DLA Piper Ireland LLP houses a broad team, known for its experience in handling a broad range of mandates, including GDPR compliance projects and security breaches, in addition to data-driven marketing issues. John Magee leads the team and regularly acts for clients in matters concerning data governance and regulatory investigations. Conor McEneaney is particularly adept at negotiating and drafting complex outsourcing agreements, while Eilís McDonald utilises her background in commercial technology to assist with e-privacy issues and outsourcing transactions in the financial services sector.

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Key clients

  • Allied Irish Banks plc
  • Stripe
  • Bank of Ireland Group plc
  • Smurfit Kappa Group plc
  • Julius Baer Group
  • Payoneer Europe
  • Permanent TSB plc
  • Horizon Therapeutics
  • Version1 Solutions
  • WuXi Biologics
  • The Vanguard Group
  • The Walt Disney Company
  • Nordea Bank
  • TELUS International

Work highlights

  • Advised Bank of Ireland on its international data transfer compliance strategy and vendor remediation programme.
  • Advised Horizon Therapeutics on their data protection, ePrivacy and contracting strategy.
  • Advised Smurfit Kappa Group plc on data protection and cybersecurity matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

John Magee

Other key lawyers

Conor McEneaney, Eilís McDonald