About

Initially founded in the United States, global payment technology solutions company First Data Corporation has an Irish presence in Dublin and employ a legal team led by Ian Mulqueen, who is vice president and senior counsel. Ensuring that all aspects of risk related to their Irish business are kept at bay, the practice areas covered by the team span a wide range of issues from referral agreements, outsourcing, distribution agreements, e-commerce, data protection and software licensing. First Data’s Irish operations have shown strong growth in recent months and the company has recently announced plans to open a research and development centre in County Tipperary that will focus on application and software development, application analysis, business analysis, technical project management, systems consulting, and enterprise architecture.