Michael Madden Email & Phone Number

I am a partner at leading Irish law firm Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. With over 20 years’ experience, I am a regulatory specialist and lead our content and communications regulation practice.Technology companies are subject to an increasingly complex legal and regulatory landscape in the EU, particularly as it relates to harmful and illegal online content. I am centrally involved in assisting some of the world’s largest technology companies navigate these laws, from understanding whether and how they apply to designing effective and efficient compliance measures with minimal impact on business.I advise clients on all aspects of the EU’s Digital Services Act as well as on related laws such as the AVMS Directive, Terrorist Content Online Regulation, CSAM Regulation Proposal and Ireland’s Online Safety and Media Regulation Act.I also have extensive knowledge of, and experience advising on, the EU electronic communications regulatory framework, including its complex ePrivacy rules, which now applies to a wide range of technology companies.You can contact me directly at mmadden@mhc.ieLegal 500, 2022:“Michael Madden is commercial and responsive”.“Michael Madden readily understands our objectives and perspective, contributes extremely well to nuanced policy discussions, and provides a highly accessible, engaging, responsive and no-nonsense primary point of contact between our teams”.

Listed skills include Competition Law, Economic Regulation, Telecommunications, Media Law, and 1 others.