Pearse Ryan

Partner

+353 (0)1 618 0518 (Direct Line)
pearse.ryan@arthurcox.com

Dublin » Arthur Cox, Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland

Expertise

Pearse qualified with a large Dublin firm and subsequently worked in their corporate department. Pearse then spent a year and a half in the corporate department of Nutter McClennan & Fish, a large US firm in Boston (like Arthur Cox, Nutter McClennan & Fish is a member of the international group of law firms known as the TechLaw Group). Subsequently, Pearse completed his LLM in IT & IP in London, following which he spent four years in the UK with the legal department of Northgate Information Solutions plc, an IT solution supplier. Pearse joined the Technology Department of Arthur Cox in late 1999.

Pearse specialises in the areas of information technology (including IT disputes), sourcing, outsourcing, computer security/fraud, e-commerce and intellectual property (with an emphasis on IT related matters). Pearse works mainly in the technology and life science sectors, specialising in sourcing, outsourcing and project work. Pearse acts for mainly customers in the public sector and for both customers and suppliers in the private sector. Much of Pearse's practice is in the area of structuring procurements and projects, including re-structuring, as well as dealing with legal and contractual matters. This requires a strong commercial and technical skill set. The scope of work extend from project initiation through procurement and contract negotiation, to project implementation and contract management/dispute resolution services.

Practice Areas

Education

LLM, ACI Arb, 1994, University of London
BA, 1988, University College, Dublin

Professional

Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland, 1992
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales (non-practising)

Memberships

Copyright Association of Ireland
Licencing Executives Society (LES), Britain and Ireland
Society for Computers and Law (SCL)
Firm representative to euroITcounsel, a European network of law firms with an emphasis on IT law
Shared Services & Outsourcing Networks (SSON)
National Outsourcing Association (NOA)

Authorship

Regularly contributes articles on technology, sourcing and outsourcing to various publications and web-sites
Regularly contributes to Arthur Cox Technology and Life Sciences Group's TechBrief publication
Author of two chapters in Law Society Professional Practice Guide: Technology & IP Law (Tottel 2008) – Chapters on Outsourcing and Computer Crime in Ireland (co-authored with Andrew Harbison, Grant Thornton)
Regular contributor to Ernst & Young quarterly risk management ezine (R!sk Watch)
Recent Articles published by Society for Computers and Law (SCL) at www.scl.org and in the Computers and Law bi-monthly publication include:
- Data Leakage and Data Compromise: Causes and Preventative Steps (co-authored with Andrew Harbison, Grant Thornton) – June 2009
- Predictions 2009 – January 2009
- Outsourcing: Key Points across the Project Lifecycle – November 2008
- Analysing Unstructured Data: Electronic Discovery and Computer Limits (co-authored with Andrew Harbison, Grant Thornton)
- Open Source Software in the Public Sector in Ireland (co-authored with Andrew Harbison, Grant Thornton) – January 2008
- Predictions 2008: Social Trends and IT Law – January 2008
- Corporate Crisis Management: Sustaining the Business – October 2007
- Technology Based Outsourcing: Ten Risk Issues, the Irish Perspective – January 2006

Publications

TechBrief - Technology & Life Sciences Group Technology Bulletin, Winter 2010 Betting and Gaming, Technology, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment, Privacy and Data Protection, Communications and Broadcasting: 22.12.2010 | Format:
The Law on Computer Fraud in Ireland - Development of the Law on Dishonesty, June 2010 Technology, Privacy and Data Protection: 30.06.2010 | Format:
TechBrief - Technology Bulletin, Spring 2010 Betting and Gaming, Technology, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment, Privacy and Data Protection, Commercial Agreements and Contracts: 13.05.2010 | Format:
Cloud Computing and The Law, May 2010 Technology, Privacy and Data Protection: 12.05.2010 | Format:
BioBrief - Life Sciences Bulletin, Spring 2010 Life Sciences, Commercial Agreements and Contracts: 08.04.2010 | Format:
TechBrief, Q3 2009 Betting and Gaming, Technology, Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Media and Entertainment, Privacy and Data Protection: 30.09.2009 | Format:
Data Leakage and Data Compromise Technology: 04.06.2009 | Format:
The Problem of Analysing Unstructured Data - February 2009 Technology: 28.02.2009 | Format:
Open Source Software in the Public Sector in Ireland, February 2009 Technology: 26.02.2009 | Format:
Trade Secrets - Security Litigation and Dispute Resolution: 14.09.2007 | Format:

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