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Shane is a partner in our Construction & Engineering team. Shane practices in both contentious and non-contentious construction law. He advises all construction professionals on all aspects of construction contracts, including FIDIC, GCCC, IEI, JCT, NEC, RIAI, and bespoke forms.
Shane’s clients include a broad mix of Irish state authorities, funds, developers, contractors, banks, insurers and construction professionals across a number of sectors, including public infrastructure, technology, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, education, student accommodation, healthcare, commercial, hotel, retail and residential.
Specialities:
- Construction & Engineering
- Arbitration / Conciliation
- Health & Safety
- Maritime and Shipping
- Planning / CPOs / Environmental
Representative Matters
- Advising a U.S. developer fund on the multi-billion euro development of a 400 acre site in South Dublin, which includes roads, residential, office, hotel, business park and retail development. It is the largest mixed use development ever undertaken in Ireland.
- Advising one of Ireland’s largest developers on the development of a number of substantial office and residential developments at a number of Dublin City Centre sites.
- Advising a leading global engineering, construction and project management company in relation to the procurement and construction of a number of pharma and technology, manufacturing and renewable energy plants in Ireland (total development value exceeding €2bn).
Recommendations
Chambers & Partners, 2019
Shane possesses “phenomenal knowledge in construction law."
Legal 500, 2019
“Excellent”
Speaking Engagements & Teaching
Guest speaker at the UK Trade mission in Dublin Airport, 2018
Contract Strategies for Real Estate Development, 2017
Authorship
Author of “Set-off against certified sums: a change of direction?” in Construction Law International, 2008.
Co-authored Ireland’s chapter in Construction Law and Practice (2012 Thomson Reuters), which contains jurisdictional comparisons between construction law standards in 15 jurisdictions.
Areas of Expertise
Construction Law & Engineering Law Non-Contentious Contentious Maritime Law & Shipping LawProfessional Memberships
The Law Society of Ireland
International Project Finance Association
Arbitration Ireland
Education
University College Galway, B. Corp. Law
University College Galway, LLB
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