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Flynn O'Driscoll LLP

Flynn O'Driscoll LLP

Practice Area: Fintech

Practice Area's Profile: Our cross-departmental teams have substantial knowledge and experience when it comes to Fintech and on advising the legal challenges concerning many angles of this area, including and not limited to financial services, financial regulation, technology, e-commerce, commercial contracts, data protection, cyber-security and tax. Our cross-departmental approach provides practical and innovative solutions to our clients drawing on multiple perspectives.
Services:
  • Intellectual Property protection, structures, and licensing arrangements.
  • GDPR compliance, privacy structures, multi-jurisdiction data processing and transfer arrangements, and data security.
  • Start-up and mature FinTech providers.
  • Licensing, corporate structure and compliance issues.
  • Negotiation and enforcement of joint venture, commercial and other strategic agreements.
  • Private equity funds, venture capital investors and companies.
Deals: We take pride in collaborating closely with our clients to deliver timely, commercially sound, and supportive solutions to the legal obstacles faced by FinTech businesses. We advise existing financial services clients who are adapting in this FinTech era.

Some of the key areas we advise on include:

Fintech M&A / fundraisings
Cybersecurity
Tax structuring
Risk Management and Fraud
Corporate structuring and company formation advice
Data Protection/GDPR Compliance
Investment and Venture Capital

Advisers


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Hanley, Michael
Firm: Flynn O'Driscoll LLP
Position: Head of Banking & Finance
Address: No. 1 Grants Row, Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 HX96,
Phone: +1 245 1606
Email: michaelhanley@fod.ie
Personal URL: https://fod.ie/people/michael-hanley/

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Lawlor, Gavin
Firm: Flynn O'Driscoll LLP
Position: Partner
Address: No. 1 Grants Row, Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 HX96,
Phone: +353 1 642 4403
Email: gavinlawlor@fod.ie
Personal URL: https://fod.ie/people/gavin-lawlor/

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Myles, Laura
Firm: Flynn O'Driscoll LLP
Position: Head of Technology & Intellectual Property
Address: No. 1 Grants Row, Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 HX96,
Phone: +353 91 396 541
Email: lauramyles@fod.ie
Personal URL: https://fod.ie/people/laura-myles/

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O'Driscoll, Alan
Firm: Flynn O'Driscoll LLP
Position: Founding Partner
Address: No. 1 Grants Row, Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 HX96,
Phone: +353 1 642 4260
Email: alanodriscoll@fod.ie
Personal URL: https://fod.ie/people/alan-o-driscoll/

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Roberts, Mark
Firm: Flynn O'Driscoll LLP
Position: Partner
Address: No. 1 Grants Row, Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 HX96,
Phone: +353 1 642 4415
Email: markroberts@fod.ie
Personal URL: https://fod.ie/people/mark-roberts/

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Ryan, David
Firm: Flynn O'Driscoll LLP
Position: Partner
Address: No. 1 Grants Row, Mount Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 HX96,
Phone: +353 1 642 4256
Email: davidryan@fod.ie
Personal URL: https://fod.ie/people/david-ryan/