Liam is founder and CEO of AnOliveBranch.com, and a keen advocate of using friendly means to achieve early and effective interception to contain conflict in order to reach swift resolution, preserve relationships and minimise costs.

After 25 years as a litigation lawyer his motto is “If you force it, it will break!”, being his experience of the inevitable result when two sides are pitched against each other in adversarial-type dispute resolution processes where the adjudicator imposes a conclusion, not necessarily a lasting solution, on an unwilling party.

Liam is also CEO of Ireland’s leading provider of Continuing Professional Development (‘CPD’) to the professions, with a venerable panel of expert speakers which includes the holders of the highest national and European offices in both the public and private sectors, and the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland. Prior to that, Liam was personal advisor to leading Irish, American and European political, business, diplomatic and charitable figures, and ran a successful law practice for many years before working in international real estate in Europe and the Middle East. He continues to be a Consultant to his legal colleagues, and also has business interests in the hospitality sector.

The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation is the world’s largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship, education and research, and Liam is a Program Director and Facilitator for the delivery of their world-leading entrepreneurship and innovation Kauffman FastTrac® programs to Irish and international companies, whether start-ups or existing businesses investigating next-stage growth and opportunity.

Liam read Law at University College Cork, Ireland before going on to qualify as a Lawyer, a Mediator and a Collaborative Practitioner. He was a legal journalist and lecturer, and still works with many Irish law firms to raise their awareness and help them improve and promote their businesses through the effective use of technology.