As a Partner of Arthur Cox, Pádraig is ranked by Chambers and Partners as the top corporate lawyer in Ireland. He served as Managing Partner of the firm from 2003 to 2011 and in 2009, he was named European Managing Partner of the Year and in 2012 was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Managing Partner Forum. He also holds a position of non-Executive Director at Paddy Power plc.

Pádraig studied law in the National University of Ireland and Harvard Law School and has practised in New York and Dublin. Since 2008 he has been the lead external legal advisor to the Irish Government and Irish State entities on Ireland’s banking crisis.