Alan Daly, group head of legal at ESB, Ireland’s state-owned energy company, joined in May 2011 and has since led the team to an exceptional level. He has overall responsibility...

Alan Johnston, global counsel at Liberty Mutual Insurance, joined the company in 2015 as general counsel after 15 years in private practise with A&L Goodbody from training through to partner...

Alan Stewart trained with Matheson, then called Matheson Ormsby Prentice, and qualified as an Irish solicitor in 2004. Following a brief spell working in the insurance team, he worked as...

Alison Mitchell joined GOAL in November 2015 with over seven years PQE. Before this, she acted as general counsel with Calor Gas Ireland (2014) and prior to that as a...

‘Andrea Boyd is senior legal counsel at Mercer. Mercer is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies with over 20,000 employees in 40 different countries. [Boyd] joined Mercer...

‘The NTMA is one of the most important public bodies in Ireland. While it continues to perform its historical function of borrowing on behalf of the government and managing the...

Anne-Marie Dempsey, senior legal counsel and company secretary at Horizon, began her career with Mathesons in private practice. After a two-and-a-half-year stint on secondment at the Houses of the Oireachtas...

‘Anthony Philip is the general counsel of the Monument Re Group. The Monument Re Group is an “insurance aggregator” which seeks to assume asset based risk within its risk appetite...

‘The Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), managed and controlled by the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA), is a sovereign development fund with a focus on investing on a commercial basis...

Audrey Marie O’Sullivan, general counsel of legal, compliance and risk at SIRO, began her career in private practice at McCann FitzGerald in Dublin. Dual qualified in Ireland and England and...

Brian Mallon is the vice president of legal and procurement departments at ICON, the global healthcare company, and manages a department of 25 members. This team handles the management of...

As general counsel of Smurfit Kappa since 1999, Brian Marshall has made a name for himself as a legal and business advisor who combines a deep knowledge of the paper...

BNY Mellon has had a presence in Ireland for over 20 years and provides expert in-house legal coverage to internal clients from offices in Cork, Dublin and Wexford, delivering a...

‘Bronagh Hardiman recently joined Vistra Alternative Investments (Ireland) as the Vistra Group began to establish their operations in Ireland. Hardiman has been responsible for ensuring that the business acquired by...

After training with A&L Goodbody and qualifying with them in 2010, Bryan O’Boyle took up seats in the corporate department working on domestic and international clients. He initially joined ICON...

Carol Leland took up her in-house position with Johnson & Johnson as assistant general counsel in the pharmaceutical group in 2004, specifically Janssen Sciences Ireland. She was assigned to support...

Caroline Dee-Brown, general counsel of ComReg is a highly experienced and respected lawyer qualified to practice in three jurisdictions – Ireland, California as well as England and Wales – with...

A solicitor specialising in investment funds and asset management by background and training, Catherine Fitzsimons joined Fidelity International in 2015 as senior legal counsel for Irish operations, insurance company and...

Catherine Power, general counsel at Seraph Aviation Management, was admitted to the roll of solicitors in Ireland in December 2011, and at the beginning of February 2012 joined Volito Aviation...

‘Huawei Technologies, a leading multinational technology company, has a significant base in Ireland, with three separate offices across various operations including software development, sales and marketing, and human resources. Having...

‘Cian Martin is an experienced, senior, in-house legal counsel. Prior to his recent move to Segment, Martin was senior legal counsel for Europe for the global technology company, IAC. He...

Claire Lyons joined Otter Products, the mobile technology protective case specialist company, in early 2013. Initially as a corporate counsel, she took on the general counsel position for Europe, Middle...

‘Claire McAndrew was responsible for establishing the Intertrust AIFM team which now has approximately €8bn assets under management. She has over 12 years’ experience in the asset management and funds...

Claire Murphy assumed the role of group general counsel, company secretary and head of shared services of enet in the summer of 2018. Since then she has been central to...

Colin Fuller joined Rabobank in 2008 as head of legal and compliance. He highlights that, ‘the organisation [has] changed a lot in the years since, but is back to [being]...

Over a 13 year legal professional career, Colm MacCarvill, senior counsel and director at Squarespace, was a litigating barrister for over eight years before moving in-house in the technology industry....

