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Shane Daly joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2026. 

He primarily practices in international arbitration. He advises individual clients, corporations, and sovereign states in commercial and investor-state arbitrations under various rules (LCIA, ICC, PCA, ICSID, UNCITRAL) and in litigation related to arbitration proceedings. 

He works across a wide range of sectors, including energy, telecommunications, mining, textiles, construction, banking, oil and gas, media, as well as post-merger/acquisition and post-privatization disputes. 

He is also qualified as a Barrister (Bar of Ireland) and a Member of the New York Bar. 

Shane also sits as an arbitrator. 

Shane is listed by Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) as a “Future Leader” in Arbitration in France, 2019 – 2026.

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the International Bar Association (IBA) Arbitration Committee 
  • Member of the LCIA Users Council 
  • Member of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BICL) 
  • Member of the American Bar Association 
  • Member of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration 
  • Lectures regularly in Universities on international arbitration subjects

Lectures list

  • Moderator, Toolkit for Effective Arbitration Procedures, Vienna Arbitration Days (2025) 
  • Speaker, Behind the Scenes: Professional Secrecy, Admissibility, and Procedural Challenges in Arbitration, 15th Belgrade Arbitration Conference (2025) 
  • Moderator, Culture and Advocacy in International Arbitration, Paris Arbitration Week (2024)

Education

  • LL.M., University College London (2010) 
  • LL.B., National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway (2008)
  • B. Corporate Law (International) with a specialization in French law, National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway (2003-2007) 
  • Degree in French Law, University of Poitiers (2006)

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