Ciaran O'Shiel

Practice Areas

Ciaran O'Shiel is a partner in A&L Goodbody’s Commercial Litigation department in Belfast. He specialises in intellectual property, media and technology disputes advising domestic and international clients on defamation, privacy, data protection and content related matters.

Ciaran has acted for technology and media companies in the High Court and Court of Appeal and has an extensive intellectual property practice having represented clients in patent, copyright, breach of confidence, trademark infringement and passing off cases.

His experience also includes advising private and public organisations on business critical issues such as reputation management, regulatory risk and responding to data security incidents.

Areas of expertise include:

• Litigation & Dispute Resolution

• Commercial & Technology

• Intellectual Property

• Media

•Corporate Reputation & Defamation

Professional Memberships

Ciaran is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and a contributor to the London Media Law Blog, Inforrm.