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Ms Saoirse O'Reilly
Work Department
Global Disputes
Position
Associate
Career
Saoirse O’Reilly’s practice concentrates on international commercial litigation and arbitration. She has been recognized as a “Leading Associate”, “one to watch”, and a “Key Lawyer” in these fields by The Legal 500, which also describes her as “a rising star” and a “partner in the making”.
Saoirse’s clients span from international corporations, private equity firms, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, and are spread across various sectors including hospitality and leisure, aerospace, technology and financial services.
Saoirse’s experience, whilst in litigation, where she regularly advises on high-stakes contractual disputes involving warranties, guarantees, and contractual negotiations and terminations, is unique, as she also regularly advises on non-contentious matters, where she regularly provides pre-litigation advice and advice on commercial contracts, including franchise and operating agreements.
Saoirse has also spent time seconded to the commercial legal team at Boeing, where she worked on various corporate and commercial matters. She is currently acting for an aviation company in a dispute regarding a performance guarantee valued at more than £50 million. Saoirse also works closely with the Firm’s business restructuring & reorganization team, advising on contentious matters with a financial angle, such as the high-profile dispute between Sanjeev Gupta and AIP.
The Legal 500 identifies Saoirse as having “vast commercial awareness”, “excellent drafting”, “strong technical skills” and “on top of every aspect of her cases”.
Memberships
- Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Education
- BPP Law School, London (Legal Practice Course with distinction 2016); Trinity College Dublin (LL.B. with first class honours 2014);
- University of Sydney (International exchange in law with first class honours 2013)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
The track record of Jones Day‘s London team includes hundreds of international arbitrations, its coverage encompassing wide-ranging sectors and geographies. Focused on major international arbitrations, Michelle Bradfield ‘devotes enormous energy to cases’. Lee Coffey is a multi-jurisdictional disputes specialist, and Rhys Thomas ‘can hold his own against silks’. Julian Bailey and James Pickavance both act in construction disputes. The next line of experienced practitioners includes the ‘extremely hard-working’ Saoirse O’Reilly and Isabella Noyen, who acts in investment treaty and commercial arbitrations.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Real estate > Environment
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds