Pinsent Masons to open in Dublin

International law firm Pinsent Masons is to open in Dublin, the firm announced today.

The move will see the firm open its fourth international office since the start of 2016, following launches in Johannesburg, Dusseldorf and Madrid. The Dublin office will initially focus on the financial services and technology sectors.

Three Dublin lawyers will be partners in the new office: Gayle Bowen, a specialist in investment funds, who joins from Walkers; Andreas Carney, who specialises in outsourcing and other material service arrangements, data protection and IT, joins from Matheson; and Dennis Agnew, a corporate law specialist and inward investment lawyer, who joins from Byrne Wallace.

The new office will target work initially from the 50 of Pinsent Masons top 250 clients who are present in Ireland, and will bring the total number of Pinsent Masons lawyers across the island of Ireland to 12 partners and over 50 lawyers. It already has an established office in Belfast.

Richard Foley, Senior Partner of Pinsent Masons, said: "Our vision is to be recognised as an international market leader in the five global sectors in which we specialise. We have operated in Ireland for some time on a range of matters and Dublin has long been in our thinking as a key global hub for the financial services and technology industries.

“That status has only become even more significant in the context of Brexit. The feedback we've had from our clients as we developed our Ireland strategy was that they would welcome a disruptor coming into the market and our reputation as an innovator is therefore of significant interest to them."