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Slowdown in Big Tech’s activity could hit legal sector
JP McDowell, managing partner of international firm Fieldfisher’s Dublin office, said practices servicing the sector would be better protected if they diversified
An apparent contraction of big tech firms’ activity in Ireland has caused concern among legal services providers, the managing partner of an international law firm has said.
JP McDowell, who heads up Fieldfisher’s Dublin office, said that law firms with diverse practices would be better protected against any potential slowdown in the multinational technology sector in Ireland.
He said Irish law firms which had serviced tech companies in a variety of areas from privacy “or ...