Éamonn Conlon SC
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Éamonn Conlon is a Senior Counsel practising independently as a solicitor, arbitrator, and mediator. He has 40 years experience in dispute resolution, with a focus on construction and infrastructure law.
Éamonn currently serves on the International Chamber of Commerce's International Court of Arbitration and Commission on Arbitration and ADR. He teaches arbitration and construction law at the Law Society of Ireland.
In 2022, Éamonn received the International Client Choice Award for Mediation-Ireland. In 2020 Legal 500 wrote: 'Eamonn Conlon is outstanding and the go-to lawyer for construction law. His knowledge is unrivalled and, combined with a pragmatic, results-driven approach, makes him a formidable operator.' Chambers has said of him: 'recognised as an outstanding lawyer and commands mountains of respect' and 'hailed by clients as calm, pragmatic and scarily intelligent ... His advice is always outstanding'.
Prior to independent practice, Éamonn was a partner at A&L Goodbody, Dublin and before that, at Masons (now Pinsent Masons). He previously practised in the US and at the Bar of Ireland. He is a graduate of Kings Inns, Dublin and a BCL and LLM graduate of University College Dublin. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. In 2020, he made history by being one of the first solicitors designated Senior Counsel by the Government of Ireland.