Maria is a Legal Director in DLA Piper’s Intellectual Property and Technology Group in Dublin. With over a decade of experience, she has extensive experience in advising on domestic and multi-jurisdictional matters. Her areas of focus include commercial contracts, technology (including digital transformation, AI, and other technological innovations), and strategic outsourcing transactions.
She is dual qualified, enabling her to practice in both England and Wales and the Republic of Ireland. Maria’s journey with DLA Piper started in the UK, where she trained and qualified, and she has since spent time on secondment in 2017 to DLA Piper’s Chicago office, and on secondment to Dublin in 2019 to help set up and establish the IPT practice, before transitioning to the Dublin office in October 2023.
Maria frequently leads large-scale commercial contracting projects. These include large-scale outsourcings, digital transformation projects, supply chain arrangements, and management of business resources, including IT capabilities and IP licensing requirements. Her work spans multiple sectors, with a primary emphasis on Technology where she co-leads our Dublin office Technology Sector practice, aligning closely with our global Technology Sector practice.
Notable client feedback following a short-term secondment to a key DLA client, whereby Maria acted as global supply chain contract manager: "Huge thanks again for all the support you provided to our teams over the last weeks. I want to take this opportunity to reiterate how much we have appreciated your talent, attention to details, hard work and patience. I am still amazed when I think at the difficult transactions you have brought over the finish line. What a great sign of dedication and accountability! You are really a “PRO” and DLA is very lucky to have you." (General Counsel of a key DLA client)
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