About

During his legal career, ‘excellent lawyer’ James O’Rourke has amassed significant in-house legal experience in the pharmaceutical sector and now is the most senior lawyer in Ireland for Perrigo, a leading global healthcare company and international manufacturer of private label over-the-counter pharmaceuticals. Before he joined Perrigo in March 2017, O’Rourke served as senior legal counsel and company secretary between 2014 and 2017 at Concordia International (formerly AMCo), a diverse healthcare company focused on delivering its portfolio of legacy pharmaceutical products and orphan drugs to patients in more than 100 countries. He also gained significant experience in the healthcare sector whilst working for Norbrook Laboratories, a leading global provider of veterinary pharmaceuticals, between 2012 and 2014. Committed to academic pursuits also, O’Rourke is a lecturer on commercial contracts, dispute resolution and anti-bribery and corruption management at the Law Society of Ireland. He has obtained numerous post-graduate qualifications from the same institution including diplomas in corporate law and governance (2009), in-house practice (2012) and intellectual property and technology law (2014).