Robert Mcternaghan Email & Phone Number

Ireland & Northern Ireland

A specialised Sports Law Bar at the Bar of Ireland bringing the key experts in the field together from the Island of Ireland. Chairman: Mr David Barniville SCVice Chairman: Mr Paul McGarry SC (Current Chairman of the Bar of Ireland)Treasurer: Mr Tim O’Connor BLSecretary: Mr Robert McTernaghan BLFor media or enquiries please contact the Secretary at robert.mcternaghan@lawlibrary.ie

Dublin

County Dublin, Ireland

University Of Ulster

I was honoured to be asked by the Sports Academy to lecture on their upcoming post graduate Sport & the Law module. I will be discussing my sports law publications, current sport and the law issues, my research, sports law and how it feeds into all aspects of day to day law & finally my role with the NIBFA. Lecturing will provide me with greater public speaking confidence; research; teaching; due diligence; Investigations; Governance; Sanctions analysis; Press releases; Discussing tribunals & Appeals & Addressing conferences.

Irish Football Association 20 Windsor Ave, Belfast Bt9 6Eg

I am a legal representative to the aforementioned, I sit as a tribunal representative or as the Chairman on the NIBFA’s Disciplinary & Appeals Tribunals. They have hundreds of teams playing soccer weekly. This is a complex role & at times challenging role. I also sit on an IFA Commission that is tasked with redrafting the organisation’s articles of association, constitution & disciplinary code (laws of the game).Skills & Attributes:Integrity & enhanced due diligence; Analysis; Investigations; Governance; Report writing; Research; Drafting; Drafting judgments; Witness statements; Cohesion; Sanctions; Conducting a tribunal; Trail bundles; Advocacy; Evidence in chief; Cross examination; Appeals; Public speaking; Addressing conferences & Advices.

Belfast, United Kingdom

I am currently working in house with NI’s oldest registered charity; they have been helping people since 1906. This year alone we will help more than 400,000 people in Northern Ireland to enjoy a better quality of life. My position is extremely varied as the organisation is extremely big. My day to day role could have me looking at government policy, drafting responses and lobby government to change current legislation going through Stormont. I would also represent clients at LAC Reviews, Pre Birth conferences, MHRTs and at all the different divisions of the courts system in NI. I liaise with other solicitors, barristers, social workers, health care workers and service providers on behalf of my client in order that they get the best possible outcome.Skills & Attributes:Defence prosecution; Mental Health Law; PPS; Governance; lobbying; Legislative responses during the consultation period; Drafting pleadings and correspondence; Preparing trial bundle; Attending with counsel; Meeting clients; Case management; Client Care; Liaising with Clients; Drafting & negotiating contracts (receiving contracts) & explain them to clients; Research;

Florence Area, Italy

Following a competitive application & interview process with the European Commission (in conjunction with Baker Tilly), I won the prestigious EC Leonardo di Vinci award. I am working within the European Commission in the Procura della Repubblica C/o il Tribunale, Florence, Italy. I have gained an EU Commission language certificate B1 level after an intensive Italian course. This experience has provided me with language skills, living & working in another culture, learning the working of another national legal system, gaining significant experience in relation to EU law. I hope the comparative insight into the practice of law in another jurisdiction will help me to take a critical & innovative approach to the law and its application in my future career.Skills & Attributes: Work carried out in Italian & English under Avvocato Lucia Baldinelli; National security vetting & background checks in the Ministero della Guistizia, using the complex Europol system of Informativo del Casellario; Case perusal & progression; Attending court at the Tribunale di Firenze, the Corte di Appello, Corte di Civile & Corte di Penale; Consulting with english speaking foreign nationals & explaining their rights under the Codice Penale; Analising police reports & witness statements. Money laundering; Integrity & enhanced due diligence; Administration of Forensic Investigation invoices by magistrates from telephone companies; Forensic accounting using the Siamm & Scioge programs under Dottor Andrea Aizzi; Forensic analysis Fraud prevention & analysis; Asset tracing; Asset identification; Asset recovery; Corporate Investigations; EU governance; Report writing; Research; Litigation support; EU policy; Correlate with the financial department to collate and analyse data in relation to civil hearings & Drafting .

