Darren Daly - Partner

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Darren is a Partner in the firm's Corporate Department and advises on both general corporate law matters and also provides specialist advice on intellectual property, ICT, e-commerce, data protection and life sciences issues. Darren advises on all areas of general corporate law with particular emphasis on advising private companies on mergers and acquisitions, private equity fundraisings, restructurings, and general commercial contracts such as agency and distribution arrangements, franchising and outsourcing agreements. Darren also has extensive experience in advising clients on intellectual property matters (primarily copyright, patents, trademarks and designs), ICT (including software developing and licensing), the legal aspects of e-commerce and online trading (including SaaS and cloud computing issues), and data protection. Darren is recommended in several publications as a leading lawyer in the intellectual property and ICT sectors.

Key transaction experience

  • Advising the Olympic Council of Ireland in relation to licensing and sponsorship agreements and the protection of the Olympic brand in Ireland.
  • Advising Mount Carmel Medical Group on its outsourcing arrangements with Aramark Managed Services.
  • Advising a range of Irish technology companies such as LeT Systems, CR2 and Adaptive Mobile Technologies in relation to software licensing issues.
  • Acted for Openplain Software Limited in relation to its recent successful fundraising.
  • Acted for M2M Telematics Limited in relation to its recent successful fundraising.
  • Acted for MJ Flood Limited in relation to the sale of its Northern Ireland trading subsidiary.
  • Advised the shareholders of Lecayla Technologies Limited on the sale of the company to Opsource Inc.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor Business Studies (TCD)
  • Diploma Legal Studies (DIT)

Memberships

  • Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
  • Law Society of Ireland
  • Irish Internet Association

Recommendations

Darren is recommended in the "Intellectual Property" chapter of Chambers and Partners 2009:

Partner Darren Daly works in the corporate department. He regularly advises Bio Medical Research, which manufactures Slendertone products, and also assists a number of sporting entities, including the Olympic Council of Ireland, with IP matters