, privacy and contempt law. Practice head David Phelan is noted for his experience in pre-publication media issues related to copyright, contracts and advertisement. Managing partner Joe O’Malley is more active on the contentious side, while Matthew Austin focuses on both pre and post-publication queries.