‘Colm O’Connor has driven and upskilled the in-house legal capability of SCOR Ireland since his appointment to the company. In particular, he has been a key figure in SCOR Ireland’s...

‘With particular strength in international leasing, Colman McCabe heads all legal support across Hewlett-Packard International Bank’s EMEA business, taking a central role in executive decision-making. A former Lincolns Solicitors partner,...

After training with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London, Damien Moynagh qualified into the firm’s corporate team, working on public and private M&A transactions before secondments to the Tokyo and New...

Prior to his current role as senior vice president legal at BoComm Aviation Leasing Ireland, Dan Kiely worked in the financial services department of Mason Hayes & Curran (MHC) joining...

‘Head of legal and compliance at DCC, Darragh Byrne stands out for his dedication to the DCC group and pioneering work in the compliance field. Byrne joined DCC in April...

Group head of legal at Mercury Engineering Darren Isaacson, began his career at Arthur Cox, where he trained and focused on construction and corporate practices. After a secondment at ESB...

David Boyle, general counsel of Irish Life Group is a highly experienced and respected general counsel within the insurance industry in Ireland. Irish Life is the largest life insurer in...

David Dobbyn, head of legal – EMEA, joined Lime in July this year and is based at its new EMEA headquarters in Dublin. Lime is a smart-mobility provider that offers...

Having trained at Matheson, David O’Brien spent time in private practice with A&L Goodbody and William Fry to further his education and experience in corporate M&A. Then the opportunity to...

‘It is always a pleasure to work with Davinia Conlan as she is a fantastic in-house lawyer, incredibly experienced, very efficient and always very approachable. She has a great understanding...

The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) is the governing body that manages rugby across the island of Ireland. Declan McPhillips expertly serves as the organisation’s head of legal and compliance...

Declan Moloney joined NAC, the world’s largest regional aircraft leasing company, as vice president legal in 2017 and works within the transaction legal team. He is responsible for advising, negotiating...

‘Deirdre Pepper is a highly experienced financial regulatory lawyer who has taken charge of the compliance landscape for Deutsche Bank’s Irish operations. She has led the charge on internal regulatory...

Diane Fahy, head of legal at Investec in Ireland began her career in private practice with Matheson, where she trained and worked post-qualification for a number of years. Having joined...

After 10 years in private practice with A&L Goodbody, Diarmaid Cunningham left the firm in 2009 to join ICON as general counsel. In 2009 the ICON legal function was not...

Prior to joining the Central Bank of Ireland, Eadaoin Rock trained and qualified in Arthur Cox where she was a senior associate in the financial services group specialising primarily in...

Ed Riley’s career started at Clifford Chance in London in 1997 and as a trainee he enjoyed a six-month client secondment to Airbus in Toulouse, which sparked his interest in...

Elaine Breen has deep experience within large financial companies, having held several positions such as a senior in-house counsel, head of compliance, chief risk officer and company secretary. In May...

‘Elaine Nerney is international counsel with Slack. Slack works with partners and developers globally to build apps and integrations that streamline work and automate mundane task. Prior to joining Slack...

‘Fexco employs more than 2,300 people across five continents and provides a range of specialised financial services to companies and individuals across these regions. Eleanor Daly heads up a large...

As legal director Ireland for Aramark Northern Europe, Emer Carey is the senior Irish based lawyer for one of the largest US employers in Ireland. A nominator highlights that, ‘this...

Emily Ennis is the head of legal affairs for ARI, which is an international duty free retailer operating in 16 locations worldwide and is owned by daa. She manages the...

Emma Redmond is senior director and head of international data protection for Ancestry.com, a technology company that harnesses family history and consumer genomics, and previously head of EU data protection...

Emmet O’Grady, general counsel and head of compliance at Storyful returns to the Powerlist and continues to demonstrate managerial and in-house legal excellence. He has extensive experience having trained with...

Evelyn O’Donnell, director of legal at Davy Private Clients continues to impress in her leadership of the legal team at Davy which was included in the GC Powerlist: Ireland Teams...

Feidhlimidh Wrafter is the key adviser to WUPSIL’s board and senior management regarding all governance, legal and regulatory affairs matters. His role involves mitigating and managing risk across all 30...

