Peter Brennan

Since February, Peter has worked as an associate in a team of approximately 60 people for various partners. His experience includes:

• Acting for a pre-eminent US poultry business in complex litigation involving allegations of fraud and the liquidation of various companies to secure the return of funds to our clients.
• Acting for a major budget airline in a variety of cases involving screen-scraping, copyright infringement and passing off.
• Acting for an international hospitality company in respect litigation arising from its acquisition of an Irish school dinner provider.
• Advice to the preeminent Irish airport authority on issues of employment, including potential defamation claims.

Post-qualification, Peter worked as a core part of a team of between 12 and 20 solicitors. His experience includes:

• Advising Georgetown University on defamation proceedings initiated in the High Court in a personal capacity by a prominent libel lawyer.
• Pre-publication review of academic papers detailing human rights violations in legal proceedings around the world for TrialWatch on behalf of the Clooney Foundation.
• Defending various Amazon entities and a related production company in defamation proceedings brought by an individual in response to a docu-drama, resulting in a successful settlement.
• Obtaining summary judgment on a sum of $185M from the Commercial Court on behalf of a major US lender.
• Providing on-going regulatory advice to an Irish agri-services PLC in respect of international sanctions, including representation at arbitral tribunals across the European Union and United Kingdom.

Peter completed rotations in four legal departments, gaining experience in legal research, contract drafting, due diligence, financial and commercial concepts and court procedures. The departments were as follows:

• Funds and Investment Management;
• Corporate Knowledge and Research;
• Defamation, Privacy and Commercial Litigation; and
• Planning & Environment.

Peter assisted in the European Commission truck litigation, supporting the UK team on behalf of Iveco and Fiat Chrysler. His work involved document management for claims across Europe and translation of relevant documents from their language of origin into English. He also assisted in major discovery reviews on behalf of financial institutions and regulatory bodies.

As a student, Peter worked variously as an event manager, waiter, assistant chef, au pair and Royal Mail sorting office associate, among other positions. Peter worked on a voluntary basis in War on Want bookshop for four years.