Mr Roddy Bourke > McCann FitzGerald LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile
McCann FitzGerald LLP Offices
RIVERSIDE ONE
SIR JOHN ROGERSON'S QUAY
DUBLIN 2
Ireland
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Mr Roddy Bourke
Work Department
Commercial Disputes, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Product Liability, Dispute Resolution & Litigation
Position
Roddy’s practice includes: commercial disputes, including international and jurisdictional issues defending product liability claims in respect of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and consumer products; product recall and safety patent and other IP disputes insurance policy interpretation, and representing insureds and insurers in D&O, commercial indemnity and other disputes Roddy Bourke has chaired the Law Society’s Litigation Committee and Arbitration/Mediation Committee and is an active member of the International Association of Defense Counsel.
Career
Admitted 1985 (Ireland), admitted 1991 (England and Wales).
Education
Graduate of University of Limerick (BBS); Queen Mary College, London (LLM); Post Graduate Diploma EU Competition Law.
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Healthcare and life sciences
(Hall of Fame)McCann FitzGerald LLP has a broad-based healthcare and life sciences practice covering IP and regulatory issues to product liability, licensing, M&A, spin-offs and strategic alliances. It has a particularly strong reputation in product liability cases, having acted for clients in many of the biggest cases over the last 20 years. It has also landed instructions in most of the large patent disputes in the area and has a solid record in medical malpractice and clinical negligence cases. Roddy Bourke 
is highly-reputed for product liability cases and mass tort claims. Fiona O’Beirne has vast experience in patent disputes in the medical device, pharmaceutical and bio-pharmaceutical sectors, with Shane O’Brien also prominent in this area. David Lydon has an extensive background in life sciences M&A.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
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- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- EU and competition
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology
- Insolvency and corporate restructuring
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Investment funds
- Media and entertainment
- Pensions and employee benefits
- Planning and environment
- Projects and PPP
- Public sector
- Real estate
- Telecoms
- Transport
- White-collar crime