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Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

London, United Kingdom

Dublin, Ireland

In-house counsel within the Irish Legal Team delivering high quality legal services to the Irish businesses. Experience covers life assurance and pensions, general insurance, (non-regulated) banking activity and all forms of dispute resolution including High Court litigation, mediation, expert determination and arbitration.Summary of responsibilities and achievements:- Monitored legal and regulatory developments and shared expertise- Reviewed, drafted and negotiated various commercial agreements including investment management agreements, fund manager agreements, custodian agreements, distribution agreements and IT supply contracts- Provided legal sign-off of policy documentation and customer facing materials- Delivered legal input to the business on various group related projects and business initiatives such as outsourcing of IT services and back-office functions- Company Secretary for several Irish based group subsidiaries- Regular interaction with the Financial Services Ombudsman in resolving customer policy complaints- Managed and conducted various professional negligence actions in both UK and Ireland- Defended various claims made under life assurance policies- Provided ad hoc advice on variety of legal issues including data protection queries, competition law and employment law

Ifsc, Dublin, Ireland

Headed up the legal and compliance functions of a cross-border life insurance company which passported its products into other European jurisdictions on a freedom of services basis. Responsible for the delivery of all legal requirements of the business in Ireland including management of the regulatory relationship.Summary of responsibilities and achievements:- Reviewed, drafted and negotiated commercial agreements with external counterparties and SLAs with Citi group affiliates- Reviewed and updated customer documentation and provided legal advice on policy claims- Established a robust compliance environment and oversaw successful audit of the business by internal audit function- Provided input on home state regulatory matters affecting the business- Managed regulatory relationship on behalf of the business in Ireland and handled regulatory correspondence and contact- Liaised with UK and Spain to ensure compliance with local conduct of business rules

Dublin

Senior Associate in Dispute Resolution Department. Specialised in general commercial disputes, professional indemnity claims and clinical negligence.

London, United Kingdom

Associate in Insurance Litigation Department, specialised in defence litigation, mainly professional indemnity claims and represented defendants from various different professional backgrounds.

London, United Kingdom

Associate in the Litigation department. Experience of contentious insurance work in the Lloyd's and company markets, reinsurance matters as well as commercial claims.

Massive Open Online Course In Data Protection

The legal practice and challenges of Data Protection. Specific content covered: - the individual’s right to privacy -v- a company’s.

Post Graduate Professional Diploma, International Financial Services Law

Course content covered the following: - Financial Collateral - Credit Derivatives - Regulatory Capital - Securitisation - Repo Instruments.

Certificate In Compliance, Financial Services

Law Society Finals Course, Legal Professions And Studies

Bachelor Of Laws (Llb), Law

Activities and Societies: College representative at football, cricket and rugby.