About

Throughout over a decade at Accenture, Brian Connolly has taken on a variety of managerial roles and led the Irish legal function through a period of substantial growth in the jurisdiction. As well as increasing its Irish legal function from one to eight members, he has worked specialist divisions into the team and implemented wide structural changes. Connolly feels adapting his approach to the global giant’s local and international needs has been a crucial component to his effectiveness. Gaining status as a ‘trusted advisor’ to the business, he says, has been among the greatest achievements of his in-house career to date. When it comes to outside counsel, he suggests tailoring advice to needs of ‘real-life business’ would greatly improve the service provided by many firms.