William Fry

Around two-thirds of business leaders in Ireland believe AI is improving productivity, a survey carried out by law firm William Fry suggests. The firm's annual AI summit at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre yesterday brought together senior executives, policymakers and legal specialists to hear how

William Fry has appointed three new consultants and four new managing associates.

William Fry has appointed David O'Shea, Colm Booth and Cian O'Sullivan as partners. Mr O'Shea, based in the firm's Cork office, has been promoted to partner in the firm's banking and finance department.

William Fry's intellectual property team has walked away with two awards at the prestigious Managing IP Awards 2025 in London. The firm was named Irish Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year for the third year running, as well as winning Europe Impact Case of the Year for its work on Merck Sharp &

William Fry has won the "Excellence in Skills Development" award at the Professional Services Management Excellence Awards 2025. The law firm was recognised for its exceptional contribution to addressing productivity and skills gaps and for delivering innovative interventions.

Jarleth Heneghan, a partner in William Fry's construction and engineers practice, has been named the 2025 Client Choice winner for construction in Ireland.

AI businesses in Northern Ireland are likely to face stricter regulation than those in the rest of the UK, a leading expert in AI law has warned. The European Commission yesterday formally proposed adding the EU AI Act to the list of legislation which continues to apply in Northern Ireland post-Brex

William Fry lawyers Adele Hall, Paul Convery and Niamh McCabe look at the recent High Court decision in Casey v McMenamin, in which significant damages, including aggravated damages, were awarded for defamation arising from a Facebook post. Momentum towards the proposed reform of defamation laws was

Irish businesses have been urged to take pro-active steps to ensuring compliance with the EU's new NIS2 Directive. Only 13 per cent of attendees at a William Fry seminar on NIS2 said they were very confident in their vendors' and suppliers' cybersecurity practices.

Paul Convery explores recent UK cases related to Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud and highlights key recommendations from an Oireachtas committee. Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud happens when victims are deceived into making immediate payments to bank accounts managed by fraudsters pretending

Major businesses including Nokia and Ericsson will welcome the European Commission's decision to withdraw proposals for the regulation of standard essential patents (SEPs), William Fry has said. The proposed SEP Regulation was among 35 initiatives the European Commission said last week it will withd

William Fry lawyers Rachel Hayes, Adele Hall and Aoife Keenan examine a Circuit Court decision awarding €7,500 in a personal data breach claim against a government agency. In M.H. v Child and Family Agency, a 2023 ex tempore judgment, the Circuit Court awarded the plaintiff €7,50

William Fry has struck an optimistic note on outlook for Ireland's M&A market after new figures showed deal value reached €27.5 billion in 2024, an increase of 115 per cent on the previous year. The firm yesterday published its M&A Review 2024, which records 499 transactions in the Iris

William Fry has been advising the US National Football League (NFL) on its historic plans to bring the first-ever regular season game to Ireland. The Pittsburgh Steelers — whose president, Art Rooney II, has family links to Newry, Co Down — are set to take the field at Croke Park in 2025

William Fry partners Barry Scannell and Leo Moore unpack Ireland's exemptions from the landmark EU AI Act. Ireland has a unique position in the European Union’s regulatory framework for artificial intelligence (AI), benefiting from an exemption from certain provisions related to AI used in law