• Technology

• Product development and launch
• Privacy Advisory and Compliance
• Regulatory investigations and inquiries
• International data transfers
• Cybersecurity Advisory and Compliance
• Cybersecurity Incident Response

Micheál advises some of the world’s leading technology and social media companies.

Education

• Dublin City University, BA in International Marketing and Languages (French and German)
• University of Cologne, BA in International Marketing and Languages (French and German)

Professional Memberships

• Law Society of Ireland

• Advising a global technology company in relation to a statutory investigation by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office to assess the processing of users’ data given the high risk of harm that could result from unlawful processing.

• Advising a global technology company on training large language models (LLMs) and offering its LLMs as a Model-as-a-Service.

• Advising an online marketplace on establishment in Ireland, implementing a data protection governance framework, and intra group data transfer and processing agreements.

• Advising a global technology company on responding to cybersecurity incidents, ranging from security breaches perpetuated by insider actors to sophisticated external attacks. This includes guiding internal teams in investigating and responding to the incident and implementing mitigation measures, complying with notification requirements to regulators and data subjects, and responding to regulatory inquiries.

• Advising a global technology company on legislative developments on the Draft Regulation laying down additional procedural rules for the enforcement of the GDPR.