About

With several years’ experience acquired working in the in-house legal market for energy companies, Kevin McCarthy is the chief legal officer of Brookfield Renewables, a Candian headquartered energy company that has power producing facilities in Ireland acquired from Bord Gáis Energy’s Irish wind business in 2014 and is Brookfield’s first operating platform outside the Americas. Providing commercially focused legal counsel spanning all of Brookfield’s operations in Ireland, McCarthy is an expert in the applicable energy sector legal fields that include property law, IP, contract negotiation and corporate law. In addition to his background at energy companies SWS Energy and Bord Gais Energy, McCarthy spent almost a decade in private practice at law firms Landwell Solicitors and Donegans where was able to accrue his vast knowledge of commercial and property law.