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Alan Johnston

Chief Counsel, Europe and South America | Liberty Mutual Insurance

Insurance

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Barbara Keane

Group General Counsel | Origin Enterprises plc

Agriculture

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Barry Curran

Managing Director - Head of Legal | Carne Group

Commercial and professional services

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Caroline Dee-Brown

General Counsel and Director of Legal Services | The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg)

Telecommunications

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Catherine Byrne

Group Head of Legal | EirGrid plc

Energy and utilities

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Chantal Falconer-Teer

Associate General Counsel | Spencer Stuart International Ireland Ltd

Commercial and professional services

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Ciara Gaffney

General Counsel and Senior Director | Rubicon Capital Advisors

Financials

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Ciara Russell

Head of Legal | Gas Networks Ireland

Energy and utilities

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Ciarán Egan

Legal Lead | Amazon Ireland

Consumer products

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Clodagh Daly

Senior Corporate Counsel | Avolon

Transport and infrastructure

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Colm MacCarvill

Ireland Site Lead, International Corporate Director & Assistant General Counsel | Squarespace

Information technology

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Dan Kiely

Head of Legal | BoComm Aviation Leasing Ireland Company Limited (BoComm)

Financials

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Daniel Blake

Director of Legal | Vanguard Group (Ireland) Limited

Financials

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Darragh Byrne

Chief Risk Officer and General counsel | DCC

Commercial and professional services

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David Boyle

Managing Counsel, Antitrust | Oracle

Information technology

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David Johnston

General Counsel | CarTrawler

Information technology

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Diarmaid Cunningham

Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel | ICON plc

Healthcare

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Dr Don Hughes

VP, General Counsel EMEA and M&A | Hitachi Digital

Information technology

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Eadaoin Rock

General Counsel | Central Bank of Ireland

Financials

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Ed Riley

General Counsel | Avolon

Transport and infrastructure

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Elaine Breene

Director of Legal, Risk and Compliance | INDOS

Financials

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Eleanor Daly

Director & Associate General Counsel - Global Corporate | Meta Platforms Ireland Limited

Information technology

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Elizabeth Davis

Partner and General Counsel | PwC

Information technology

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Emer Walsh

Chief Legal Officer | Gas Networks Ireland

Energy and utilities

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Emmet O’Grady

General Counsel | Storyful

Information technology

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Eoin Fleck

Chief Legal Officer | Elkstone

Financials

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Eoin McManus

General Counsel | Klas

Telecommunications

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Geoffrey Frawley

Head of Legal, Europe | WuXi Biologics

Healthcare

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Ian Martin

General Counsel | HSBC Ireland

Financials

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Ian Quigley

General Counsel | Damavo

Information technology

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James Murray

Head of Legal and Company Secretary | RSA Insurance Ireland

Insurance

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Jennifer Adams

Head of Legal (Ireland) | Veolia

Energy and utilities

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John McEvoy

SVP, Chief Legal Officer | Poolbeg Pharma Plc

Healthcare

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John O’Brien

General Counsel | Competitive Capabilities International (CCI)

