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Robert is a partner in our Commercial team and a core part of our Tier 1 ranked TMC and Privacy and Security team. He is recommended by independent journals like Legal 500, Chambers and Partners and Who's Who.
Robert helps leading companies successfully navigate GDPR across their European operations and manage security incidents. His clients include leading Internet and gaming companies, financial institutions, insurance companies, broadcasters and utilities.
He also helps clients structure and complete complex technology and outsourcing deals. He has developed a niche expertise in procurement as a result of the significant public sector technology projects he has worked on such as the National Broadband Project, Emergency Call Answering Services and National Postcode Project.
Specialties
Information Technology
Data Protection
Commercial Contracts
Public Procurement
Representative Matters
Advising one of the world’s largest multiplayer online gaming companies in relation to its GDPR compliance programme, terms of service and e-sports league.
Advising a leading mullti-national insurance company in relation to GDPR compliance for strategically significant projects.
Advising a leading life assurance and pension provider in relation to the roll out of innovative apps.
Legal lead for the Irish Government on the massive (€3 billion) National Broadband Project.
Leading negotiations with ESB on behalf of the successful consortium for the roll out of smart meters across Ireland.
Legal lead for the Irish Government on the technology contract for the Irish Postcode System.
Advising on various large scale outsourcings including manufacturing, logistics, IT services, security, facilities and catering in both regulated and unregulated sectors.
Ireland and England as an establishment for Internet companies: Internet and Social Medial Law Conference London (November 2016)
General Data Protection Regulation and Data Processor Clauses, Society for Computers and Law (September 2016), London
Robert has lectured and tutored at the Law Society of Ireland for over 10 years in a number of areas including IT, IP Data Protection, Commercial Contracts, Consumer Law and Public Procurement
Why Hosting Matters to Ireland: EU28 Data Protection Harmonisation
Robert is a regular speaker at the leading WhitePaper Public Procurement Conferences
ACOI (Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland): “Navigating the Social Network”
Law Society of Ireland Technology Committee Seminar: “Legal Aspects of Cloud Computing”
American Chamber of Commerce: “Safe and Sound – Protecting your Corporate Data”
Department of Education and Science: Public Procurement Update
Irish Management Institute Diploma in Cloud Computing
International Bar Association: “From cookies to astroturfing”
ISEL (Irish Society for European Law): Shared Services Models
Co-author Law Society of Ireland Technology Manual
Co-author 'B2B e-marketplaces: A legal analysis of unfair trade practices within the European Union' published by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities.
Co-author National Registration for Producers of Electronic Waste published by Springer.