JENNIFER O'SULLIVAN
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work history
Intern
Irish Competition Authority
09.2012
Intern
J.W. O'Donovan Solicitors
09.2012
Intern
DLB Klöpper Rechtsanwälte
Munich
08.2012
Intern
German Newspaper Publishers
Berlin
07.2012
Intern
State Claims Agency
03.2012
Legal Counsel and Company Secretary
Volkswagen Group and Financial Services Ireland
01.2021 - Current
- Areas of law: Commercial Contracts, IP, IT, Data Protection, Product Liability, Corporate Governance, Competition Law, Litigation Management (merchantability, finance products and dealing with Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman), Financial Regulation, Procurement, Insurance Law and Banking Law
- Projects: retail credit firm application to the Central Bank of Ireland, data management, and streamlining of legal function
- Developed legal plan and adhered to compliance strategy including training the business and controlling all areas of legal risk.
Senior Associate
DEPFA Bank plc
04.2019 - 01.2021
- Legal)
- Financial regulatory analysis and compliance: debt capital markets and money and financial market instruments, public sector loans and derivatives
- Liaising with regulators in several jurisdictions
- Legacy bonds (including covered bonds)
- Debt buy back and capital extractions
- Commercial contracts: employment law and pensions, software licensing including SAAS agreements, property maintenance and all general service agreements/commercial agreements
- Terminations of bank business including legacy business, utilities, and other service providers
- Project management: headed Benchmark Compliance Project for IBOR transition, EBA Outsourcing 2019 Compliance Project, and Brexit management legal representative
- Data protection: ‘go to' data protection and privacy law expert.
Head
Founders Base (Ireland) Limited
06.2018 - 04.2019
- Of Legal
- Finance: liaising with the Central Bank of Ireland as part of a MiFID licence application
- Exploring financial technology options (Peer to Peer lending and blockchain applications)
- Managing borrowers and drafting all loan documentation for commercial loans
- Making necessary filings post-deal
- Property development: Ireland and the UK, completed 2 UK deals alone
- Business generation: Scotland, UK and the Isle of Man
- Commercial contracts: licensing agreements, collaboration agreements, non-disclosure agreements, IP licenses, service contracts, intra-group agreements, and employment agreements
- Ad hoc contracts required: investment funds, internet law, charity law, corporate M&A, and immigration in areas including airbases and jet fuel, fashion and jewellery, whiskey and education and pro-bono work
- Compliance: company secretarial for group of companies.
Trainee and Finance Associate
Arthur Cox
05.2015 - 01.2018
- Bond issues and debt issue: high yield bonds, commercial papers, and European Medium-Term Note (EMTN) programmes
- Securitisation: CLO and mortgage-backed securities
- Lending: loan portfolio sales and alternative lending structures including lending to funds
- Syndicated, SME and personal loans
- Derivatives: Irish law opinions for netting and collateral
- General advice: financial regulatory and securities law
- Rotations completed: Property, Litigation (Environmental and Planning), Corporate M&A (Public and Private); and Construction law.
Intern
Baker McKenzie
Frankfurt
02.2014 - 04.2014
Intern
Dechert LLP
Frankfurt
01.2014 - 02.2014
MHL Law Solicitors
Munich
06.2013 - 08.2013
Intern
Sean Kelly
01.2012 - 06.2012
- Data Protection
- Made submission to the European Parliament on what is now the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
- MEP, European Parliament
- Sean Kelly MEP was rapporteur for the GDPR and during my time at the European Parliament, I met many of the largest print and media agencies in the EU to hear their concerns for the impending regulation.
