Ms O’Grady is both a solicitor and registered trade mark and design attorney with over a decade’s experience advising on intellectual property, technology law and data privacy.

Dennis Agnew, managing partner of the Irish office, said: “Our Irish office went from strength to strength in 2025 advising on a series of cross-border corporate and private equity transactions and expanding our practice offerings to include tax, real estate and employment. This expansion continues into the new year.

“Jane is an accomplished and versatile practitioner who is ideal to lead our intellectual property and technology work in Ireland. She has a track-record of successfully advising Irish and international businesses on their IP and data privacy issues, backed by great commercial awareness and extensive sector knowledge.

“As we are increasing our inbound and outbound transactions year on year, clients will benefit greatly from the expert IP and tech expertise we have in Ireland.”

Ms O’Grady focuses on intellectual property and data protection, with in-depth experience advising on the IP and data protection aspects of M&A, particularly cross-border.

She is a registered trade mark and design attorney in Ireland and the EU and advises on the protection, commercialisation and infringement of intellectual property. She also advises on all aspects of privacy law including GDPR, data subject access requests and cross-border transfers of personal data.

Ms O’Grady represents both domestic and multinational clients in various sectors, such as IT, media, automotive, fintech and financial services, and in particular pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply, including medical devices and diagnostic technologies.

Across all sectors she advises clients on complex commercial contracts such as outsourcing, supply and distribution agreements, software licences, service level agreements, website and end-user licence agreements.

Ms O’Grady joins from Byrne Wallace Shields, where she started her career in 2014.

She has a BCL and LLB from University College Cork and an LPC from The College of Law, Chester, and has held a certificate in trade mark law from the Law Society of Ireland since 2015.

Commenting on her move, Ms O’Grady said: “In less than three years, Squire Patton Boggs has really made a mark on the legal landscape in Ireland.

“Their impressive client roster, burgeoning M&A and PE practice, and access to global expertise, all make for exciting new opportunities in the sphere of IP and commercial work.

“I look forward to being part of the team.”