Experience
Catherine is Of Counsel in the Technology & Innovation Group of McCann FitzGerald LLP providing specialist advice to clients on data protection, technology, intellectual property, outsourcing, cybersecurity and digital regulation.
Catherine has been recognised as a key lawyer in Legal 500 for Data Protection, Information Technology and Life Sciences. She was also shortlisted as a Rising Star for Ireland in the 2025 Managing IP awards. Catherine has also delivered workshops on various data protection topics.
Key highlights include:
- Advising a global biopharmaceutical company on various life sciences and commercial contracts. Catherine also advised them on a global data transfers project following the Schrems II decision.
- Advising Ireland’s funding agency for research and innovation on various funding partnerships and collaboration agreements.
- Advising a leading health insurer on a number of digital transformation projects including for an electronic health records system.
- Advising a number of financial services entities on the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
- Advising a media organisation on one of Ireland’s most high profile security incidents which involved representing the client before the Data Protection Commission.
- Advising on some of Ireland’s largest outsourcing technology agreements for public sector clients operating in utilities, transport and other sectors.
- Advising clients on the lawful deployment of AI and training models with personal data.
- Supporting private and public sector clients with data protection compliance and cybersecurity laws, including NIS 2.
- Assisting on various corporate transactions by providing advice on data protection, IP and technology aspects of transactions and advising on transitional services arrangements.
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