Michael W. Carrigan
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- Email: mwcarrigan@efc.ie
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Practice Areas
Michael Carrigan is a partner in the Property department. He specialises in commercial property but has wide experience in all areas of property development. Michael's experience is such that he is often called upon to act as an expert witness in property disputes and professional negligence claims.
Michael is also a practising arbitrator. He has acted as sole arbitrator in over 100 domestic arbitrations in most of which he was appointed either by the President of the Law Society or by the Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch or was appointed by agreement of the parties. In addition, he has acted as a sole arbitrator in an international arbitration under appointment by the International Chamber of Commerce.
Education
Admitted as a solicitor in 1969
LL.B. (1969), University College, Dublin
Membership of Chambers / Bodies
He is currently the member for Ireland of the ICC International Court of Arbitration and is also a member of the International Roster of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution.
He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a former Chairman of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - Irish Branch. He is a former Chairman and a current member of the Arbitration and Mediation Committee of the Law Society. He lectures on arbitration in the Society's Law School and is the author of A Handbook on Arbitration Law in Ireland which was published by the Law Society in 1998.
He is currently a member of the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal appointed by the President of the High Court.
Achievements and Endorsements
Michael was Chairman of the Society of Young Solicitors (1974 - 1975) and President of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (1985 - 1986). He is an Honorary Member of The Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association.
"Michael Carrigan is best known for Marks and Spencer but he handles a range of commercial property work; he also has considerable arbitration experience."
Chambers Europe - Europe's Leading Lawyers for Business 2009
He joined Eugene F. Collins in 1972 and became a partner in 1975.
Partners
- Margaret Austin
- David Cantrell
- Michael W. Carrigan
- Gerard Coll
- Maura Connolly
- Eileen Grace
- David Hackett
- Deborah Kelly
- Terry Leggett
- Laura MacDermott
- Leonora Malone
- Nicola McGrath
- Garrett Miller
- Barry O'Neill
- Ronan O'Neill
- John Olden
- Doug Smith
- Justine Territt
- Sean Twomey
- Mark Walsh
- Lisa White