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Mr Andrew Kirke
Work Department
Information Technology and Intellectual Property
Position
Partner
Career
Andrew is a Partner in the Tughans’ commercial team and works with clients across a full range of commercial and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on energy and technology law, and is qualified as a solicitor in NI, ROI and England & Wales.
He regularly advises clients on general commercial contracts such as supply or purchase, agency or distribution agreements, technology contracts such as software licence agreements, and energy contracts such as power purchase and grid connection agreements. His other practice areas include data protection (in a post GDPR landscape).
Andrew has experience working directly in the energy industry and has twice been seconded to SONI Ltd, the high voltage transmission system operator for Northern Ireland, as the sole in-house counsel. He has also previously been seconded to Lagan Construction.
Andrew is a member of Mutual Energy and sits on the NI branch board of the Energy Institute (serving as Secretary and Chair of the YPN group) and the CBI large energy users’ forum.
He is also involved in a number of business mentoring programmes across Northern Ireland.
Lawyer Rankings
Northern Ireland > Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
(Next Generation Partners)Tughans fields a multidisciplinary team, with significant experience in corporate and financing transactions. The group has particular strength in the utilities and waste sectors. Andrew Kirke, whose practice includes power purchase agreements, specialist energy regulatory matters, and grid connection agreements, co-leads the department with real estate partner Chris Milligan, who exclusively focuses on energy, natural resources, and infrastructure.
Northern Ireland > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
Tughans‘ team of specialist IP practitioners is highly active in the Northern Irish start-up space, and is a popular choice for innovative businesses in the technology, software, and medical industries. Adrian O’Connell leads the department, and advises on the protection and exploitation of intellectual property assets. ‘Exceptional‘ partner Andrew Kirke heads the trademark practice within the group.
Northern Ireland > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
(Leading individuals)Tughans acts on the full range of legal matters faced by technology clients, and is a firm of choice for both indigenous companies and international businesses. The group is led by Adrian O’Connell and managing partner Patrick Brown. O’Connell spearheads non-contentious matters, and has experience in data protection and contract agreements, while Brown leads on a range of high value disputes. Andrew Kirke acts on commercial contracts and software licensing, and has a particular focus on early stage and start-up companies. Director Paul Eastwood has expertise in data protection law.