Norman Fitzgerald

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Ask the Expert: Norman Fitzgerald in The Irish Times

Norman Fitzgerald, a new partner in our Dispute Resolution team, was recently featured in the Ask The Expert series of The Irish Times. Norman shares practical insights on how organisations can manage commercial disputes…

13/11/25

About Norman

Norman is a Partner on our Dispute Resolution team, advising on commercial disputes, regulatory matters and insolvency/restructuring matters.

With over 30 years' experience, Norman is one of Ireland's most respected litigation and regulatory lawyers. His practice focuses on complex business disputes, commonly with an international component.

Norman has also represented public bodies, financial institutions, and professional services firms in a wide range of contentious matters.

He has conducted several internal investigations for company boards and public bodies, and regularly advises corporates on regulatory investigations, including merger investigations by the CCPC, professional misconduct investigations by the Chartered Accountants Institute, the Insolvency Service of Ireland, the Central Bank and the LSRA.

Norman's commercial litigation practice includes shareholder disputes, breach of contract, procurement disputes brought by disappointed bidders, significant pensions deed disputes, and large professional indemnity claims. He has defended several high-profile claims against Big 4 accountancy firms and solicitors’ firms. He has acted in large software proprietary claims as well as copyright and database issues and intellectual property disputes. He has acted in many claims/complaints involving banking and insurance services.

Norman also has in-depth knowledge and expertise in restructuring and insolvency and has acted in several high-profile international restructurings. He has been a recommended individual in Dispute Resolution and in Insolvency and Restructuring in Chambers Global and Legal 500 since 2006.

Advised one of the Big 4 accounting firms in auditor negligence claims in the Commercial Court.
Advised a global building supplies company on an internal investigation and published recommendations in relation to matters emerging out of a public inquiry.
Advised Citi Group on Chapter 11/examinership of Weatherford plc.
Advised The Insolvency Service of Ireland and the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman in several hundred judicial reviews and statutory appeals; conducted investigations into alleged misconduct by personal insolvency practitioners.
Advised Persona Digital Telephony in multimillion-euro claim against the State arising out of the competition for the second GSM mobile phone license competition.
Advised on Fitness and Probity investigations and ASP investigations by Central Bank of Ireland.
Represented parties in merger investigations by the CCPC.
Advised Amcor in a leading case in the Commercial Court on termination rights in a corporate pensions deed.
Advised Creacard SAS on acting for the largest French distributor of pre-paid cards against PCSIL (in liquidation).
Advised a healthcare technology company in software copyright and database rights case in the Commercial Court.
Advised CIE Pension Scheme Trustees on Commercial Court proceeding regarding interpretation of pension deed.
Advised Cara Environmental in the defence of €100m damages claims arising out of contamination of animal feed across Europe; managing civil and criminal litigation in several jurisdictions.