Michael FealyMichael Fealy

Barrister
Date of call: 1997
e-mail: mfealy@oeclaw.co.uk
Fax: 020 7520 4878


Michael Fealy practises across the broad range of commercial law, litigation and international commercial arbitration. Michael was previously called to the Irish Bar (1995) and is a member of the Law Library in Dublin. He combines a busy and diverse commercial practice dealing with all the major issues of the day, with niche expertise in Energy Law and particularly Corporate Insolvency Law, an area upon which he has lectured on the University of London LLM course at UCL for the past 10 years and continues to do so.  

Recommended by Chambers & Partners UK and Global (Commercial Litigation and Energy & Natural Resources), Legal 500 (Energy & Natural Resources and Commercial Arbitration) and Legal Experts (Energy & Natural Resource):

"Michael Fealy has a 'good written style', one of several reasons why he ‘punches far above his weight’". (Chambers & Partners 2008). His clients, “seek the advice and advocacy skills of [his] ‘safe pair of hands’(Chambers & Partners 2007).  He is "a crisp and effective advocate, able to get to the point when handling complicated cases".(Chambers UK 2009)

Currently Michael appears  in a high value UNCITRAL arbitration concerning a price review under LNG sale contact.  

Michael has experience in the High Court both at first instance and at the appellate level, including in the Criminal Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. He has also had involvement in numerous international commercial arbitrations governed by a variety of rules and in FSA disciplinary proceedings.

Scope of practice

  • Company law
    incl. directors' duties misfeasance & share warranty disputes
  • Administrative & public law (incl. constitutional law)
  • Injunctive relief
  • Insurance & reinsurance
  • Intellectual property
  • International & domestic sale of goods
    incl. supply of goods & services
  • IT disputes
    incl. software, hardware & telecoms
  • Judicial review
  • Professional negligence
  • Financial services
    incl. associated regulatory, compliance & disciplinary issues
  • Arbitration & expert determination
  • Banking & finance
  • Commercial contracts
    incl. agency & joint venture disputes
  • Competition & regulated industries
  • Fraud & anti-money laundering
  • Energy, utilities & natural resources
  • Insolvency law
  • Jurisdiction & conflict of laws


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