David Black

Declan is a solicitor and partner in the law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. He served as the firm’s managing partner from 2013 to 2022. Declan’s professional work focuses on dispute resolution, particularly business disputes with significant reputational and financial consequences. Declan is also a practicing mediator with a focus on mediating commercial disputes and partnership issues.

Outside of his professional work, Declan is a director of Rethink Ireland, a national charity which supports innovative non-profit organisations working in communities across Ireland through financial grants and non-financial assistance. He is also a director of The Ark, a charity which creates and delivers art for children, and he is a council member of the Irish Management Institute.