Felicity Smith started her career as a litigation lawyer in private practice, gaining experience across a wide range of types of litigation in both smaller firms and the Big 5...

Fintan Jackson, senior legal counsel Standard Chartered Aviation Finance (SCAF), is a highly experienced in-house counsel in the aviation finance industry. He highlights that when he joined SCAF, ‘not only...

After training at Mathesons and starting his legal career in private practice, Gareth Byrne moved in-house with a position at Bord Gais Energy, where he managed the sale of the...

Upon qualifying as a solicitor in January 2009, Gemma Neylon joined the Irish and UK roll of solicitors, specialising in technology, IP and commercial law. She also qualified as an...

Giuseppe Squicciarno joined Airbnb in May 2014 as its first lawyer in Ireland and third lawyer in Europe to support the Irish and EMEA operations. As a generalist, he has...

Grainne McLaughlin has a formidable track record in private practice, as an in-house counsel and in the public and private sectors. McLaughlin trained with William Fry and worked in their...

Helen Dooley, group general counsel at AIB leads one of the largest in-house legal teams in the country at around 134 lawyers. AIB is a major Irish consumer and commercial...

James Murray qualified as a solicitor in 1994 with A&L Goodbody Solicitors and enjoyed a lengthy career in private practice focused on commercial litigation, including six years with Arthur Cox....

Jean O’Driscoll, general counsel of FPG Amentum, trained with Matheson in Dublin and qualified as a solicitor in its banking department. In 2000 she moved to Paris to work with...

Jennifer Adams began her career in private practise at LK Shields Solicitors soon after qualifying in 2003, having trained at another commercial firm in Dublin, Eugene F. Collins. After a...

‘Given Square’s business model, and in light of recent changes to its regulatory and legal landscape, this has been a particularly active time for the company. Jennifer Coyne has been...

Funds director, head of legal at IQ-EQ, spent 15 years in private practice in a variety of commercial law roles including a spell in William Fry and as managing partner...

Before joining Zurich, Jim Harper worked in private practice in London spending over eight years with Lovells working on corporate, private equity, M&A, commercial and corporate finance transactions. During this...

Joanne Ross began her career at McCann FitzGerald in 1999 completing a training contract and then worked for three years PQE in M&A and private equity before relocating to Belfast....

‘John Abramson is a highly experienced general counsel and legal services leader in the international insurance [and] reinsurance industry. Travelers is one of the world’s largest insurance groups and has...

John O’Halloran, senior vice president and head of legal, EMEA assumed his current position in April 2018, having previously held various European regional roles for MetLife since October 2012. Prior...

Johnathan O’Brien, general counsel of AmTrust International Underwriters, made the move in-house in 2015, where he assumed the role of general counsel for a rapidly growing and innovative London based...

Julie-Ann McCaffrey began her role as head of legal at MHI Modern Homes Ireland (MHI) in 2018 in Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan, Ireland. Prior to MHI, she worked at one of...

‘Kate Cremins is legal counsel and company secretary at the Brown Thomas group, Ireland’s largest luxury retail group, and which since 2015 has included the Arnotts group. The Brown Thomas...

‘As head of legal in Vodafone, Ireland’s leading mobile communications operator and a company subject to stringent regulation, Katie Feeney is instrumental in driving the success of the business’ deals....

Kevin McCarthy is the chief legal officer for Ireland of Brookfield Renewable Energy Group. Brookfield Renewable is a large multinational renewable energy developer which owns and operates one of the...

Driving an effective privacy compliance programme and culture at Indeed, as well as helping to facilitate Indeed’s rapid Irish and global expansion in terms of product development, revenue and headcount...

Linda NiChualladh, head of privacy (legal) EMEA at Citi continues to demonstrate best-in-class talent in the areas of competition, anti-trust and privacy law. A specialist in these areas after extensive...

Margaret Ahearn continues to demonstrate excellent legal leadership at Hewlett-Packard International Bank. Initially when she qualified in 1999, Ahearn worked in private practice for 10 years approximately. There she says...

In October 2018, Mark Cockerill took on the role of vice president, legal with ServiceNow, the world’s fastest growing enterprise software company and which was designated by Forbes as the...

