Sarah Jayne
Hanna
Partner
Sarah Jayne Hanna is a partner in the Technology and Innovation Group at Matheson.
She advises clients on all technology-related issues, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence, digital services regulation (DMA and DSA), and data access. In addition, she has significant experience advising on data protection and cybersecurity matters, including advising on strategic data protection compliance, employee data protection issues, data subject access requests, and responding to data breaches and cyber incidents.
Experience and Education
Sarah Jayne’s experience includes advising:
- global technology companies in relation to DMA and DSA compliance;
- Fortune 100 US corporations on third party contractual arrangements (including the deployment of AI by outsourced service providers) and disputes;
- large Irish based businesses on data protection compliance and regulatory investigations;
- Irish fund administrators on IT integration projects and related data protection compliance matters;
- a global technology company on its binding corporate rules (including annual updates) and interacting with the Data Protection Commission on same;
- the Smurfit Kappa Group in relation to the data processing activities arising out of the merger with Westrock Company;
- Fortune 500 companies on IP restructuring and realignment projects;
- leading multinational technology companies and financial institutions on AI deployment and governance;
- large international and domestic companies on the application and implications of NIS 2, CER and CRA (including governance frameworks);
- large international and domestic companies on perpetual software licensing contractual arrangements and related disputes;
- large leading multinational tech companies on various contractual and data protection issues arising out of the sale of their products (including SaaS products) in the EU and UK;
- life sciences companies on third party manufacturing and IP licensing arrangements;
- global insurance and reinsurance companies on the procurement of ICT services and the regulatory overlay of DORA; and
- Fortune 500 technology companies on the application and implications of DORA
- Law Society of Ireland, Solicitor
- Law Society of Ireland, Diploma in Finance Law
- Trinity College Dublin, LLB
