Mr Ricky Kelly > RDJ LLP > Cork, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

RDJ LLP Offices

RDJ LLP
85 South Mall
T12 TP8D
Ireland
Visit website 353 21 480 2700 353 21 480 2790

Mr Ricky Kelly

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+353 21 2332826 ricky.kelly@rdj.ie

Work Department

Litigation and Dispute Resolution; Cyber and Data Protection

Position

Ricky is a Partner, practising as part of the firm’s Dispute Resolution team. His core areas of practice are Dispute Resolution, Cyber and Data Protection, and Insolvency related litigation. Ricky has broad experience advising a range of foreign, national, multi-national and institutional clients in complex and high value cases in the Corporate, Debt Recovery, Insolvency and Restructuring, Insurance and Professional Risk, and Construction sectors.

Ricky co-leads RDJ’s Cyber and Data Protection Group. His experience includes the provision of advice and compliance training to a range of private and public organisations in relation to their implementation and compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation and Data Protection Act 2018, and the provision of advices in relation to regulatory authority investigations.

Ricky leads RDJ’s Security Incident Response Group and has broad experience in the investigation, management and mitigation of cyber security incidents and personal data breaches including the engagement of independent forensic IT consultants, the preparation of security incident reports, notifications to the Data Protection Commission, Data Controllers and Data Subjects, and management of subsequent regulatory authority investigations.

Memberships

Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland.
Admitted in England & Wales (non-practising).

Education

BCL(University College Cork)
LLM (University College Cork)
Higher Diploma in Legal and Business (Waterford Institute of Technology)
Diploma in Corporate Law and Governance (Law Society of Ireland)
Fundamentals in Computer Forensics (BSI Group)

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Information technology

RDJ LLP offers specialist technology law advice on data protection, e-commerce, and intellectual property matters to clients from a wide range of sectors, including fintech, medtech, cyber security, digital, and media. Ricky Kelly heads the practice and assists clients with the investigation, management, and mitigation of cyber security and personal data breaches. Gillian Keating and Bryan McCarthy have significant experience of handling high-value M&A transactions within the IT sector. Other key members of the team include Diarmaid Gavin, Sarah Slevin, and data protection practitioner Jennifer Noctor.

Ireland > Data privacy and data protection

RDJ LLP’s cyber and data protection team assists clients with the full array of issues concerning GDPR compliance and cybersecurity, which are core areas of focus for the team. The group primarily advises clients from the healthcare, technology, manufacturing, media and pharmaceutical sectors. Ricky Kelly, who leads the team, is noted for his broad knowledge of ransomware and payment redirection fraud.

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