Peter O’Malley started his career as an architect. Before becoming involved in dispute resolution he was the senior partner at ‘LOM architecture and design’ based in London, an acclaimed international practice, which he founded with his co-partner David Livesey, in 1989. During his time in practice, Peter worked across the world where he led many prestigious and award-winning projects in Europe, the Middle East, West Africa, the Caribbean, the Far East, and Australia. Through this international background Peter has gained considerable experience in the FIDIC and NEC standard forms of contract in common, civil and Sharia law jurisdictions, in addition to the PWC, RIAI and JCT forms and bespoke agreements.
Peter is a qualified arbitrator, adjudicator, accredited mediator. He has acted as arbitrator in disputes up to €50m in disputed value and as a conciliator, adjudicator and mediator in disputes up to €12m in disputed value. Peter is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) and past Chair of the Ireland Branch. Peter is also a member of the worldwide Board of Trustees for Ciarb, in addition to being an accredited Ciarb Examiner in Construction Adjudication under both the Irish and UK Acts.
Peter is a member of the dispute resolution panels of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, Engineers Ireland, Law Society of Ireland, Construction Industry Federation, Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors and the Construction Industry Council. He is also serving a second five-year term as a member of the Construction Contracts Adjudication Panel established by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment under of the Construction Contracts Act 2013 (CCA 2013).
Peter has spoken at many industry conferences on various Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) subjects. He is also a visiting lecturer on adjudication, under the Irish and UK legislation, at Robert Gordon University in Scotland. In addition to having peer reviewed academic papers published, he has written numerous media articles on dispute resolution, construction law and related subjects in Ireland, the UK and internationally.
“…considerable experience in the FIDIC and NEC standard forms of contract in common, civil and Sharia law jurisdictions, in addition to the JCT, RIAI, PWC forms and bespoke agreements”.
“…written numerous media articles on dispute resolution, construction law and related subjects in Ireland, the UK and internationally”.