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Commercial

Micheál is qualified to practise in England and Wales, the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. His practice encompasses a broad range of commercial matters with a particular emphasis on commercial litigation, insolvency and property law. Micheál has appeared in a range of courts and tribunals throughout the UK and Ireland up to and including the Court of Appeal, where he has appeared unled. Micheál is comfortable appearing in cases as sole counsel and has extensive experience being led by King’s Counsel as part of a team of juniors.  

Before coming to the Bar, Micheál was a university lecturer and has tutored and lectured law at both undergraduate and post-graduate level at Trinity College, Dublin; The National University of Ireland, Maynooth; Griffith College, Dublin; and The China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing.

Prior to this, he worked in the Banking and Financial services department of a ‘top 5’ Irish law firm in Dublin.

In March 2021, after a competitive recruitment competition, Micheál was appointed to the Attorney General’s Regional C-Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown. Micheál was promoted to the B-Panel in March 2025. Since his appointment, Micheál has enjoyed a steady stream of instructions from the Government Legal Department and has acted for a range of  Government Departments and agencies including HMRC, the Department for Transport, the Department for Business and Trade and the Insolvency Service and the Cabinet Office.

In 2024, Micheál appeared for the successful Respondent in Re a Company [2024] EWCA Civ 1436, a case which clarified the date of presentation of a Winding-Up Petition in an era of electronic working.

Micheál is a committee member of the British and Irish Commercial Bar Association (BICBA) and a founding committee member of the Northern Fraud Lawyers Association.

Areas of expertise:

• Commercial Litigation
• Personal and Corporate Insolvency
• Commercial and Residential Property
• Public Law and Human Rights

Professional Memberships
The Bar of Ireland
Gray’s Inn, London
The King's Inns, Dublin