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Ciaran O’Shiel

Partner · A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP

Northern IrelandLitigation, Intellectual Property

About

Partner in A&L Goodbody’s Commercial Litigation department in Belfast, specialising in intellectual property, media and technology disputes including defamation, privacy, data protection and content-related matters. He has acted for technology and media companies in the High Court and Court of Appeal and advises on reputation management, regulatory risk and responses to data security incidents.

Practice areas

LitigationIntellectual PropertyMedia & EntertainmentData Protection & PrivacyTechnology

Office

Expertise

Defamation and privacy litigationData protection and breach-related group litigationPatent, copyright, trade mark and passing off litigationInjunctions and Norwich Pharmacal reliefAdvising publishers, broadcasters and intermediariesReputation management and regulatory riskResponding to data security incidents

Education

  • LLM, Law & International Commerce, Queens University Belfast
  • LLB, Law, Queens University Belfast

Admissions

  • Solicitor, Law Society of Northern Ireland