Anne-Marie is a partner and Head of the Technology and Innovation Group at Matheson.

Anne-Marie Bohan has extensive experience in technology related legal matters, gained over nearly three decades with Matheson, and is Head of Matheson’s Technology and Innovation Group. Anne-Marie is widely recognised for her skill in bringing together significant practical experience in advising on technology and privacy legal issues with industry knowledge and an understanding of applicable regulatory rules and regulatory requirements.

Anne-Marie is recognised by The Legal 500 as a Leading Partner for both Information Technology and Fintech, and is in The Legal 500 Data Privacy and Data Protection Hall of Fame.

Davinia Brennan is a partner in Matheson’s Technology and Innovation Group. She has over 10 years’ expertise in data protection; privacy; information technology and; e-commerce law.

Davinia advises international and domestic companies on all aspects of compliance with data protection and privacy law, including; handling data subject access requests; data breach incidents; regulatory investigations and; international data transfers.  She also advises online businesses on evolving regulatory and consumer protection law obligations.

Davinia presents and publishes widely on a range of technology related legal matters, in particular on data protection, intellectual property and information technology law.  She is also a member of the editorial board of the PDP Data Protection Ireland Journal.

Michael Byrne is “a consummate litigator”.

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Michael Byrne is a partner in the Disputes and Investigations Group.

Michael has extensive experience of dealing with commercial disputes including, in particular, in the areas of Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) and Public Law.

Connor Cassidy is a partner in the Disputes and Investigations Group at Matheson.

Our Disputes and Investigations Group works closely with technical experts from our non-contentious practice areas, including the Technology and Innovation, Financial Institutions, Asset Management, Finance and Capital Markets and Corporate groups to ensure a seamless service which understands and meets our clients’ regulatory requirements and priorities.

Niall is a partner and Head of the Competition and Regulation Group.

He has extensive experience advising Irish and multinational businesses on all aspects of Irish and EU competition law, but particularly on complex merger control mandates.

Deirdre Crowley is a Partner in Matheson’s Disputes and Investigations Group and our cross-departmental Digital Economy Group.

Deirdre is recognised as a “go to” person for digital economy related, data protection, cyber and artificial intelligence advices.

Deirdre is particularly well known for her blended contentious privacy and employment practice, having specialised as a leading Irish employment lawyer for 16 years before specialising in privacy law in 2019.

Alice is a Partner in the Employment, Pensions and Benefits Group, with substantial experience in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law.

Alice has extensive experience providing strategic, practical advice on all aspects of employment law to international and domestic companies, including employee relations issues, investigations, contracts, cross-border M&A, redundancies, outsourcings, artificial intelligence, gender pay gap reporting,  pay transparency, global mobility, fitness and probity, senior executive appointments, diversity and inclusion.

She also has substantial WRC and High Court experience, including employment injunctions.

Nicola Dunleavy is “not only a skilled lawyer but also has strong emotional intelligence”.

Nicola Dunleavy is a partner in Matheson’s Disputes and Investigations Group, with a broad commercial litigation, investigations and arbitration practice. In 2021 she was appointed by the Irish Government as a Senior Counsel.

Nicola is represents clients in complex, multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes, including arising from mergers and acquisitions and EU law, and in constitutional litigation. Sectors include technology and telecommunications, pharmaceutical, chemicals, food and drink, waste, water, energy, mining, and transport.

Sarah Jayne Hanna is a partner in Matheson’s Technology and Innovation Group.

Sarah Jayne advises a wide range of clients on technology issues, with a particular focus on digital services regulation (DMA and DSA), cybersecurity, technology and commercial contracts, intellectual property, data protection and privacy.

Elaine Long is a partner in Matheson’s Financial Institutions Group.  Her practice focuses on advising insurers, reinsurers and other financial institutions on a range of regulatory and transactional matters.

Elaine regularly advises private equity sponsors on their investment into the financial services sector in Ireland and provides expert guidance in dealing with the Central Bank of Ireland requirements in relation to such investment.

Niamh is a Partner in the Financial Institutions Group.

For 20 years, Niamh has specialised in financial services regulatory matters, with experience across all of the traditional sector classifications, Asset Management, Insurance and Banking.

Her primary focus is on providing advice to Irish and International Investment Banking, Investment Firm and Investment Fund clients, through authorisation, regulatory change projects, supervisory engagements, Firm ‘Own Initiative’ Reviews’, Supervisory Risk Mitigation Programmes and Skilled Person Independent Reviews.

Kate is a partner in the Competition and Regulation Group.

Prior to joining Matheson, Kate worked at a Magic Circle law firm in London.

Kate’s competition practice involves advising clients on merger control, behavioural competition issues (including investigations of alleged collusion and abuse of dominance), State aid, the Foreign Subsidies Regulation, Foreign Investment Screening regimes & public procurement competition issues.

Ian is a partner in the Financial Institutions Group, specialising in financial services regulation.

Ian has advised payment institutions, electronic money institutions, credit institutions, MiFID investment firms, and other financial institutions and investors in the financial services sector on compliance with regulatory standards and the impact of new regulatory developments at Irish and EU levels.

Karen is a partner in our Disputes and Investigations team and leads our multi-practice Regulatory Investigations Group. Karen has almost 20 years experience acting for clients in high stakes commercial and regulatory disputes and investigations.

Karen has acted in some of the most high, profile Commercial Court cases in recent years, and the most significant Central Bank investigations.  Karen regularly advises boards and senior management in all aspects of their regulatory engagement, their communications with stakeholders and how to mitigate and navigate commercial and reputational risk, to secure optimum outcomes in contentious matters.  She is an advocate of alternative dispute resolution and has negotiated positive settlements to secure confidential resolutions for clients in many cases.

Simon is a partner in the Competition and Regulation Group at Matheson.

Simon advises on all aspects of EU and Irish competition and regulatory law with a particular focus on regulated sectors primarily the telecoms, media, technology, infrastructure, food & beverage and life sciences sectors.

Simon also co-leads Matheson’s Foreign Direct Investment / Foreign Investment Review practice advising businesses on navigating Ireland’s new FDI regime and acquisitions of ‘critical’ and ‘sensitive’ assets and businesses.

Calum Warren is a partner in the Competition and Regulation Group in Dublin. Prior to joining Matheson, Calum worked at leading international law firms in Brussels and London.

With over 15 years’ experience, Calum is a leading advisor on all aspects of Irish and EU competition and regulatory law, including M&A regulatory clearances, competition compliance, investigations and litigation, sectoral regulation and general EU regulatory law, public procurement and State aid.