Expertise
Aishlinn is a partner in the Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution Group at Matheson, and a member of the firm's Regulatory Investigations team. Our Regulatory Investigations team works closely with technical experts from our non-contentious practice areas, including the Technology and Innovation, Financial Institutions, Asset Management, Finance and Capital Markets and Corporate groups to ensure a seamless service which understands and meets our clients' regulatory requirements and priorities.
Aishlinn is an experienced litigator having acted in some of the most high-profile and high-value commercial disputes in recent years. Her clients include financial institutions, international organisations, insurers as well as commercial and private clients. She advises clients on complex commercial and financial services disputes before the Superior Courts and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
Aishlinn has significant experience advising regulated international and domestic clients on engagement with regulators, all aspects of investigations and enforcement actions. She advises clients across multiple industry sectors with a particular focus on financial services. She provides tailored, strategic advice to organisations, and senior individuals on all aspects of investigations and enforcement actions. Her practice also includes advising clients in respect of white collar crime and corporate offences, fraud, anti-bribery and corruption compliance under the Irish and EU regimes.
Aishlinn’s experience includes:
- Acting for financial institutions in relation to investigations and enforcement actions by the Central Bank of Ireland pursuant to Part IIIC of the Central Bank Act1 942 (as amended);
- Advising financial services providers in relation to complaints before the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman (“FSPO”);
- Acting for financial services providers in connection with High Court and Court of Appeal proceedings challenging decisions of the FSPO, including advising the first financial services provider to successfully challenge two decisions of the FSPO under the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017;
- Acting for an international financial institution in relation to long running Commercial Court proceedings arising out of the fraud of Bernard L Madoff Investment Securities;
- Advising an asset management company in relation to Commercial Court proceedings regarding a dispute with an employee in relation to an incentives scheme;
- Advising a multi-national company in relation to complex Commercial Court proceedings regarding the declinature of claims made under various Directors and Officers policies ;
- Advising a public body on their new regulatory function and sanctions regime and the exercise of their statutory powers;
- Advising a regulator on their investigation and sanctions regime and subsequent large scale inquiry in to a financial institution;
- Advising clients across a number of industry sectors on potential fraud, bribery and corruption offences and reporting obligations under section 19 of the Criminal Justice Act 2011.
Shortlisted as a rising star in Litigation by the Women in Business Law Awards EMEA 2022 and 2024
Recognised as a key lawyer in White Collar Crime in the European Legal 500 2023
Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland – 2014
King’s Inn, Advanced Diploma in Applied Employment Law – 2019
National University of Ireland, Galway, LLM (Public Law) – 2009
National University of Ireland, Galway, LLB - 2008