Litigation

Catriona Gibson is chair of Arthur Cox in Northern Ireland and also leads the dispute resolution team in Belfast. A veteran commercial litigator, she has notable strength handling international disputes for household-name clients.

"Catriona is a first class litigator. She's very commercial, pragmatic,"

"professional and straight talking with clients. She's also very good at strategy and is really smart."

"She's very commercial and good to work with."

"Catriona must be regarded at the leading litigation lawyer in Northern Ireland. She has exceptional experience and bring a real commercial edge to commercial disputes."

Chris Ritchie receives a variety of commercial litigation mandates, including complex contractual disputes arising in the manufacturing and financial sectors, among others.

"Chris Ritchie provides excellent and sophisticated analysis of difficult issues."

"Chris has been good at being on the ground, handling advocacy in court and has good local knowledge as well as a good sense of what the right thing to do is."

"He's knowledgeable and an effective operator."

David Black has a broad practice which covers both general commercial disputes and professional negligence litigation. He has notable expertise in advising clients within the automotive industry.

"David Black is a skilled and commercially focused lawyer."

"David is clever, thorough and considered. He's really unflappable under pressure, but equally fights tirelessly for his clients' interests."

"He's very strong in his role and is very responsive."

"He's commercially astute."