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DLA Piper has rolled out a new AI-powered tool designed to detect bribery risks within corporations. The Aiscension Bribery service, powered by AI technology from Reveal, is trained by lawyers to detect the key forms of bribery behaviour including the giving or receiving of a bribe, circumventing in

Global law firm DLA Piper has announced 13 new appointments in its Dublin office, with seven senior associates, one legal director and five business services professionals promoted across the firm.

Global law firm DLA Piper has appointed Naoise Harnett as a partner in the firm's corporate practice in Dublin. Mr Harnett, previously a partner in another International law firm based in Dublin, will join the firm's international insurance sector team, bringing with him more than 15 years’ ex

Global law firm DLA Piper has appointed Matthew Cole as the new head of its corporate practice in Ireland. He takes over with immediate effect from Éanna Mellett, who has completed a successful four-year term in the role and will continue as a corporate partner.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Irish-headquartered biopharmaceutical company Amryt Pharma is to be acquired by Chiesi Farmaceutici in a $1.48 billion transaction.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Horizon Therapeutics plcs, a global biotechnology company headquartered in Dublin, is to be acquired by Amgen Inc. for an enterprise value of $28.3 billion.

DLA Piper has appointed Gavin Woods as a partner in the firm's litigation and regulatory practice in Ireland. Mr Woods will join the firm in January 2023 from Arthur Cox, where he has been a partner since 2011. He specialises in litigation, dispute resolution, and investigations and advises on a bro

Global law firm DLA Piper has hired former Irish ambassador Daniel Mulhall as a consultant. Over a 40-year diplomatic career, Mr Mulhall served as Ireland's ambassador to Malaysia, Germany, the UK and, most recently, as Ireland's ambassador to the US from 2017 to 2022.

Global law firm DLA Piper has announced plans to double its workforce in Ireland after achieving an initial target of recruiting 100 lawyers and business professionals. The firm established its Irish operations in 2019 and has since grown to a full-service law firm. It relocated last year to a six-f

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Global law firm DLA Piper has advised global sports, entertainment and betting operator PlayUp on a business combination agreement with IG Acquisition Corp (IGAC), which will result in PlayUp listi

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. A&L Goodbody (ALG) and DLA Piper have advised on the acquisition by US tech group ABC Fitness Solutions of Irish fitness management software company Glofox.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. DLA Piper has advised Mount Street on a 10-year strategic agreement with Aviva Investors for asset servicing arrangements totalling £50 billion assets under management (AUM).

Global investment in data centre infrastructure more than doubled in 2021 and is expected to grow at the same pace this year, according to research by DLA Piper. A new report from the global law firm finds that total investment increased from $24.4 billion in 2020 to $59.5 billion in 2021, while the

Two law students from Sligo have been awarded scholarships created in partnership between global law firm DLA Piper and NUI Galway School of Law. Annie Forde, from Enniscrone, Co Sligo, and Joan Ighile, from Sligo Town, have been named the Terence O’Malley DLA Piper Scholars for the academic y

DLA Piper has announced that Edel O’Kelly, corporate, has been promoted to the firm's global partnership. Ms O’Kelly is the first partner promotion within DLA Piper in Ireland. DLA Piper also today announces the appointment of Declan Lavelle as a partner in the firm's tax practice in Ire