Darragh Murphy Email & Phone Number

Partner in the firm’s Banking & Financial Services Group, specialising in regulatory matters. In particular, he advises on regulatory and commercial matters relevant to financial services businesses, including insurance undertakings, investment management operations, fund promoters, and banking entities. Darragh’s practice has a particular focus on the regulated activities of insurance and reinsurance undertakings – working on many significant corporate and regulatory driven transactions in this area. More broadly, Darragh advises on all aspects of carrying on regulated financial services and consumer credit related activities in Ireland whether in relation to the authorisation of entities in this sector, their ongoing business requirements (customer, counterparty and/or regulator facing) and/or the addressing of difficulties that they may encounter.Clients include some of the most significant insurance/reinsurance undertakings, investment managers and banks operating in or from Ireland. He also advises the Irish treasury divisions of multi-national entities.Member of the IFSC Funds Legislative Sub-group and Chairman of the IFIA’s Legal & Regulatory Working Group.Law Directory Comments include:Darragh Murphy is described as a “subject matter expert”. The Legal 500, 2014Darragh Murphy "can quickly grasp what we need," says one client, adding: "He has a really fast turnaround and consistently high standards. He is skilled in the abstract and complex work." Chambers, 2014Darragh is ranked as a ‘Leading Lawyer’ by the International Financial Law Review, 2014Darragh Murphy has a particular focus on the financial services and regulatory side. Clients highlight that he is "very knowledgeable on regulatory work. He produces extremely useful documents that hit the nail on the head." Chambers, 2013Clients recommend Darragh Murphy as “personable, responsive and commercially aware – he is just very sensible and easy to deal with.” Chambers, 2012

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