A&L Goodbody LLP houses an established offering which regularly advises clients on data privacy, policy formation and cross-border data transfers. Practice head John Whelan has a great deal of regulatory and contentious expertise within data protection and technology. John Cahir regularly assists multinational corporations and domestic clients with both contentious and non-contentious matters. Andrew Sheridan often advises on data regulation issues, including data privacy crises and investigations and new data uses, while Chris Bollard acts for a broad range of clients in the e-commerce sector. Andrea Lawler and Mark Ellis are key names of note within the practice. Aideen Burke was a new arrival in 2023.
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- ‘The team is very approachable. The structure and standard of their written advice are excellent and always summarised, which is helpful and to the point. It is truly invaluable for time-short in-house counsel.’
- ‘Chris Bollard gives very considered and practical advice. He is quick to understand the issues as presented.’
Key clients
- Enterprise Ireland
- Gen Digital Inc
- British American Tobacco
- Eir
- Bank of Ireland
Work highlights
- Advised British American Tobacco on a broad range of data protection issues.
- Advised Enterprise Ireland on an ongoing data protection compliance, data processing arrangements, data sharing arrangements with other public authorities, internal policies and procedures and data transfers agreements.
- Advised Norton Lifelock on their global privacy operations to include the implementation of binding corporate rules for controllers and processors with the Data Protection Commission.
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John Whelan