Elaine McGrath > Reddy Charlton LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Reddy Charlton LLP
12 FITZWILLIAM PLACE
DUBLIN 2
Ireland

Work Department

Commercial and Business Law Department

Position

Partner & Head of Commercial and Business Law Department

Career

Expertise 

  • Corporate Transactions
  • Partnership Law
  • Commercial Contracting
  • Intellectual Property

Experience

  • Joined Reddy Charlton in 2004 and is a partner in the commercial law team
  • Advises in all aspect of commercial and business law 
  • Recently acted in the sale of an Irish technology company which was acquired by the US leader the sector
  • Recently acted in the acquisition of an oil distribution company for a client
  • Acts for a large US venture capital firm in relation to its Irish investments which to date have numbered in excess of 40 transactions
  • Advises one of the country’s leading waste management companies in relation to both their customer and supplier contracts
  • Advises one of the country’s leading giftware manufactures in relation to its IP matters including franchising, licensing, digital asset management, trademark and design protection and enforcement 
  • Has lectured on various topics of commercial and intellectual property law

Recent Work Highlights

 

  • Advised the sellers of a significant Dublin veterinary practice on the sale of their business
  • Advised US law firm Tully Rinckey on their establishment in Ireland
  • Advised Irish start up Wazp on recent €2 million funding round
  • Advised in sale of regulated Irish fund manager to UK firm

Publications

  • Co-author of the chapter on consumer law in the Law Society Business Law Manual, Oxford University Press
  • Click here to read a series of articles by Elaine McGrath

Languages

English, French

Memberships

  • Member of the Law Society Intellectual Property Law Committee.

Education

  • Degree in Law & European Studies from University of Limerick
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Business & IT from Dublin Business School
  • Diploma in Legal French from the Law Society  
  • Registered as a European trademark attorney since 2008 

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Commercial, corporate and M&A

Reddy Charlton LLP counts sports sector matters as a key area of instruction, however the practice has seen an uptick in work involving asset deals and cross-border M&A. The team regularly acts for professional and amateur sporting associations, organisations and clubs, including the Gaelic Athletic Association, in a range of corporate and commercial matters. Elaine McGrath heads up the practice, which includes the ‘always approachableNiamh Gibney, who is ‘very knowledgeable in her field‘.