Marie Gavin
Partner, Galway Office
Marie is a Partner, practising as part of the firm’s Corporate and Commercial team. She has extensive experience advising corporate and institutional clients on corporate transactions and company law.
On the transaction side, Marie has advised companies and both private and venture capital investors on investment projects and equity fundraising. She has extensive experience in advising the research performing community on collaborative research generally to include advices on appropriate contractual frameworks for the establishment of research centres and advices on multi-lateral collaborative research projects taking into account state aid considerations and funding party requirements.
Marie also regularly advises industry parties on knowledge transfer transactions to include IP licensing arrangements, patent assignments and participation in research consortia generally.
Education
University of Galway (B Corp Law) (LLB)
Professional
Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland.
‘Marie Gavin is truly excellent. Her professionalism, commitment and strategic insights are invaluable. ’– The Legal 500 (2025)
Marie Gavin is someone that I would trust completely – her forensic research of a subject is a great help when making an investment decision– The Legal 500
Their passion for our business and our journey, their deep knowledge, professionalism, and bench strength underpinned their first-class service performance. The team took the time to truly understand every aspect of our business as part of their full customer engagement approach while displaying considerable knowledge of the market, technical transaction expertise and unwavering tenacity that matched and often exceeded our expectations throughout the process.– Paul Collins, President of European Operations, BioTouch
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