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Thomas O'Dwyer

Thomas is a partner in Beauchamps' litigation & dispute resolution team and heads up the crisis management and white collar crime units. Thomas works with Irish and international businesses across all sectors, financial institutions and state bodies. Thomas specialises in complex commercial disputes and has particular experience advising financial institutions and corporate clients involved in claims for professional negligence, breach of contract, security enforcement, judicial review and property disputes. Thomas advises clients on many aspects of administrative decision-making and following fair procedures as well as obligations under Data Protection and Freedom of Information legislation. Thomas was admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) and as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands in 2008. He spent two years working in the commercial litigation department of a large Cayman Islands law firm. Thomas won the Client Choice Award for Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) in Ireland in 2018. · Beauchamps LLP

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About

Thomas O'Dwyer is a partner in Beauchamps LLP's litigation & dispute resolution team and heads the firm's crisis management and white collar crime units, advising Irish and international businesses, financial institutions and state bodies. He specialises in complex commercial disputes—including professional negligence, breach of contract, security enforcement, judicial review and property disputes—and advises on administrative decision‑making, fair procedures and Data Protection/FOI; he was admitted in the BVI and Cayman Islands in 2008 and won the Client Choice Award for Arbitration and ADR in Ireland in 2018.

Practice areas

LitigationDispute ResolutionWhite Collar CrimeCrisis ManagementAdministrative / Public LawData Protection & PrivacyCommercial LitigationReal Estate

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Expertise

Financial InstitutionsState BodiesCommercial LitigationWhite Collar CrimeCrisis ManagementProfessional NegligenceData Protection & PrivacyAdministrative Law

Education

  • BA Legal and Business Studies, Waterford Institute of Technology (1998)
  • LLB, University College Cork (1999)
  • Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland (2004)
  • Solicitor, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) (2008)
  • Attorney‑at‑Law, Cayman Islands (2008)

Admissions

  • Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland (2004)
  • Solicitor, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) (2008)
  • Attorney‑at‑Law, Cayman Islands (2008)