Deirdre Ryan | Brussels | Hogan Lovells

Deirdre Ryan

Associate Global Regulatory

Languages

English

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Deirdre Ryan
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Deirdre Ryan advises clients on all areas of EU competition law, including abuse of dominance investigations, competition compliance, licensing agreements, and multi-jurisdictional mergers. Currently, her practice focuses on the regulation of digital technologies and the internet. 

Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Deirdre worked at the European Commission, gaining experience in procedural rights for competition law. She also worked in an international law firm in Brussels, advising clients on competition law issues relating to intellectual property and technology. 

Representative experience

Acting for Weezevent Group SAS on the merger control aspects of the acquisition of a majority stake in Eventix Holding B.V.

Advising 21 Invest on the global merger control aspects of its acquisition of a majority interest in TheNiceKitchen.

Advising an Italian energy company on the global regulatory control aspects of the sale of its subsidiary to an Italian multinational oil company.

Acting for an Italian oil company on the merger control aspects of its acquisition of the Italian holdings of a multinational fuel retailer

Acting for Google in its antitrust regulatory dialogue with the CMA and the ICO on Google's Privacy Sandbox proposals to remove third-party cookies on Chrome and develop privacy-centric alternatives.

Securing global merger control clearances for the creation of a joint venture between a German multinational chemicals manufacturer and a French multinational mining and metals company

Advising Salesforce on the global regulatory control aspects of its acquisition of Zoomin Software

Credentials

Education
  • Degree of Barrister-at-Law, The Honorable Society of King’s Inns, 2021
  • LL.M. in Law and Economics, EMLE Programme University of Hamburg, University of Ghent and Pompeu Fabra University Barcelona, 2019
  • LL.B. Law with German, Trinity College Dublin, 2018
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • Barrister, Republic of Ireland
  • Brussels (E-List)