Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
1

Band 1

Intellectual Property

Ireland

9 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

Dispute Resolution

Ireland

10 Years Ranked

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Provided by Fiona O'Beirne

Europe

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property, Disputes, Administrative & Public Law, International Disputes, Asset Tracing, Product Liability

Career

Qualified in 1991. Graduate of University College Dublin (BCL). Appointed Partner in 2012. Fiona is a partner with more than 25 years’ experience in commercial litigation and dispute resolution and heads the firm’s contentious IP group. Fiona handles Commercial Court litigation in major multi-jurisdictional patent disputes in the medical device, pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors as well as trademarks, designs, passing off and breach of confidence. A significant part of Fiona’s work involves is in the pre-litigation phase ie advising international pharmaceutical companies (all separately) in relation to various anticipated contentious patent matters in Ireland. Fiona advises these clients on Irish patent and procedural law as well as working in conjunction with multi-jurisdictional teams to ensure that coherent European and global strategies are carefully mapped out and implemented.

Fiona also has wide-ranging experience of leading complex and large scale commercial litigation, particularly in the areas of regulatory, contractual and international disputes.

Professional Memberships

Law Society of Ireland

Publications

Fiona is co-author of the Ireland chapter for the 2018 edition of Thomson Reuters “International Execution against Judgment.” Fiona is also the co-contributor of the Ireland chapter to the second edition of International Patent Litigation: Developing an Effective Strategy published by Globe Law and Business (published December 2018) and Global Patent Litigation published by Kluwer Law (December 2019).

Chambers Review

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Intellectual Property - Ireland
1
Band 1

Fiona O'Beirne is a highly respected IP lawyer proficient in contentious proceedings, handling patent, trade mark and copyright infringement matters. Her practice also encompasses trade secret issues and she regularly represents significant clients from the pharmaceutical sector.


Dispute Resolution - Ireland
4
Band 4

Fiona O'Beirne is known as an important IP litigator who also handles a wider range of commercial disputes, including professional indemnity claims against auditors.

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