With an ability to ‘combine real depth of expertise with a practical, solution-driven approach’, McCann FitzGerald LLP is well-equipped to handle the full spectrum of complex and high-value disputes, drawing on expertise from ADR experience and involvement with all major business sectors; the group demonstrates breadth and depth across financial, corporate, contractual and commercial disputes. Michael Murphy spearheads the team, and Rosaleen Byrne draws on decades of experience in commercial disputes to support clients in the financial services, telecoms, digital media services, pharma, aviation and pensions spaces. Helen Kilroy has strong expertise in commercial litigation and is regularly instructed on professional negligence and property dispute, while Catherine Derrig is a key name for clients in the commercial and financial services fields.
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Work Department
Commercial Disputes, Administrative & Public Law, Competition, Regulated Markets & EU Law, Intellectual Property, Banking & Financial Services Disputes
Position
Partner
Career
Rosaleen Byrne graduated from University College Dublin (LLM) in 1994 and qualified in 1997. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in EC Competition Law from Kings College London (2002). She is currently a Partner at McCann FitzGerald LLP. Rosaleen has 25 years’ experience handling complex and large scale commercial disputes across a range of sectors, specifically financial services, communications, pharmaceutical, aviation and pensions. Her commercial disputes practice focuses on cases with a regulatory, or economic aspect and encompasses investigations, statutory inquiries and enforcement actions.
Rosaleen is renowned for advising stakeholders on complex disputes in regulated sectors. Shealso has considerable experience of handling data protection and privacy disputes and anti-trust cases including state aid litigation and follow on damages actions. Rosaleen has litigated on behalf of clients in a wide range of different fora, primarily in the Commercial and Competition Divisions of the High Court of Ireland and before specialist tribunals. Many of Rosaleen’s cases involve a Pan-European or International dimension.
Memberships
The Law Society of Ireland, 1997
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- ‘Helen Kilroy is the best mediator in Ireland. Rosaleen Byrne is smart, affable and tenacious in equal measure. Michael Coonan may well be the best litigator in Dublin. Bébhinn Bollard is a pleasure to deal with. Ger Sadlier is hugely impressive.’
- ‘Audrey Byrne, Rosaleen Byrne, Michelle Doyle, Bébhinn Bollard, Catherine Derrig, Marie-Alice Cleary and Amy Brick are exceptional lawyers. Their attention to detail and ability to take a pragmatic approach to the most complex issues is not matched.’
Key clients
- SMBC Aviation Capital Limited
- Bristol Myers Squibb
Work highlights
Acting for Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (in special liquidation) (IBRC) in its long-running action against the former CEO of Irish Nationwide Building Society for negligence, gross negligence, breach of duty and breach of fiduciary duty arising out of the mismanagement of INBS by the former CEO during his tenure.