• Commercial litigation
• Contractual and tortious disputes
• Shareholders disputes
• Insolvency and Restructuring

Maurice frequently acts for:

• Financial institutions
• Both claimants and respondents in domestic and international commercial arbitrations
• Insolvency office holders
• Stakeholders in the insolvency process

Education

• University College Dublin (BCL, LLM)
• Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, UCD (HDBS)

Professional Memberships

• Insol Europe
• The International Bar Association - Vice-Chair of Insolvency Section Subcommittee
• The Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners

• Acting for the entire investor base of a well-known Irish registered ICAV sub fund, involving a multi -million euro dispute arising from a fraud perpetrated against the fund.
• Advising the shareholders of the world’s largest regional aircraft leasing company on potential cross border restructuring options available to secure the viability of the corporate group’s business, which has been significantly impacted by the Covid 19 pandemic restrictions on domestic and international air travel.
• Advising leading worldwide lenders in connection with potentially significant contract and tort claims they have against one of the world's largest event organisers.
• Acting for one of the largest UK and Ireland cinema groups in negotiating rent forbearance deals with landlords in order to maintain the group’s solvency during the pandemic lockdown.
• Advising the directors and shareholders of a well know private bus and carpark company on solvency issues arising from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the company’s business.
• Representing SPV OSUS in respect of losses suffered by Optimal Strategies U.S. Equity Limited following the collapse of the Madoff Ponzi scheme with an overall claim value of €3bn.
• Advising a large UK-based financial institution on steps to extricate itself from an Iranian-law governed security arrangement entered into with an Iranian financial institution that was subsequently declared to be a designated entity under the EU and US sanctions regimes imposed on Iran.
• Acting for American investors in proceedings against the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo Airways on the enforcement of a multi-million dollar international arbitral award.