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Adam is a corporate transactional lawyer with over 20 years of experience working in leading firms in Dublin and London. He has advised many high-profile international clients, both listed and unlisted, on a broad range of transactions and corporate advisory matters. Adam is highly experienced with exposure to many diverse fields of corporate law, including M&A, private equity, joint ventures, capital markets, banking and security, commercial litigation, aviation, cleantech, securities law, and real estate. Before joining EY, Adam was a partner at one of Ireland’s leading corporate law firms. He has also worked at one of London’s Magic Circle law firms.

Aidan is a corporate transactional lawyer with over 20 years of experience advising leading Irish and international public, private and semi-state companies, private equity sponsors and other stakeholders across a range of sectors. Aidan specialises in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance/equity capital markets, joint ventures, restructurings and corporate governance legal advice and has acted as lead adviser on some of the largest and most high-profile corporate transactions in the Irish market. Before joining EY Law Ireland, Aidan was a corporate lawyer at one of Ireland’s leading tier 1 corporate law firms in Dublin where he was a senior corporate equity partner for 14 years. Aidan has been a recommended lawyer in leading ranking guides Chambers & Partners Global, Chambers & Partners Europe, IFLR1000 and Legal500. “As part of the talented team at EY Law Ireland, I take pride in attracting top-tier professionals to our team. Our mission? To deliver unrivalled, first-class, dynamic, and integrated finance, tax, and legal solutions to sophisticated clients. At EY Law Ireland, we are committed to diversity and to fostering innovation through technology and by leveraging the collective expertise of the EY global network. By partnering with market-leading advisers across that network, we provide a differentiated offering to clients to help them solve some of their most complex and strategic issues. My focus extends beyond work—empowering our people, enhancing their skills, and contributing to a thriving and progressive business environment. Together, we shape a brighter legal landscape.”

Alan joined EY Law Ireland to build a world class law firm that is integrated locally and connected globally. EY Law Ireland provides a seamless service to clients across multiple jurisdictions. The firm harnesses the strength and depth of other disciplines to provide, when required, an end-to-end service to our clients. A service that provides excellence of advice and excellence of delivery.

Andrea McNamara

Andrea advises Irish and international individuals, families and family businesses in relation to all aspects of wealth planning, Wills, trusts and succession planning. She has extensive experience advising in relation to contentious trust and estate matters and on all aspects of charity law, from advising charitable bodies to advising individuals and corporates in relation to charitable giving. Andrea is a solicitor and former barrister, a Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) and a member of the committee of the Irish branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). Andrea is a regular speaker and contributor to publications in her area of expertise.

Aoife Gallagher-Watson

Aoife is a senior lawyer specialising in employment law who draws on top-tier and in-house experience to provide pragmatic and strategic legal advice to clients. As a trusted advisor to national and international boards and leadership teams, Aoife regularly advises on a range of contentions and non-contentious matters, including workplace investigations, cross border mergers, disciplinary processes, employment and safety aspects in M&A, contract negotiations, legislative obligations, individual/collective redundancies and corporate immigration. Her approach is to work closely with clients to achieve tailored, practical and commercial solutions.

Conor is a corporate transactional lawyer for over 20 years and has been fortunate to have advised major Irish and international companies, private equity firms and other stakeholders on many novel, complex and transformative transactions. He specialises in advising clients on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures. financings, restructurings, equity capital markets, corporate governance and shareholder arrangements. Conor has acted for clients across a range of sectors including financial services, real estate, food & beverage, technology/fintech and pharma/life sciences. Prior to joining EY Law Ireland, Conor was a senior corporate partner in one of Ireland’s largest law firms and served on its management committee for several years. He has been a recommended Corporate/M&A lawyer in leading ranking guides Chambers & Partners Global, Chambers & Partners Europe, IFLR1000 and Legal500. “By having a deep understanding of our clients’ goals and business needs, we are trusted by those clients to advise on complex and transformative transactions, enabling them to manage risk and prosper.”

Prior to joining EY Law, Conor was a Tax Appeals Commissioner having resolved €2.6 billion in tax disputes. He is a barrister with many years of experience representing clients in tribunals and the courts and is one of the leading experts in tax litigation.

Deirdre leads EY Law Ireland’s employment law team, bringing a wealth of experience from over 20 years advising clients. She advises global multinationals and SMEs on day-to-day people issues, workforce planning, restructuring and transactions. Deirdre often collaborates with EY’s People Advisory Service in Ireland, but also connects with the EY Global Law firm network to advise on a broad spectrum of employment law issues in the workplace, from day to day HR advisory support, risk management, transactions and workplace restructuring. Combining employment law expertise with a commercial and solution-driven focus, Deirdre is highly regarded by clients. She is a member of the Employment Law Review Group, a statutory advisory expert body charged with advising the Minster for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the review and development of employment law in Ireland. She is also a member of the Law Society of Ireland’s Employment and Equality Committee.

Gráinne Garvão

Gráinne is a Director within our Corporate, M&A and Structuring team with 15 years’ experience advising on both transactional work (corporate structures, reorganizations, mergers and acquisitions) and technical company law advisory work. Gráinne has advised many domestic and international clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including corporate transformations projects, legal entity rationalisation projects, devising and implementation of complex corporate structures and compliance with all technical aspects of the Irish Companies Act 2014. Gráinne’s experience of company law advisory and transactional matters, paired with her technical expertise, allows her identify company law issues early in a transaction allowing for pragmatic solutions to be provided to clients.

Maeve is a Director within our Corporate, M&A and Structuring team, with over 12 years post-qualification advising Irish and international public and private entities. Her expertise encompasses a broad spectrum of corporate law disciplines, with a particular focus on acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and corporate governance. Maeve's dynamic and pragmatic approach to client solutions, combined with significant international experience has made her a trusted advisor in the corporate law landscape. “My commitment to client delivery is enriched by a global perspective, personable interactions built on trust, and multidisciplinary collaboration, all converging to produce pragmatic legal solutions for EY Law’s clients' diverse needs.”

Peter leads the technology and commercial law practice at EY Law Ireland, advising on all aspects of technology law, IP and commercial agreements. Peter’s expertise is built on 20 years’ experience as a Partner in the commercial department of a leading full-service corporate law firm, Head of Intellectual Property, Technology and Privacy at another prominent full-service corporate law firm, and as in-house legal counsel at global payments firm Elavon. Peter ranks highly in Ireland for data protection and technology and at a global level for IP in the leading legal ranking publications. “I achieve better outcomes for our clients and their customers across innovation, new technologies, IP and data by leveraging the multi-disciplinary insights and expertise not only within EY Law but also with our EY colleagues, nationally and internationally. I understand the interface between technology and law through all stages of a project from ideation to implementation, and the interplay of these factors with the client’s commercial concerns and objectives. This is how I help to build a better working world.”

Rob is a Partner in EY Law Ireland’s Technology and Commercial team. He leads EY Law Ireland’s data protection and cybersecurity legal practice. Rob specialises in technology, data laws (including data protection and privacy), cybersecurity and commercial law. As part of his practice, Rob advises on cross-border compliance projects, the development and rollout of technologies, IT and network transformation, outsourcing, cloud computing and e-commerce.