Belfast

After I won the prestigious EC Leonardo di Vinci award in September 2013, I gained valuable PQE with Lundy & Co law firm. Skills & Attributes:BANKING: Bankruptcy; Mortgage litigation; Fraud; Insolvency; EJO proceedings; Order 88; EJO & Insolvency court advocacy; Drafting letters, statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions, writs, originating summons’, statements of claim, default judgement, orders charging land, affidavits & preparing exhibits on behalf of a banking institution that exists in the UK & ROI. I had to ensure compliance with the high court’s protocol at all times.LITIGATION: High Court (including significant experience asbestosis claims), County Court & Masters Court appearances as an advocate; Personal Injury; Medical & Professional negligence. Following the introduction of the Damages (Asbestos-related Conditions) Act (NI) 2011, I conducted research, provided advices & guidance as to its effect. I drafted opinions & developed legal arguments while liaising with Counsel in respect of the change of position from the House of Lords decision in Rothwell. I had a large case load which involved speaking with clients, drafting correspondences, bills of costs, reading & understanding all types of expert reports. I have drafted all the various documents in relation to litigation within Northern Ireland & the Republic of Ireland. COMMERCIAL: Transactions; Commercial negotiations; Project development agreements; Debentures & facility letters; Re Etridge advices; Charges; Drafting & negotiating contracts (receiving contracts); Guarantee reviewing & drafting; Research; Corporate governance; Corporate investigations; Case management; Conveyancing (commercial/residential) OTHER AREAS: Liquor licensing; Money laundering officer; Client Care; Employment law; Forensic analysis Fraud prevention & analysis; Asset tracing; Asset identification; Asset recovery; Investigations; Governance; Private client, Trusts; Tracing; Report writing & Sports law.

Belfast

I was awarded a training contact with Lundy & Co law firm in Belfast. This firm is a civil & chancellery litigation, banking, commercial, conveyancing and private client firm. I spent equal time in the aforementioned departments.Skills & Attributes:Litigation High Court, County Court & Masters Court attendance; Personal Injury; Medical & Professional negligence; Bankruptcy; Mortgage litigation; Fraud; Insolvency; EJO proceedings; Order 88; Insolvency court attendance; High Court protocol. Drafting various types of debt letters, statutory demands, bankruptcy petitions, writs, originating summons’, statements of claim, default judgement, orders charging land, affidavits & preparing exhibits. Commercial transactions; Private client, Trusts; Tracing; Commercial negotiations; Project development agreements; Debentures & facility letters; Re Etridge advices; Charges; Drafting & negotiating contracts (receiving contracts); Guarantee reviewing & drafting; Research; Conveyancing (commercial/residential) Corporate governance; Case management; Client Care; Liquor licensing; Liaising with Clients & Employment law. Forensic analysis; Asset recovery; Investigations; Governance; Report writing; Sports law; Attended Counsel; Verbatim notes during court hearings; Drafting internal memos, letters & attendance notes; Client consultations; I have consulted with clients & witnesses on my own, taking statements & instructions from them; I have experience of explaining the firm’s fee structure to potential & current clients.

Belfast

Upon commencing my law masters at Queen’s University, I took a post as a paralegal in the litigation & Banking department, one of Northern Ireland’s well established law firms for two years.Skills & Attributes:Legal research; Drafting pleadings and correspondence; Preparing briefs to counsel; Preparing trial bundle; Attending counsel; Drafting list of documents; Meeting clients; Case management; Client Care; Liaising with Clients; Charges; Drafting & negotiating contracts (receiving contracts); Guarantee reviewing & drafting; Research; Conveyancing (commercial/residential); Liquor licensing & Employment law.

Barrister At Law, Law

Postgraduate Diploma In Professional Legal Studies, Law

Masters In Law (Legal Science), Law Research Dissertation In Sports Law (Under Prof Jack Anderson) Pass With Commendation, Pass With Commendation

Bacholor Of Science (First Class Honours), With Sport Studies, First Class Honours