Jane is dual qualified as a solicitor and a trade mark and design attorney, with many years’ experience advising on commercial contracts, intellectual property, commercial agency and all aspects of technology law.
Jane’s practice focuses on intellectual property and data protection and she has particular expertise in advising on the intellectual property and data protection aspects of acquisitions and sales. She is also proficient in advising on pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply agreements in addition to the legal requirements for medical devices and diagnostic technologies. Jane regularly advises on protection, commercialisation and infringement of intellectual property. She also advises on all aspects of privacy law including GDPR compliance projects, data subject access requests and cross-border transfers of personal data. Jane is a registered trade mark and design attorney in Ireland and the European Union.
Jane has extensive experience acting for businesses on high value, complex contracts including cross-border agreements. She works closely with domestic and multinational clients in multiple sectors to deliver commercially focused solutions in their contractual arrangements. Jane’s work covers drafting and negotiating outsourcing agreements, software licences, service level agreements, website and app terms of use and end-user licence agreements. She also has expertise advising on a broad range of other commercial agreements including advising on distribution and supply agreements, and consultancy agreements for major pharmaceutical companies.
Jane has published articles on her specialist areas in the Irish media and is the co-author of the Ireland chapter in the ICLG 2019 and 2020 editions of Trade Mark Laws and Regulations.
‘Jane O’Grady is always available to go through and explain contractual issues related to technical data privacy and protection using appropriate terminology and without the overuse of technical legal terms.’ Recommended for Data Privacy and Data Protection.
‘Jane O’Grady is extremely knowledgeable about her areas of expertise.’ Recommended for Information Technology.
Recommended for Information Technology.
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