DLA Piper Ireland LLP provides key advice to major domestic and global organisations on complex and high-profile data protection, privacy and cybersecurity mandates. Leading the group is John Magee, who maintains a strong reputation in the data protection space, frequently representing Irish and international organisations on global data governance, cross-border data transfers, breach responses, and regulatory investigations. Mark Rasdale leverages extensive experience across a broad range of commercial, technology, IP and data privacy compliance matters, and Gavin Woods is a seasoned commercial litigator who also contributes to the practice.
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- ‘John Magee brings and wealth of knowledge in the data protection field and Eilis McDonald shares valuable industry insights and is up and coming in the field.’
- ‘Lorcan Moylan Burke is responsive, quick, friendly (its always a plus!) and attentive to detail'.
- ‘DLA Piper Ireland LLP has a very knowledgeable data privacy and data protection team that excellently manages to balance practicability and risks in providing its advice. The connection to the broader network of DLA Piper ensures the availability of vast resources which enable the DLA Piper Ireland LLP team to provide tailored solutions of outstanding quality in a short time.’
- ‘John Magee is the global co-chair of DLA Piper's Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Group. As such and given his background as a seasoned data privacy lawyer, his expertise is second to none. His ability to find creative approaches, and his broad oversight over industry trends, make him an extremely valuable resource.’
- ‘A highly skilled team that are very approachable, responsive and friendly. John Magee and Lorcan Moylan Burke bring a human-centric approach to all interactions, providing thoughtful analysis and pragmatic advice. They focus on the objectives that a client wants to achieve and understand this before providing skilled advice. They work through a client's challenge in a measured and collaborative manner. A pleasure to work with.’
Key clients
- Permanent TSB
- ServiceNow
- Zendesk
- Engine Lease Finance Corporation (ELFC)
- Smurfit Westrock Group plc
Work highlights
Advised on a large global IT outage, which affected circa. 8.5 million Microsoft Windows operating systems worldwide.
Advising a leading global consumer goods company on all aspects of data protection and cybersecurity under an exclusive global retainer.
Advising the European subsidiaries of a major US based healthcare and pharmacy group on the design and implementation of a comprehensive data protection compliance framework.
Practice head
John Magee
Other key lawyers
Mark Rasdale; Gavin Woods; Éilís McDonald; Lorcan Moylan Burke