Ms Sheila Tormey > William Fry LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

William Fry LLP continues to handle some of the most prominent and high-profile regulation, enforcement, and litigation matters in the Irish and EU telecommunications sectors. The team regularly assists clients with regulatory matters, network build and roll-out projects, corporate transactions, data protection matters, and matters related to competition law and consumer law. Practice head Claire Waterson has extensive knowledge of Irish and EU competition law and advises regulators and private operators on contentious and non-contentious matters related to telecoms law, with support from Garrett Breen, Cormac Little SC, and Sheila Tormey.

William Fry LLP has an established EU and competition practice, achieving further prominence in merger control cases and is noted for its experience in negotiating remedies with the CCPC. The firm also has a significant presence in CCPC and European Commission investigations and follow-on damages actions. Moreover, it has extensive knowledge of state aid, public procurement, trade and regulatory issues. The team has three partners at the helm. Cormac Little SC is one of the top names in the EU and competition field in Ireland, while Claire Waterson is at the forefront of state aid, public procurement and regulatory matters. Sheila Tormey is further noted for merger control and regulatory issues.