Anna-Marie Curran is a Partner in the EU & Competition Group. She has extensive experience in procurement law, competition law, EU and Irish merger filings, cartels, competition law enforcement and immunity applications.
She advises a wide range of clients in the public, utilities and private sectors on contentious and non-contentious public procurement law and competition law matters. She has represented clients in the Irish and Northern Ireland courts and before the Irish Competition Authority and the European Commission.
A regular conference speaker on procurement law and competition law, Anna-Marie has written and spoken widely on these areas both nationally and internationally. She has also participated in the production of a DVD and website on tendering in Ireland.
Anna-Marie is recommended in a number of leading legal publications including The Legal 500 2011, The International Who's Who of Procurement Lawyers 2010 and 2011; PLC Which Lawyer? 2010 and 2011, The International Who's Who of Competition Lawyers 2010 and 2011 Chambers Europe 2010 and 2011 and Who's Who Legal 2010 and 2011 and is described as: “an excellent communicator and a highly pragmatic lawyer" (Chambers Europe 2011); “renowned for her public procurement expertise" (Chambers Europe 2010); "immensely pragmatic, and a formidable opponent" (Chambers Europe 2009); “pleasant and energetic” (Chambers Europe 2008); "thorough, attentive and supportive" and “appreciated by clients for her professional approach to getting the work done” (Chambers Europe 2007).
Anna-Marie lectures on EU and competition law at the Law Society of Ireland and is a former Chairperson and Vice President of the Irish Society for European Law.