EY Law Ireland

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.

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.”

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.

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 works with global and domestic organizations on the development and rollout of innovative technologies with a focus on technology and privacy laws, acting as a trusted advisor. He advises on data protection and privacy, data governance, cybersecurity, platform regulation, technology procurement, outsourcing and transformation projects and emerging issues surrounding Artificial Intelligence and Web3. Rob’s background is in technology, having worked as a certified systems engineer. His early legal career included secondments with global social medias, digital content and moderation projects.