William Fry

Nearly eight in 10 in-house lawyers have received a data subject access request (DSAR) from an employee or a customer in the last 12 months, a poll conducted by William Fry suggests.

William Fry has been named Ireland's patent litigation firm of the year at the Global IP Awards 2024. The awards ceremony, which took place at St Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London on Thursday 17 October, brought together leading law firms and practitioners from around the world to celebrate achiev

William Fry welcomed former Munster and Ireland rugby player Alan Quinlan to its offices for a special event aimed at tackling mental health stigma. The lunchtime talk on Wednesday was organised ahead of World Mental Health Day next Thursday 10 October.

Nearly two-thirds of in-house lawyers in Ireland are using AI in their legal work, a new survey suggests. Irish Tech General Counsel (ITGC) surveyed over 60 attendees at an event in founding sponsor William Fry's office this morning.

William Fry LLP has been ranked by FT as Ireland's most innovative law firm. The firm was ranked at 34 — the highest of any Irish law firm — in a new report naming the 50 most innovative law firms in Europe.

William Fry has appointed Sean Murray as a partner in William Fry Tax Advisors. Mr Murray has over 20 years of experience in advising domestic and international clients on financial services tax matters, including investment management, structured finance, banking, capital markets and private equity

Irish SMEs are benefiting from nearly record levels of venture capital funding, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePulse survey published today in association with William Fry. A total of €494 million in venture capital funding was invested into Irish SMEs in the second q

William Fry partner Barry Scannell provides a comprehensive guide to the EU's new AI Act. Today, 1 August 2024, marks a watershed moment in the regulation of artificial intelligence as the EU Artificial Intelligence Act officially enters into force.

The Irish M&A market saw 185 deals in the first half of 2024, a 20 per cent decline on the previous year, but the total deal value surged to €17.8 billion, a 207 per cent increase, according to new analysis from William Fry. The law firm has published its half-year report on Irish M&A a

Stephen Keogh has been elected as the next managing partner of William Fry LLP. Currently head of the firm's corporate/M&A department, Mr Keogh will succeed Owen O'Sullivan with effect from November 2024.

William Fry has appointed Susan Walsh to the firm's technology department as a consultant. Ms Walsh specialises in commercial and technology law, particularly in drafting and negotiation of complex, mission-critical IT outsourcing and implementation projects, AI and emerging technologies, supply and

William Fry has appointed Clodagh Ruigrok, Elena Canavan-Young, Nessa Joyce, Barbara Galvin, Deirdre O'Donovan, Aisling O'Gorman, Tiernan Diamond, Barry Scannell and Rachel Hayes as partners in a major promotions round. The firm has welcomed the nine new partners across four departments — asse

William Fry lawyers Ian Devlin and Richard Smith examine proposals to give employees a right to work until the State pension age. The government recently published the general scheme of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024.

William Fry has been named Ireland's trademark disputes firm of the year for a second year running at the annual Managing IP Awards. Florence Meagher, a senior associate with William Fry who specialises in intellectual property law, also won the inaugural Ireland Rising Star of the Year award.

William Fry lawyers Fergus Doorly, Deirdre O'Donovan and Alexandra Drummy examine a recent High Court case where two men were held personally liable for a limited company's debts. In De Lacy v Hevey [2024] IEHC 80, the High Court found that two men involved with the operation of Arden Forestry Manag