Colin is a partner in the Corporate and M&A Group. He is head of the firm’s Life Sciences Group.

Colin provides corporate, commercial, regulatory and intellectual property advice across a range of industries but in particular the life sciences industry. Colin also advises clients in other intellectual property-based industries, including in the food, beverage, agri-business, media, telecoms, sports, entertainment and technology sectors. Colin advises on mergers, acquisitions and investments, cross-border tax and intellectual property re-organisations, post-acquisition integrations and corporate treasury activities. Colin advises on the drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts and arrangements across a range of sectors, with a particular focus on IP based industries. Colin also advises on the regulation of the life sciences and media industries in Ireland.

In The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2024, Colin was ranked:

• Hall of Fame: Media & Entertainment
• Leading Individual: Healthcare & Life Sciences

Relevant Experience

• Advising a Danish co-operative on the acquisition of a controlling interest in a Danish health and nutrition ingredients business.
• Advising a US pharmaceutical company on the disposal of a manufacturing plant to a Korean CMO
• Advising Spanish multinational on the acquisition of a Communications infrastructure business in Ireland
• Advising a Canadian business process outsourcing provider on an investment in an Irish business
• Advising the shareholders of an Irish medical device business on a sale to a US multinational
• Advising a US biotech company on the acquisition of an Irish biotech business
• Advising a range of business on supply, sourcing, outsourcing and contract manufacturing arrangements
• Advising pharmaceutical, medtech and biotech businesses on product clinical trials, reimbursement, promotional and transactional regulatory issues
• Advising an Irish telecoms provider on the establishment of a broadcasting platform and the acquisition of a sports broadcaster
• Advising a global media company on the acquisition of an Irish television station
• Advising on the disposal of a number of radio broadcasters to a global media company