Mark Maurice-Jones, general counsel and compliance officer UK and Ireland at Nestlé, began his position in May 2015 after serving in a number of roles since 1999 at Kimberly-Clark including...

‘Martin O’Donoghue heads the legal function at Kerry Group, a €16bn organisation. He oversees a large legal team spanning multiple continents and covering a wide variety of transactional and operational...

The Office of the Parliamentary Legal Advisers (OPLA) provides a full range of independent legal services to the Ceann Comhairle and Cathoirleach, members and Committees of the Houses, and parliamentary...

Michael Cooney is the general counsel of Aviva Ireland with overall responsibility for the Aviva’s life and non-life operations in the country. With over 10 years’ experience in the in-house...

Michelle Geraghty, senior corporate counsel at HubSpot, began her career training with BCM Hanby Wallace, now Byrne Wallace. Following this she spent nine months working in Australia, and as she...

A multiple award winning candidate, Miriam Caley returns to the GC Powerlist, having previously featured in 2017 and 2018. Caley, a former associate at Matheson and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer heads...

Neil Culkin joined Google as a real estate corporate counsel in January 2013. Initially he was based out of both their New York and Dublin offices, working with Google’s real...

After training and launching her career in the corporate department of A&L Goodbody, Nicola O’Connell spent five years at eircom, now called eir, as in-house counsel and a member of...

Highly spoken of and noted for his quality, Nigel Crawford is a vice president and corporate secretary at the multinational power management company Eaton Corporation. Eaton entered the Irish market...

‘Nigel Kemp is one of the most senior in-house lawyers in the Irish banking market. Since his appointment as general counsel of Citibank Europe, he has overseen the development of...

Olga Molloy is head of legal and compliance at Carne Group, a global provider of fund management solutions to the asset management industry with more than 500 clients with assets...

Orla Dunlea began her role as head of legal and compliance at Novartis Ireland in November 2018. Prior to that, she was international legal counsel and company secretary at Endo...

For the last five years Orla Murphy has served as the regional general counsel for Synopsys, a provider of electronic design automation with a number of uses including smart technology...

‘Patricia Roufca has been instrumental in leading the Fidelis group’s Brexit contingency plan, in a streamlined manner, navigating, with ease, the transition of the group’s operations from the UK and...

Patrick Foyle is the general counsel at mobile operator Three Ireland, which is Ireland’s second largest mobile operator with a 35% market share and two million customers. Foyle expertly leads...

‘Patrick McEvoy is the director of legal in one of the most innovative companies in the world. ConsenSys is a global technology company which develops infrastructure and applications for the...

‘Patrick Wilkinson has been head of Northern Trust’s legal department since 2004, and has been a member of its Irish executive management team since 2008. Northern Trust are one of...

Paul Brady was called to the Irish Bar in 1999 and began his legal career as a barrister. Since then, he has worked in practice and in-house in commercial, employment,...

As head of legal for Barclays Bank Ireland, Pauline Gallagher is a highly talented in-house lawyer with 10 years of experience and heads up what a nominator describes as a...

Peter Caley, the highly experienced and capable chief legal officer at Goshawk, qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2001 and spent 10 years in private practice based...

Peter McCarthy started in the business just over 10 years ago when it was called Chorus NTL, practising as a commercial litigation and M&A lawyer. Over time his role expanded...

Philippa Cottle’s career began in London where she trained at Slaughter and May specialising in international banking and M&A, then moving to CMS Cameron McKenna specialising in corporate finance. She...

‘As head of non-core legal for Danske Bank, Rachael Keane has played a pivotal role in the functioning of the Bank’s non-core legal programme. This often involves considering innovative approaches...

Rachel Curran, as general counsel for Ulster Bank, has displayed an extremely strong skill-set in her senior position at the organisation. In the words of a nominator, ‘this has been...

Richard Henry is head of legal and corporate affairs at Beauparc Group, and began his legal career working in a small private practice boutique between 2005 and 2012, specialising in...

After completing his law degree, Richard Kindred trained with law firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin in Belfast and qualified into the corporate and commercial department before moving to the corporate team...

Richard O’Sullivan started as general counsel of Global Shares in January 2017 with a brief to re-build and modernise the legal and compliance team in this rapidly growing business. He...

