Colm is an Accredited Mediator and a Chartered Accountant.

Colm has a particular expertise in successfully mediating shareholder disputes and partnership disputes.

He has satisfactorily mediated in many family businesses to help shareholders divest themselves of their interests in family companies. He has helped shareholders devise exit strategies allowing them to pursue alternative options. His broad financial experience has also seen him involved in commercial mediation of all types including - contract termination disputes, professional indemnity claims and insurance claims.

As a chartered accountant Colm has carried out over thirty valuations of trading companies. He has advised and represented parties involved in contractual disputes. He also advised and represented parties in breach of contract disputes many of which went to arbitration. Colm has acted as an arbitrator and has carried out expert witness work in a variety of cases.

Colm is a natural facilitator and believes that mediation can provide a forum for sensible dialogue and for examining creative solutions that provide win-win solutions for all parties.