Practice Expertise

  • Food, Drink & Agri
  • Insurance & Reinsurance
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Regulatory Risk & Investigations

Areas of Practice

  • Food, Drink & Agri
  • Insurance & Reinsurance
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Regulatory Risk & Investigations
  • Tax
  • White Collar Crime
  • View More

Profile

Liam Kennedy, a partner in A&L Goodbody's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department, specialises in international and domestic commercial disputes including: product liability; M&A; securities/auditors’ litigation (including international class actions); EU and competition law; and constitutional litigation. Liam's practice includes dealing with regulators such as the Central Bank of Ireland, Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, the ODCE, commissions of enquiry, SEC, and the Chartered Accountants Regulatory Board. A key area of Liam's expertise involves crisis and risk management. Liam acts in the management of complex regulatory investigations and disputes, helping clients manage legal, commercial and regulatory risk and to deal with crisis situations.

Bar Admissions
Qualified as a Solicitor in New Zealand 1985
Qualified as a Solicitor in England, 1990
Law Society of Ireland, 1993

Liam is a member of the international Bar Association
Active participant in its International Litigation Committee.

Education
LLB (Hons) First Class, University of Otego, New Zealand

Areas of Practice

  • Food, Drink & Agri
  • Insurance & Reinsurance
  • Litigation & Dispute Resolution
  • Regulatory Risk & Investigations
  • Tax
  • White Collar Crime

Professional Career

Professional Associations
  • International Bar Association
  • International Trademark Association
Seminars/ Presentation
Liam is a regular speaker at Irish and International seminars on issues such as International Litigation, Computer Law, Technology and the Law and Data Protection

Professional Activities and Experience
Kensington Swan (Wellington)
Herbert Smith (London)

Articles

Liam has regularly contributed articles to Irish and International legal and non-legal publications dealing with litigation in Ireland, computer law, technology in litigation, data protection and other issues. Liam is one of the co-authors of the Irish section of an international encyclopaedia of commercial litigation and an editor of a forthcoming book on data protection.

Blogs

Ireland IP & Technology Law Blog

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