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Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Over the last 35+ years, Lavelle Partners has built a reputation within the legal sector as renowned and highly experienced Commercial and Civil Litigation experts.

Our award-winning Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team, headed up by Partner Ciarán Leavy, recognise the commercial realities for clients and believe in taking a commercial and practical approach to dispute resolution. We are known within the industry as practical problem-solvers with the ability to manage commercial disputes both within and outside the court setting.

We are also well-versed in alternative dispute resolution methods, including arbitration and mediation, as well as court litigation. This means we are always ready to find an amicable solution to disputes where there is one to be found. However, where litigation is the best option to protect a client’s interests, we offer a pro-active approach and all of the resources needed to achieve the best outcome.

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Why Choose Lavelle for Litigation & Dispute Resolution?

  • Our award-winning Litigation & Dispute Resolution Team headed up by Partner, Ciarán Leavy, have considerable experience in advising on a wide range of commercial disputes.

  • We have a wealth of experience in advising on litigation matters including banking & investment disputes, commercial disputes, defamation, insolvency disputes, professional negligence and shareholder disputes.

  • We are equally well-versed in alternative dispute resolution methods, including arbitration and mediation, as well as court litigation.

  • Our solicitors are pro-active, pragmatic and provide clear legal advice. In managing any dispute, we assess your situation objectively and provide an optimal strategy to progress your case.

  • As a full-service law firm, client's benefit from our multi-disciplinary offering and our specialist legal expertise across a number of practice areas including Employment, Professional Negligence and Restructuring & Insolvency.

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For expert legal advice on Litigation & Dispute Resolution matters, contact us on +353 1 644 5800 or email law@lavellepartners.ie

What Our Clients Say

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"Ciarán Leavy stands out as a top-class litigation lawyer in Dublin who consistently provides excellent legal advice on commercial matters in a very clear and concise manner. He is a pleasure to deal with and I would highly recommend him and his team to anybody."

Legal 500, 2026

"Lavelle Partners offer pragmatic, tailored and effective advice to their clients. The team advocate passionately for their clients and ensure that swift solutions are achieved. The partners are approachable and provide their legal advice in clear terms."

Legal 500, 2026

"Our key litigation goes to Ciarán Leavy. He stands for his calm, efficient and strategic approach in ensuring we get to our desired outcome. His blend of knowledge and expertise in the litigation space and commercially-focused strategising to optimise results makes him an invaluable partner in resolving our defence litigation."

Legal 500, 2026

"They have a reliable, focused and thorough team leader in Ciarán Leavy."

Legal 500, 2026

"Ciarán Leavy is an exceptionally approachable and talented solicitor. He is reliable, hard-working and trustworthy and has outstanding communication skills both generally and more specifically in terms of explaining the overview as well as micro-detail of case process and procedures. He also has excellent listening skills and generous empathic qualities which are positively supportive of productive collaboration and constructive interpersonal relations and exchange with clients and more extensively."

Legal 500, 2025

"Lavelle Partners were hugely efficient, responsive and kept me up-to-date on all developments. They were reassuring and good humoured. I liked talking to them and even enjoyed my interactions with them."

Legal 500, 2025

"Ciarán Leavy was hugely competent, I felt I was in good hands with him all the time. He always had a broad, reassuring smile and put me at total ease during a very stressful time. "

Legal 500, 2025

"Ciarán Leavy is super. An excellent balance between tenacity and practicality. Always available. Dermot McClean is exceptional. Hugely bright and prepared. Michael Lavelle brings decades of experience and wealth to provide a polished and reliable service."

Legal 500, 2025

"Ciarán Leavy has proved an invaluable partner in managing our litigation for more than ten years. Unflappable and totally clear in his approach, he is the steadiest of hands no matter how contentious the case may be. He always has an excellent understanding of our commercial drivers as a client, and his advices are delivered clearly, concisely and with a strategic focus."

Legal 500, 2025

"A strong focus on excellent client service, highly accessible and responsive, and commercially astute, the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team stands out among their peers for the qualities and experience they bring to the table."

Legal 500, 2025

"Ciarán Leavy stands out as an excellent litigator and has demonstrated great professionalism in all cases he has assisted with. Ciarán keeps his clients up-to-date on progress and is great at finding solutions to difficult issues. I cannot recommend Ciarán highly enough."

Legal 500, 2025

"The Litigation & Dispute Resolution team are brave, tenacious and practical. Advice is provided in a straightforward way. Hugely responsive. Extremely efficient in bringing cases along."

Legal 500, 2025

“Lavelle Partners have an outstanding dispute resolution team. They are singularly focussed in getting the best results for their clients.”

Legal 500, 2023

“Lavelle Partners’ Dispute Resolution team provide solution focused, commercial and pragmatic advice to guide their clients through litigation. Their focus is on achieving the best possible outcome at each stage of the process. The team get to know their clients closely and bring a fresh approach, which aims to align any litigation strategy which is devised to the client’s business requirements.”

Legal 500, 2023

"Highly experienced Dispute Resolution team, always available to offer counsel and advice, or just listen as the scenario demands. Really felt like the team were invested in our case and we were treated with empathy and respect throughout"

Legal 500, 2023

“Ciarán is an excellent lawyer. He has in-depth knowledge which he deploys astutely for his clients. Ciarán is extremely professional, responsive and pleasant to work with. He ensures that he identifies the clients’ objectives and issues which arise from the outset and then successfully guides clients through litigation to ensure a positive outcome is reached at the earliest possible juncture.”

IFLR1000, 2023

“Ciarán Leavy’s legal expertise as a commercial litigator is second to none and he has always been extremely professional, responsive and pleasant to deal with. He has advised us on a very bespoke matter recently and he was exceptionally comfortable with this. Ciarán is always true to his word in relation to deadlines and can really be depended upon by our company to deliver. Ciarán really makes it his business to understand how we operate our business and in turn provides top class commercially focused advice. Ciarán is very down to earth also and can explain a complex topic in a very easy to understand way. We would highly recommend Ciarán and his team.”

Legal 500, 2023

“Ciarán Leavy is a rising star, has great instincts and experience. He identifies and deploys winning strategies from the outset of litigation and ensures his clients conclude any proceedings with the best possible outcome.”

Legal 500, 2023

‘Ciaran Leavy stands out as an excellent lawyer who always seems to find a solution no matter what the problem is.’

Legal 500, 2022

‘Ciarán Leavy gains excellent insight into the matter and is excellent at correspondence such that it gets the point across to the other side and can narrow the issues at hand or move the process forward.’

Legal 500, 2022

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