‘Responsive, commercial and technically excellent. Very user-friendly and excellent in front of clients.’

‘Chris Bollard is our go-to counsel in Dublin. His technical excellence and deep experience is matched by his pragmatic, commercial approach to matters. A real leader in the market, wise and savvy beyond his years.’

‘John Whelan is the one of the best lawyers I have ever worked with, the level of service he provides is unparalleled, and is based on a profound depth of understanding of the issues, backed up by concrete experience.’

‘Chris Bollard stands out for his business-minded, client-focused approach. He is not only very knowledgeable and responsive, but also great to work with!’

‘John Cahir is excellent and extremely authoritative.’

‘In my opinion, the ALG data protection team is the best in Dublin. I’ve worked with quite a few privacy lawyers and ALG takes a practical approach to data processing and privacy issues that I have grown to rely on. The team also delivers advice succinctly and in a way that non-lawyers can understand, which makes implementing their advice across the business much easier.’

‘Chris Bollard’s customer service is unmatched and his experiences with all his different clients gives him a unique perspective unmatched in Dublin. I tend to hire Chris wherever I go and he is the first person I call if an incident occurs.’

‘A&L are our go-to firm in Ireland for all matters relating to cybersecurity and data privacy. As a large global firm, we require a very strong network of local firms where we don’t have a presence, and with the UK leaving the EU, Ireland is a very key jurisdiction. A&L give very solid, commercial advice and immediately get to the gist of a matter often with tight turnarounds.’

‘Both Colin Rooney and Rob Corbet have extensive experience in relation to all types of data protection matters and are always in a position to ensure that legal advice includes strategic insight.’

‘The ability to provide advice across domains and connect the dots. Pragmatic approach to solving problems.’

‘Understanding risk and businesses need to take risk. My go-to firm for data protection and AI governance.’

‘Rob Corbet is my go-to attorney for data protection and AI governance. We work with Rob to set our policies and procedures, using the GDPR and the AI Act as our global standard. Rob right-sizes information and provides advice and insight on future evolution that we have also built into our data program (data protection and AI Governance). I could not think of a better partner.’

‘Colin Rooney is a go-to contact for all data protection related matters. Colin and his team always demonstrate a strong commercial and pragmatic approach when advising us in relation to finding compliant solutions.’

‘Arthur Cox have a very strong data protection and privacy team, combining legal expertise with a practical approach to resolving problems. This enables them to develop practical, compliant solutions, which work for the business.’

‘Working in a complex and fast paced environment, it is very reassuring to have such an expert team just a call away. Colin us is also very strategic, and always has insights to share which go over and above the standard advice.’

‘Very pragmatic and business-focused.’

‘Jevan Neilan – There is no skimming across the surface of the issue with Jevan or dipping into the newest fad. He is very thoughtful and considered in his advice and I trust him to have thought about the issue from different angles.’

‘Mason Hayes has a unique ability to translate complex legal advice into practical steps our business can take to navigate risk. Additionally, I’ve never worked with a firm before that has been so adept at learning about the product lines and business needs of their clients- it s like having in-house teammates.’

‘Oisín Tobin and Jevan Neilan go above and beyond to provide top-level service for our company’s needs. Whether anticipating our needs by flagging the latest developments in the AI and Privacy space, translating new regulations into practical product advice, or connecting us with local counsel as we enter new markets– I can always trust Mason Hayes to deliver.’

‘The client care they provide is exceptional. Their approach to build deep understanding of our company and its business and staying close to everything we do gives them a feel and accessibility of an in-house team rather than outside counsel.’

‘The size, breath and variety of individuals with sub-specialties makes this firm stand out.’

‘Mason Hayes’s practice is unique because it forms the hub for the scores of companies operating at the intersection of tech, privacy and AI in Europe. The firm helps clients bridge patch works of rules and differential interpretations across geographies and jurisdictions, which is one of the biggest challenges in emerging fields like privacy.’

‘Oisín Tobin is a power house who can synthesize legal and policy issues from across a range of industries and disciplines, including privacy, data protection and AI. He offers creative solutions by virtue of his encyclopaedic knowledge of the law paired with practical experience advising a range of clients. He takes time to understand the drivers of my business and my sensibilities so that the work product is unique to my needs. It’s a rare skill for a lawyer.’

‘Superb industry knowledge and practical, solution-focussed advisors.’

‘We have found the team at Matheson to be effective and engaging in ensuring they understand our business.’

‘Carlo Salizzo is very easy to deal with and provides clear advice.’

