People
Maurice Phelan
Maurice is a partner and Head of our Dispute Resolution team. His personal focus is on Commercial Litigation, Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency. Maurice has experience in a wide range of commercial litigation matters including high value contractual and tortious disputes and shareholders disputes, often with an international component.
Maurice frequently acts for financial institutions in complex commercial disputes and he has also acted for both claimants and respondents in domestic and international commercial arbitrations.
Maurice routinely advises insolvency office holders and stakeholders in the insolvency process. He also advises companies and their directors in distressed situations on corporate restructuring and insolvency issues.
Specialties
- Commercial litigation
- Insolvency and Restructuring
Representative Matters
- 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.
- Acting for Canadian investors in respect of a multi-million dollar contract dispute with an Irish-registered public company.
- Acting for Bank of Scotland plc in a complex breach of undertaking claim against a firm of solicitors.
Recommendations
Chambers and Partners, 2018
"He has a good business sense and good client focus.”
Legal 500, 2018
Maurice Phelan “provides optimum solutions”.
Areas of Expertise
Dispute Resolution Commercial Disputes Insolvency & Restructuring Financial Services DisputesProfessional Memberships
Insol Europe
The International Bar Association - Vice-Chair of Insolvency Section Subcommittee
The Irish Society of Insolvency Practitioners
Education
University College Dublin (BCL, LLM)
Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business, UCD (HDBS)