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Francesca Comyn

Dublin

Legal Editor at The Currency

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  • Under Pressure: General counsel role grows and evolves in the face of disruption - The Currency

    1 week ago | thecurrency.news | Francesca Comyn

    General counsels are at an inflection point, according to the findings of a new EY Law study. No longer just guardians of compliance, they’re emerging as drivers of business transformation. However as their roles expand fresh challenges emerge as they navigate geopolitical tensions, rapid technological change and increasingly complex regulatory demands, while managing tight budgets, talent retention, and stretched resources.

  • Embedded: OpenAI, ESB, and the new face of general counsel in Ireland - The Currency

    1 week ago | thecurrency.news | Francesca Comyn

    Fittingly for a leading tech lawyer, it was a LinkedIn connection that landed Emma Redmond a job in OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT. “The stars aligned,” she tells me when we meet at the firm’s city centre office in Dublin. “I happened to be connected with Che [Chang], who’s currently our general counsel, and we just started messaging.” Soon messaging turned into a conversation. “I love how these things kind of organically happen,” she says.

  • Barne Estate row: "We are honourable people" - The Currency

    1 week ago | thecurrency.news | Francesca Comyn

    “JM at his best”, the WhatsApp message said of bloodstock magnate John Magnier’s handshake deal to buy the Barne Estate for €15 million on the evening of August 22, 2023. Under cross examination on week three of the Barne court battle, Coolmore accountant Jerome Casey didn’t immediately recognise himself as the author of the text. “I didn’t say that.”  He then conceded just as quickly that he must have sent it.

  • Aoife Quinn in tax row over "bogus" Russian earnings - The Currency

    1 week ago | thecurrency.news | Francesca Comyn

    In 2013, receivers for IBRC, formerly Anglo Irish Bank, were engaged in an epic struggle with toppled billionaire Sean Quinn to recover significant debts of more than €2 billion. This involved trying to track down international property assets squirrelled away by the bankrupt businessman and members of his extended family, allegedly as part of a scheme to defraud the bank. Various cases were brought and contested until 2019, when the blockbuster litigation was finally resolved.

  • San Leon Energy shapes up for a fresh legal strike - The Currency

    2 weeks ago | thecurrency.news | Francesca Comyn

    It is proving a busy year on the legal front for San Leon Energy, the oil and gas explorer, headed up by former telecoms entrepreneur Oisin Fanning. The company has just lodged a High Court action against Brightwaters Energy Ltd, a Nigerian-registered business that offers onshore and offshore construction services.

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Francesca Comyn
Francesca Comyn @cescacomyn
12 Jun 25

RT @thecurrency: The Regan register – part 1 : How the battle for Tipperary farmland “became personal” https://t.co/KFqpSeEc8o

Francesca Comyn
Francesca Comyn @cescacomyn
7 Jun 25

RT @thecurrency: Music festival Beyond the Pale goes into liquidation just a week before it was due to start https://t.co/tJhIxyJ62H

Francesca Comyn
Francesca Comyn @cescacomyn
5 Jun 25

RT @thecurrency: “I take it you didn’t ask for a receipt?” Brown envelopes and the Barne Estate https://t.co/mVlYLiOUoS