Commercial and professional services

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Jonathan O’Brien

General Counsel and Company Secretary | AmTrust International Underwriters DAC

Financials

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Karen Holmes

General Counsel and Head of Data Privacy | Genuity Science

Healthcare

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Kate Cremins

General Counsel and Company Secretary | Brown Thomas Arnotts Limited

Consumer products

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Killian Kehoe

Associate General Counsel and Data Protection/Privacy Officer | Shopify

Information technology

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Laurence Doyle

Head of Legal | Deciphex

Healthcare

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Lindsay Stevens

Head of Legal Ireland, Large Corporates & Institutions (LC&I) | Danske Bank

Financials

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Louise Barrett

VP Legal | GH Research

Healthcare

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Mairead McShea

Senior Legal Counsel | Perrigo Company PLC

Consumer products

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Margaret Maguire

General Counsel | Fexco

Financials

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Marlene Connolly

General Counsel | Trinity Biotech plc

Energy and utilities

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Maureen Donohoe

Head of Legal | Bord na Móna Plc

Energy and utilities

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Michelle Cunningham

Head of Legal & Compliance | AIB Life

Insurance

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Miriam Nagle

Group General Counsel | AIB

Financials

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Muireann Mangan

Legal Director | Pfizer

Healthcare

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Nicola Curry

Head of Legal, Ireland | BNP Paribas

Financials

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Nikki Conran

VP & Regional General Counsel, Europe | Schneider Electric

Energy and utilities

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Noel Gaughran

Head of Legal, Europe | Revolut

Financials

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Orla Ormsby

Head of Legal – Insurance | Irish Life

Financials

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Padraic Roche

General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer | Waystone

Financials

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Patrick Wilkinson

Associate General Counsel and Head of Asset Servicing EMEA | Northern Trust Corporation

Financials

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Peter Cronin

Head of Legal and Compliance | Finance Ireland

Financials

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Peter McCarthy

VP Legal, Corporate Affairs & People | Virgin Media

Telecommunications

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Philip Merrills-Dearn

General Counsel | RC

Information technology

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Richard Whelehan

Head of Legal - Funds | Abbey Capital Limited

Financials

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Ruth Murphy

Head of Legal | Google

Information technology

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Sanaea Daruwalla

Chief Legal & People Officer | Zyte

Information technology

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Sarah Grace

Global Head of Corporate Governance | Stripe

Financials

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Stephen MacKenzie

General Counsel | Citibank Europe PLC (CEP)

Financials

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Suzanne Tucker

General Counsel | EY Ireland

Commercial and professional services

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Tom Maher

General Counsel | Neuromod Devices

Healthcare

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Valerie Barlow

Head of Legal, Wealth & Insurance Legal Practice Head | New Ireland Assurance Company plc; Bank of Ireland Group

Financials

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Anita Pollin

General Counsel | Energia Group

Energy and utilities

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Antoinette Murphy

Legal Director | DePuy Ireland UC (part of the Johnson & Johnson group)

Healthcare & pharmaceuticals

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Claire Madden

General Counsel | Bord Gáis Energy

Energy and utilities

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Colin Fuller

Head of Legal | Rabobank Dublin

Financials

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Damien McShane

Executive Director and Senior Country Counsel | JPMorgan Chase & Co

Financials

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Darren Isaacson

Head of Legal | Mercury Engineering

Industrials and real estate

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Diane Fahy

Deputy general counsel M&A, VP Development | Cement Roadstone Holding

Industrials and real estate

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Edward Traynor

Group general counsel and Company secretary | Flutter Entertainment Plc

Hotels

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Eimear Kenny

Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Company Secretary | AXA Life Europe

Financials

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Gabrielle Ryan

Group Legal Advisor (General counsel) | Bank of Ireland Group

Financials

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Jackie Ennis

General Counsel | FNZ Group

Financials

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James O’Higgins

Head of M&A Legal | Carne Group

Commercial and professional services

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Jane Cassidy

Group General Counsel | Linesight

Industrials and real estate

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Juliusz Komorek

Group Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer and Company Secretary | Ryanair

