About

With over 25 years of experience in all aspects of commercial law, Ursula Earley is responsible for establishing the legal function at Inver Energy and making it a key part of the business. This has been a very rewarding process for Earley, who says, ‘It has been exciting establishing the legal function and setting up processes, record keeping and checklists.’ Earley joined the leading, national independent fuel distributor in 2015 as general counsel. Prior to this role she held various in-house positions, serving as general counsel at MetPro and as head of legal at multi-utility energy company Bord Gais. Reflecting on her previous in-house roles Earley says: ‘In those roles I learned that one of the most important functions of the GC is to manage the process carefully – it is always a delicate balance between ensuring the transaction runs to the scheduled time lines while at the same time managing the legal risk.’ Before moving in-house, Earley enjoyed successful spells at a number of private practices, namely Arthur Cox in Dublin, CMS Cameron McKenna in London and Hunton & Williams in Warsaw.