Education
Prof Diploma - Leadership & Management
Diploma - Risk Management and Compliance
Accreditation as Corporate Counsel -
Association of Corporate Counsel
Certificate as Blockchain Expert - undefined
Blockchain Council Organisation
Certificate in Data Protection Law Society of Ireland - undefined
Certificate in Entertainment & Media Law Law Society of Ireland - undefined
Certificate in Risk Personalities - undefined
Lyons Business Psychologists
Diploma - Technology and IT Law
Law Society of Ireland
Diploma - Psychology
College of Management and IT
Certificate in Commercial Contracts - undefined
Society of Ireland
Dip - Leadership & Executive Coaching
Kingstown College
Diploma - International Financial Services Law
University College Dublin
Erasmus - undefined
Friedrichs-Alexander University Erlangen
LL.M - Finance
Goethe Universität Frankfurt
Master of Laws - Finance
Diploma - German Civil Law
Bachelor of Law and German (BCLG) - undefined
University College Cork
Affiliations
Member. In house Committee. Law Society of Ireland.
Member. Guidance and Ethics Committee. Law Society of Ireland.
Member. Research Committee. European Young Bar Association.
Member. Legal and Regulatory Group. Blockchain Ireland.
Member. Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. Law Society of Ireland.
Article writing. After the Gold Rush? The new proposed EU Crypto Assets regulation. Law Society of Ireland Gazette. June 2020.
worthwhile causes
Law Mentor. Law Students. University College Cork.
Member Board of Governors and Finance Committee. University College Cork.
Ex-Member. Board of Directors. Jigsaw. National Centre Youth Mental Health.
TRIATHLON and cycling
Duathlon National Ranking 2022: 3rd female in Ireland.
Triathlon National Ranking 2022: 4h female in Ireland.
Pilates Teacher Certificate. Pilates Performance 2018.
Interests
Qualifier World & European Championships: Triathlon, Duathlon and Aquathon on behalf of Ireland 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Races won:
Medic Half Marathon 2022;
Glynn Triathlon 2022;
Kilkenny Duathlon 2022;
Kilkenny Triathlon 2022;
Clonmel Duathlon 2021;
Tri na Tarbhraine Triathlon 2021;
Beehive Half Marathon 2022;
KBC Night Run 2019, 2020 and 2021;
Sponsor for 2022-2023 season: Roca Sports (Nicholas Roche), Cork.
Languages
German
Intermediate
Timeline
Legal Counsel and Company Secretary
Volkswagen Group and Financial Services Ireland
01.2021 - Current
Senior Associate
DEPFA Bank plc
04.2019 - 01.2021
Head
Founders Base (Ireland) Limited
06.2018 - 04.2019
Trainee and Finance Associate
Arthur Cox
05.2015 - 01.2018
Intern
Baker McKenzie
02.2014 - 04.2014
Intern
Dechert LLP
01.2014 - 02.2014
MHL Law Solicitors
06.2013 - 08.2013
Intern
Irish Competition Authority
09.2012
Intern
J.W. O'Donovan Solicitors
09.2012
Intern
DLB Klöpper Rechtsanwälte
08.2012
Intern
German Newspaper Publishers
07.2012
Intern
State Claims Agency
03.2012
Intern
Sean Kelly
01.2012 - 06.2012
Prof Diploma - Leadership & Management
Diploma - Risk Management and Compliance
Accreditation as Corporate Counsel -
Association of Corporate Counsel
Certificate as Blockchain Expert - undefined
Blockchain Council Organisation
Certificate in Data Protection Law Society of Ireland - undefined
Certificate in Entertainment & Media Law Law Society of Ireland - undefined
Certificate in Risk Personalities - undefined
Lyons Business Psychologists
Diploma - Technology and IT Law
Law Society of Ireland
Diploma - Psychology
College of Management and IT
Certificate in Commercial Contracts - undefined
Society of Ireland
Dip - Leadership & Executive Coaching
Kingstown College
Diploma - International Financial Services Law
University College Dublin
Erasmus - undefined
Friedrichs-Alexander University Erlangen
LL.M - Finance
Goethe Universität Frankfurt
Master of Laws - Finance
Diploma - German Civil Law
Bachelor of Law and German (BCLG) - undefined
University College Cork
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