‘From the outset, the Team of people were engaged and readily available. The nature of the work carried out was both critical and urgent to our business. The Team worked with us though extremely tight deadlines and were forthcoming with excellent advice across a broad spectrum of expertise.’

‘A very knowledgeable team, very engaged from the outset and clear and concise advice throughout.’

‘The team helped navigate us through a high pressure event, with calm and excellent advice.’

‘The team are highly responsive and practical. Advice is clear and delivered in a definite and timely fashion. The level of knowledge possessed by the team is exceptional and always current. It is of great comfort working with this team as you can depend on their clear advice to assist with and solve matters that we work on.’

‘Working with Carlo Salizzo and his team at Matheson is a seamless process. He is efficient, practical and definite. His GDPR knowledge is vast and up-to-date and topics are broken down in a palatable manner, with clear advice.’

‘Matheson has deep knowledge of our business and our DP positions, which makes their advice pragmatic and tailored. Their approach is collaborative, especially for larger projects where the solution isn’t immediately obvious.’

‘Paul Lavery has an exceptional skill of making difficult and complex legal matters easy to understand, and is exceptionally practical, pragmatic (and genuinely) enthused about the work, and the clients. Doug McMahon has a combination of very high level of technical knowledge and practical advice difficult to find elsewhere. Adam Finlay is a technically skilled data protection lawyer.’

‘The team has great knowledge and experience in this area, in my view unique among Irish law firms in this regard. They are also very approachable, pragmatic and adopt a common sense approach.’

‘Paul Lavery is our man contact person. He is a first-class data privacy practitioner, among the best if not the best in Ireland. He has vast experience and is an excellent communicator, and gets to the heart of issues very quickly. He is also very much up to speed with developments in this area and is an invaluable resource to our company.’

‘Adam Finlay has great experience not just within the privacy field but also the financial services sector and understands the nuances of working in a complex field with various fund parties across multiple jurisdictions.’

‘Paul Lavery is an acknowledged expert in the sector in Ireland. Doug McMahon is also very knowledgeable and experienced.’

‘The team in McCann Fitzgerald are very personable and easy to work with. Advice is practical and tailored to client needs. Paul Lavery and Doug McMahon are responsive and collaborative – they get the best of their team and out of the client to ensure that the advice is of the highest quality.’

‘Great breath of knowledge. Practical, relevant and comprehensive advice given. Access to specific individuals with areas of knowledge/expertise as required for specific purpose.’

‘Adam Finlay and Doug McMahon – exceptional breath of knowledge and case law. Available and dedicated to meeting challenging objectives.’

‘Seán O’Donnell, Mona Costelloe and Robert McDermott are excellent litigators who are working on some of the most important and exciting data protection law cases. Their expertise in respect of the latest GDPR knowledge is unparalleled. They are a pleasure to work with; always helpful, highly efficient and friendly.’

‘Seán O’Donnell and Robert McDermott have been very hands on regarding any legal matters we have engaged them with. Very responsive and obliging in responding to queries surrounding their briefs!’

‘We first engaged with Byrne Wallace for advice on GDPR as we use a development and support partner group that are based outside of the EEA. Based on how well we were looked after, they were also engaged to assist us with more general legal advice on commercial contracts. Their advice was extremely clear and detailed.’

‘Our advisor is Zelda Deasy, who makes the whole GDPR minefield much easier to negotiate. She is clearly an expert in her field, which became more obvious when we were dealing with our clients’ own GDPR representatives, both internal and external. They clearly learned a lot from Zelda!! ’

‘Seán O’Donnell is excellent. He is extremely knowledgeable and always obliging. He uses his skill and expertise to make me feel comfortable whenever we discuss complex matters that I may not understand fully.’

‘The team at Byrne Wallace Shields are professional and personable. They are easy to communicate with and are happy to negotiate and improve our position. Zelda Deasy has steered us through many regulatory changes over the years and I trust her implicitly.’

‘Zelda Deasy has exceptional attention to detail, swiftness in response and thorough subject matter knowledge.’

‘Jane O’Grady and her team are very responsive. They reply quickly and are meticulous in their attention to detail. The quality of output is top drawer, which means we can have 100% confidence in implementing/acting on the advice of Byrne Wallace Shields.’

‘John McGee – very accessible, friendly to deal with, pragmatic advice. Eilís MacDonald – exceptional level of technical expertise for a senior associate, provides very clear written and spoken advice, always absolutely courteous to deal with.’

