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

Maurice frequently acts for:

• Financial institutions
• Domestic and international companies
• Claimants and respondents in domestic and international commercial arbitrations
• Insolvency office holders
• Stakeholders in the insolvency process
• Directors and shareholders

Education

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

Professional Memberships

• Insol Europe
• The International Bar Association
• RII (Restructuring & Insolvency Ireland)

• Acting for the examiner of Barryroe Offshore Energy plc.

• 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.

• Acting for the examiner in the successful examinership of Irish whiskey maker, Gortinore Distillery Limited.

• Advising the shareholders of Nordic Aviation Capital Group, 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 and its successful emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US.

• Advising leading worldwide lenders in connection with potentially significant contract and tort claims they have against one of the world's largest event organisers.

• 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.