Anne joined the firm in 2008, having worked for over 7 years for A&L Goodbody Solicitors and, prior to this, for 2 years for FR Kelly & Co., the leading Irish firm of patent and trade mark attorneys.

 

Anne is a specialist in large-scale regulatory litigation, having acted for a number of private businesses in judicial review proceedings against various public bodies, including most recently in the High Court and Supreme Court for health insurer BUPA Ireland in its successful challenge to the Irish risk equalisation legislation, and for Ryanair in disputes with the Dublin Airport Authority and with the Commission for Aviation Regulation.  She now advises a number of public bodies on regulatory matters, including the Dublin local authorities and the Health Services Executive, and acts in defence of public law litigation.

 

She has also acted for clients on non-contentious regulatory and corporate issues, including in the context of submissions to Government Departments, consultations on legislation and in relation to clients’ regulatory dealings with the likes of the Irish Medicines Board, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland, the Data Protection Commissioner and the Advertising Standards Authority of Ireland.

 

Anne is also a recognised Irish expert in intellectual property law, information technology law, and in pharmaceutical, regulatory and food law, both as a litigator and an advisor on corporate deals, contractual issues and for general advisory work.  She has acted for/advised a large number of international businesses whose key assets are intellectual property and technology, as well as for a large number of multinational pharmaceutical companies.

 

Anne graduated from University College Dublin in 1995 with an Honours Degree in Law and from King’s College London with a specialist Masters in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law in 1996.  Anne was called to the Irish Bar in July 1999, and is currently re-qualifying as a solicitor.  Anne is a registered Irish Trade Mark Agent and Community Trade Mark Agent, and is a recent former member of the Ethics Committee of the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin.  Anne lectured in Information Technology Law to the Department of Computer Science of Trinity College Dublin from 2002 – 2007, and was a tutor and lecturer of Commercial Law and Intellectual Property Law in University College Dublin between 1996 – 2001.