‘The team is led by a Global expert on data privacy with access to a global network to support engagement with firms. Billing, technology and collaboration is excellent and I have no hesitation is recommending the team.’

‘John Magee is an excellent communicator of data privacy risks and challenges who engages with us to find cost effective solutions.’

‘John Magee is a standout partner on all matters connected with data protection and intellectual property. His relaxed manner makes him easy to deal with and he gets on well with all in the business.’

‘The team has a very broad oversight over the most important developments in the data protection space. They are constantly updating to their tools they provide to clients and thereby make it easy for clients to deal with their day-to-day data protections questions.’

‘John Magee has an outstanding expertise fuelling the whole teams knowledge. Eilís McDonalds whom we often work with combines her legal knowledge with fantastic communication skills which have been instrumental in the implementation of legal projects.’

‘The data privacy and data protection team are exceptionally skilled and bring a great awareness of practical and commercial aspects of projects. The team has a wide global network to call on for experience and insight which is very useful from a client perspective. The Dublin based team is incredibly well connected and well versed in collaboration with that global network which ensures that advice has the added value of implications or standard practice globally.’

‘Eilís McDonald (Senior Associate) is very passionate and has expert knowledge of all aspects of the law on which she provides advice and manages to take complex or nuanced legislative requirements and distill those into practical talking points and provide pragmatic advice. John Magee (Partner) has vast experience of data protection and cyber security matters as well as in depth commercial knowledge which ensures advice and solutions are delivered in a pragmatic and logical manner.’

‘The new TechReg tool developed by the William Fry technology team was particularly innovative. We found this tool incredibly useful in helping us gain a clear understanding of the company’s obligations under the new EU Digital Reform Package legislation, in high priority areas like AI and data security. This tool assisted both the in-house team and key stakeholders in the organisation in quickly and effectively getting to grips with a vast range of new EU legal requirements.’

‘I work in an extremely innovative company that consistently launches new products and offerings that push boundaries in the retail utility space. WF are consistently able to advise us on our legal and data protection queries often on a very short deadline.’

‘Very experienced and successful with helping firms in obtaining licences from the CBI. Also, closely involved with new technology/sectors, e.g. digital assets.’

‘William Fry has extensive experience advising large data controllers on compliance projects which few firms can rival.’

‘Their approach is pragmatic but compliance focused, and their track record in regulatory engagement provides insights which are invaluable to businesses who wish to develop a productive relationship with regulators.’

‘Rather than simply restating the law, Leo Moore and Rachel Hayes focus on providing actionable solutions to compliance issues. They are diligent and conscientious in working to the brief provided.’

‘The Technology team in William Fry boasts a great culture and high standards of work produced. The individuals comprising the team work well together and are very focused on delivering high quality and commercially focused legal advice. The team is forward-focused and boasts with experts in areas intersecting with data protection, such as AI and Fintech, which makes the advice ever more valuable.’

‘Rachel Hayes is very smart, sharp and her ability to give relevant and business-focused advice is very valuable; her recent promotion to partner comes as no surprise. She truly is the data protection queen!’

‘The team is very personable and easy to deal with. They identify our needs quickly and we work at issues together. Our dealings are always satisfactory.’

‘The lead partner sets a good tone and the team are highly qualified and experienced. New team members enter a good culture and quickly settle into the firm’s routines.’

‘Real commercial focus, always keep at the front of their minds the client’s commercial imperatives.’

‘Laura Fannin is my main contact. Always available, always cuts to the chase. Not afraid to advise on the commercially sound approach.’

‘We highly value and trust Hayes Solicitors in the area of data protection law, in particular.’

‘Laura Fannin is an exceptional professional in her area of expertise. Laura’s expertise of data protection law, especially around cookies and other technologies and the complexity around consent in this context, is unmatched in my experience.’

‘The team is extremely responsive and has a really deep knowledge of data protection issues and how to interpret the relevant legislation at a practical level.’

‘Ricky Kelly has been a reliable point of contact for years with respect to our data protection crisis management. He generally responds within the same day and provides an initial steer followed by more detailed conversations and advice. He is approachable, helpful and really quick thinking and solution focused.’

‘Professional, supportive and always go the extra mile.’

‘Attention to detail; understanding our institutional quirks.’

‘The team simplify requirements very well. They work collaboratively with me to understand what I need, help me understand what can be done. I feel I have a partner in meeting the necessary timelines.’

‘Collaborative, personable, engaging, knowledgeable.’