About
Martin Cooney is a partner and Head of the Construction team at Byrne Wallace Shields LLP, advising on both contentious and non-contentious construction law matters, including standard form and bespoke contracts. He has extensive experience in dispute resolution (mediation, conciliation, adjudication, expert determination and arbitration), Commercial Court litigation, and provides health & safety advice including defence in HSA prosecutions.
Practice areas
ConstructionConstruction ContractsLitigationArbitrationDispute ResolutionHealth & SafetyProjects & PPP
Office
Expertise
Standard form construction contracts (RIAI, Public Works, NEC, FIDIC)Negotiation and drafting of bespoke construction contracts and professional appointmentsDispute resolution: mediation, conciliation, adjudication, expert determination, arbitrationCommercial Court litigationHealth & Safety advice and defence in HSA prosecutions
Education
- DEUE, European Law, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, 2002
- B.Corp Law (Corporate Law), NUI Galway, 2003
- LL.B (Law), NUI Galway, 2004
- M.Sc, Criminology and Criminal Justice, Oxford University, 2006
- Higher Diploma in Employment Law, University College Dublin, 2008
- Dip. Comm. Lit. (Commercial Litigation), 2009
- M.Sc., Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, Kings College London, 2015
Admissions
- Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland (2009)
- Solicitor, Law Society of England and Wales (2010)
- MCIArb (Chartered Institute of Arbitrators)