CMS Francis Lefebvre

Dispute resolution

Shane Daly joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2026.

He primarily practices in international arbitration. He advises individual clients, corporations, and sovereign states in commercial and investor-state arbitrations under various rules (LCIA, ICC, PCA, ICSID, UNCITRAL) and in litigation related to arbitration proceedings.

He works across a wide range of sectors, including energy, telecommunications, mining, textiles, construction, banking, oil and gas, media, as well as post-merger/acquisition and post-privatization disputes.

He is also qualified as a Barrister (Bar of Ireland) and a Member of the New York Bar.

Shane also sits as an arbitrator.

Shane is listed by Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) as a “Future Leader” in Arbitration in France, 2019 – 2026.

French, English

Member of the International Bar Association (IBA) Arbitration Committee Member of the LCIA Users Council Member of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BICL) Member of the American Bar Association Member of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration Lectures regularly in Universities on international arbitration subjects

LL.M., University College London (2010) LL.B., National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway (2008)