About

Marie Daly, IBEC’s legal and regulatory head affairs, helped shape one of the most significant recent laws affecting Ireland’s business community. As a member of the Company Law Review Group, she helped draft the Companies Act 2014, merging the 17 preceding Acts from 1963 to 2013. Focusing primarily on limited private companies, the Act’s reforms aim to reduce red tape and make it easier to run a business in Ireland. Where it previously focused on larger companies, Daly took a guiding role in ensuring the new Act focused on regulating smaller businesses. Beginning her career in 1991, Daly has earned a sterling reputation amongst Ireland’s in-house legal community. Through initiatives like the High Level Group on Business Regulation, she has helped spearhead a pivotal integration between both the legal and business realms. Her expertise includes competition law, corporate governance and intellectual property.