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William Fry LLP has appointed solicitor, chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser Colin Bolger as a partner in the firm's tax department. Mr Bolger has extensive experience providing tax advice to private and public sector organisations, international corporations, financial institutions and p

William Fry partner Paul Convery and senior associates Adele Hall and Joanne Ryan welcome clarity around the Court of Appeal's jurisdiction to grant Norwich Pharmacal orders. We have previously written about the Norwich Pharmacal order (NPO), which compels a party to disclose information to a plaint

William Fry partner Leo Moore and senior associate Rachel Hayes consider a recent European judgment with significance for data anonymisation. A recent decision of the European General Court has shifted the goalposts for data anonymisation.

William Fry partner and former managing partner Myra Garrett has been appointed to the board of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) for a five-year term. The NTMA is a State body which operates with a commercial remit to provide asset and liability management services to the government. I

William Fry partners Paul Convery and Laura Murdock analyse a landmark moment in market abuse enforcement in Ireland. A businessman has been convicted of an insider trading offence by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. This conviction is the first for insider trading in the history of the State and repr

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Amgen Inc. has completed its $27.5 billion acquisition of Dublin-based global biotechnology company Horizon Therapeutics plc in one of the largest transactions of the year.

Attorney General Rossa Fanning SC was welcomed to William Fry's offices this week to deliver a keynote address on Ireland's implementation of the EU digital reform package and the government's work to combat hateful content online. Mr Fanning's speech was followed by a fireside chat moderated by Wil

William Fry LLP is celebrating after being recognised as Fintech Professional Advisor of the Year at Ireland's inaugural National Fintech Awards. Of the businesses nominated in the category, William Fry was the only law firm put forth by the organisers, iQuest & Business Post.

William Fry LLP yesterday welcomed colleagues and in-house lawyers to its new Cork office for a masterclass in AI law, led by experts from the firm's technology group. The event orbited around the pivotal role in-house lawyers will play in their organisations' implementation of AI technologies and h

William Fry LLP has congratulated the winners of the Irish Junior Lawn Tennis Championships of Ireland, of which the firm was the key sponsor for the 14th year running.

Is artificial intelligence (AI) an unprecedented opportunity or an existential threat to humanity? Should we revel in its seemingly limitless possibilities, or should there be a global pause called on its development? And, importantly, how will it impact businesses in every sector? These are among t

The Irish M&A market slowed in the first half of the year, with a two per cent decline in volume but a significant 58 per cent decrease in total value, according to new analysis by William Fry. There were 177 transactions worth a combined €5.2 billion during the first half of 2023, with 97

Earlier this year, a group of bondholders advised by William Fry and owed over US$175m by GTLK Europe DAC (GTLK Europe) and GTLK Europe Capital DAC (GTLK Capital) (collectively the Companies) petitioned for the winding up of the Companies on a number of grounds, including that they had failed to dis

William Fry consultant Deirdre O'Donovan and partner Paul Convery look at the enhanced CEA and its involvement in tackling white-collar crime over the last year. With effect from 7 July 2022, the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) was formally established as an independent statutory body under th

In-house lawyers must not wait until the eleventh hour to ensure their companies' compliance with forthcoming EU regulations on artificial intelligence, an event hosted by Irish Tech General Counsel (ITGC) has heard. Speaking in William Fry's offices this morning, technology consultant Barry Scannel