‘The extra time you invest in seeing things from another perspective pays dividends’

Each week, we profile one of Ireland’s corporate leaders, tracing their career to date and exploring the lessons they have learned along the way. This week, we meet David Carthy of DLA Piper Ireland

David Carthy, country managing partner at DLA Piper Picture: Fergal Phillips

David Carthy is country managing partner at DLA Piper Ireland. DLA Piper was formed in January 2005, following the merger of US law firms Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP and Piper Rudnick LLP and Britain’s DLA LLP. The firm established a new Irish office in June 2018, and employs seven partners and 17 solicitors in Dublin.

Tell us about your career to date.

I graduated from Trinity College Dublin in 1994 with ...