Transport and infrastructure

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Katie Feeney

General Counsel and Company Secretary | Vodafone Ireland

Telecommunications

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Laurence Gourley

General Counsel | Aer Lingus

Transport and infrastructure

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Líadhain Canavan

Group Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary | Applegreen

Energy and utilities

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Lisa Gallagher

General Counsel | An Post

Transport and infrastructure

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Michelle Diamond Kelly

Assistant General Counsel – Ireland | Northern Trust Corporation

Financials

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Nick Haworth

Associate General Counsel, Global Head of Custody Legal | Citi

Financials

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Nigel Correll

Senior Corporate Counsel and Head of Irish Product, Legal | Franklin Templeton

Commercial and professional services

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Nigel Crawford

VP, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel EMEA | Eaton

Information technology

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Orla Cullen

General Counsel | Beacon Hospital

Healthcare

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Pádraig Ó Ríordáin

Group General Counsel | CRH

Industrials and real estate

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Patricia O’Shea

Group Head of Legal and Secretariat | daa

Transport and infrastructure

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Pauline Gallagher

Director, Head of legal Ireland | Barclays Bank Ireland

Financials

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Rachel Curran

General Counsel | Ulster Bank Group

Financials

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Ronan Lennon

Chief Legal Officer | Clanwilliam Group

Information technology

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Sarah Gallagher

Head of Legal | Primark

Consumer products

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Sonya Mallon

General Counsel and Company Secretary | Bord na Móna

Energy and utilities

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Susan Lannigan

General Counsel and Company Secretary | Grafton Group plc

Industrials and real estate

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Susan O’Halloran

Chief Legal Officer | National Treasury Management Agency

Financials

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Susann Wisnewski

Chief Legal Officer | First Derivative

Commercial and professional services

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Thomas Reilly

General Counsel | Kingspan Group

Industrials and real estate

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Tom Riordan

VP Legal | Alkermes

Healthcare

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Vincent Drouillard

General Counsel | AerCap

Transport and infrastructure

GC Summit: Denmark 2025

On October 2, Legal 500 returned to Copenhagen to host the highly anticipated GC Summit: Denmark 2025 at the Radisson Collection Royal Hotel. The event brought together prominent voices from the legal and business communities to explore the evolving role of in-house counsel in a rapidly shifting global landscape.

The day began with opening remarks from Legal 500’s editorial lead, Francisco Castro, who welcomed attendees and set the tone for the summit. He emphasised the importance of convening the corporate counsel community to engage in meaningful dialogue around the pressing challenges – and emerging opportunities – facing legal teams today.

The first panel delved into crisis management strategies for legal departments. Hanne Marthine Frederiksen, partner at Poul Schmith, and Søren Søndergaard, director at Rud Pedersen, shared practical insights on early risk detection, cross-functional coordination, and post-crisis recovery planning. The discussion underscored the growing expectation for legal teams to lead during periods of uncertainty and equipped attendees with actionable tools to enhance organisational resilience.

The second panel focused on regulatory reform, specifically the EU’s Digital Omnibus proposal and anticipated changes to the GDPR and NIS 2 Directive. Marlene Winther Plas and Christian Wiese Svanberg from DLA Piper Denmark, joined by Heidi Warm from the firm’s Brussels office and Tina Dorthe Nielsen, senior legal counsel at FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies, offered a practitioner’s perspective on navigating evolving data protection and cybersecurity legislation. The panel highlighted areas where simplification could benefit businesses and improve compliance outcomes.

After a short coffee break, the conversation turned to the insurance industry’s response to emerging global risks. Medea Solevad Plesner, legal director at Kennedys, Anja Deleuran, senior insurance manager at Carlsberg, Thomas Brenøe, director at Insurance and Pension Denmark, Lars Søhøj, financial lines underwriter at Zurich, and Jonas Spangsberg Svensson, attorney at The RiskPoint Group, explored how climate change, geopolitical instability, and the rise of consumer-led class actions are reshaping corporate risk profiles. The panel examined implications for claims handling and the future of insurance solutions across cyber, product liability, property, and D&O.

The final panel of the day addressed how legal teams can position themselves as strategic business partners. Moderated by Francisco Castro, the session featured John F. Kuckleman, group general counsel at Novo Nordisk, and Pia Ullum, legal vice president at Dell Technologies. Both speakers shared compelling examples of how in-house counsel can align more closely with business objectives, demonstrate measurable value, and build influence across the C-suite. The discussion highlighted the shift from reactive legal support to proactive leadership and commercial insight.

To close the event, Francisco Castro thanked all speakers and attendees for their contributions and engagement throughout the day. He reaffirmed Legal 500’s commitment to supporting the in-house legal community through high-impact events and thought leadership. Guests were then invited to enjoy refreshments and informal networking, providing a relaxed setting to continue conversations and forge new connections.