Robert Heron, general counsel of Dunnes Stores, is a perennial inclusion in the GC Powerlist: Ireland and one of Ireland’s most highly respected general counsel. His prodigious experience started with...

‘Robert Johnson leads Facebook’s privacy compliance team, one of the two arms of Facebook’s data protection legal team, in Europe. Johnson advises the business on all aspects of data protection...

Roman Abramenko, chief legal officer of KamaGames has expertly served in the role since 2012, creating the breakthrough online gaming group’s legal department, hiring and training all its lawyers. He...

Etsy is a global online marketplace bringing together sellers and buyers searching for unique and creative goods. Ronan Davy joined the Dublin office of Etsy in 2015 as the first...

Continuing to set an impeccable standard of in-house legal practise, Ronan Lennon returns to the GC Powerlist: Ireland after his inclusion in 2017 and his team’s inclusion in the GC...

Legal director of Pfizer Ireland Rory Sullivan assumed his current role in 2006, and is a recognised expert in IP law as well as other related laws in the healthcare...

After a career in private practice culminating in partnership in the corporate and commercial department of Arthur Cox, a leading Irish firm, Rory Williams took up his first in-house role...

Ruth Murphy, legal director of BT’s In-Life and Product business, supports businesses and public sector organisations across Ireland and the UK to deliver on their digital transformation agendas. She leads...

As general counsel for Bartra Capital Property, Sally Anne Sherry plays a key role in some of the most significant real estate transactions in Ireland. In 2018, among other substantial...

‘Hudson is a globally integrated asset management company that performs due diligence and analysis, asset management, and ancillary and other support services for the funds associated with Lone Star and...

Sanaea Daruwalla started her career working at law firms in California, focused on business and employment litigation, corporate, and IP law. She then started her own practice before moving in-house....

As a highly experienced general counsel for Ireland and Northern Ireland at Google, Sarah Lennon is at the very cutting edge of in-house practice not only in a hugely dynamic...

Simon Hollywood joined ICON in 2010 and was promoted to his current position in 2014, leading a multi-disciplinary global team of 24 legal professionals that provides legal support and advice...

‘Siun Rogers has worked with Optum since May 2017, having previously worked in-house with Zurich Insurance. Optum is a leading health services and technology company and part of UnitedHealth Group....

Sohaïl Mered stepped into her current role as legal advisor to State Street Global Advisors (SSGA)’s Irish business in the autumn 2017, after more than three years advising SSGA’s Paris-based...

‘Since his appointment as EMEA head for securities services legal, Stephen MacKenzie has been instrumental in the development of the legal capability of the security services team. In particular, he...

Sylvia Fagan excels in the head of legal role at international telecommunication company Ding, a specialist in remote mobile phone top-up services. The company is an innovative leader within the...

Continuing to impress, Terence G. O’Keeffe, law agent of Dublin City Council provides an impressive array of technical and managerial skill to the governing of the legal department in Ireland’s...

Thomas Schmid, director and general counsel at Horizon Aerospace has been involved in aviation legal work for over 20 years. This covers private practice as well as in-house roles in...

Tom Maher recently took up a new position as chief of operations, corporate counsel and company secretary at Amarin Pharmaceuticals Ireland, having started in this role in April 2019. He...

Tom O’Malley, senior corporate counsel – real estate EMEA with Google Ireland, began his career pursuing his training and early years of practice at Macfarlanes in London in its real...

Tommy Reilly joined Kingspan in 2011 following a short stint in private practice and in his own words, is ‘loving every day since’. Reilly leads the in-house legal team at...

Having worked as a senior solicitor in New Ireland Assurance since 2010, Valerie Barlow assumed the role of head of legal of in March 2015 and was appointed in September...

Yvonne Cunnane acts as the main privacy advisor to the Facebook business in Europe and leads a growing team of data protection and privacy lawyers. Under her guidance, the data...

Yvonne Czajkowski acts as senior legal counsel within the contracts and legal office at Trinity College Dublin. She was the first solicitor hired in this office four years ago and...

‘As head of legal for retail and commercial banking at Ulster Bank, Yvonne Glynn has an extremely broad remit and works closely with the business in launching new retail products...