Richard Willis - Partner

• Successfully resisting Commercial Court summary proceedings commenced by a fund shareholder for the recovery of redemption payments allegedly due following the fund’s suspension of redemptions in the aftermath of the fraud perpetrated by Bernard Madoff
• Representing First Active plc, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland group, in relation to proceedings brought by The Cunningham Group involving claims in excess of €150 million arising out of First Active’s appointment of a receiver to various companies within the group to include successful applications for non-suit at the end of the Plaintiffs’ evidence
• Advising on the investigation by the Financial Regulator into foreign exchange issues at Allied Irish Banks plc
• Acting in a professional negligence claim brought by ESG Insurance against Deloitte & Touche Ireland (and Deloitte & Touche US and Deloitte & Touche Bermuda) in the Commercial Court in which ESG Insurance was claiming a sum in excess of $60 million
• Advising a large hotel chain in relation to mediation and injunction proceedings regarding the licensing of intellectual property
• Acting for a major national property group in defending a Commercial Court dispute concerning an equity incentivisation scheme in which the Plaintiffs sought damages in excess of €30 million

Education

• BBLS, 1995, University College, Dublin

Professional

• Admitted as a solicitor, 2000

Memberships

• Member of the American Bar Association
• Current Irish Liaison to the Young Lawyers Interest Network of the ABA
• Former President of the European Young Bar Association
• Past Chairperson of the Society of Young Solicitors of Ireland (2004-2005)

Published Material

• Contributing author to the Law Society of Ireland's Information Technology Law (Electronic Discovery Chapter) (2007, Cavendish).

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