Corporate Crime & Regulation Summit 2026

Derville Rowland is an Executive Board Member of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA). Previously, she served as Deputy Governor at the Central Bank of Ireland, with responsibility for Consumer and Investor Protection, including oversight of retail conduct, securities and markets supervision, anti-money laundering, financial sanctions and enforcement. Derville has held a number of senior international regulatory roles, including as a member of the management board and board of supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), where she chaired the Investment Management Standing Committee. She also served on the board of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Before joining the Central Bank, she practised as a barrister in the UK and Ireland.

Dario leads ALG's Investigations Practice and is Head of our Regulatory Investigations Group. He coordinates a combined team providing financial regulatory, governance and strategic advice to boards and executive teams on a range of regulatory reviews, compliance remediation and redress programmes and enforcement investigations. Dario has acted on a large range of Central Bank enforcement investigations and related complaints and litigation and has advised clients in financial services and other sectors on implementing, reviewing and enhancing compliance programmes.

Katie O'Connor is a partner and white collar crime specialist in ALG's Disputes & Investigations group. Katie works with clients to manage all aspects of their interactions with regulators and key law enforcement agencies, before, during and after investigations. She represents various Irish and international corporate clients involved in criminal and regulatory investigations and related civil litigation stemming from such investigations. She acts for a broad range of organisations including financial institutions, technology companies, construction companies, motor manufacturers, pharmaceuticals and a leading charity. Over 15 years Katie has developed considerable experience in dealing with the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB); the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB); the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC); the Health and Safety Authority (HSA); the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC); the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI); the Revenue Commissioners; the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA); and the US Office of the Inspector General (OIG). More recently, she is also advising a number of clients on the regulatory and criminal aspects of newly introduced and proposed legislation establishing new Irish regulators including Comisiun na Mean (the Media Commission), the Electoral Commission and the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland.

Mark Devane is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Disputes & Investigations Group with expertise in advising on all interactions with regulatory bodies, with a particular focus on investigations by the Central Bank of Ireland and European Central Bank. As well as market leading experience on regulatory investigations, Mark's experience includes advising clients on issues relating to fitness and probity, individual accountability, whistleblowing and regulatory inspections. Mark has also represented financial institutions and other regulated entities in the financial services sector in litigation at all levels of the Irish courts.

Eimear O'Brien is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Financial Regulation group. Eimear advises domestic and international clients on financial services regulation, with a focus on fitness and probity, individual accountability and governance. She has significant experience supporting clients with regulatory engagement, authorisation projects and new product launches across FinTech, payment services, retail banking, consumer finance and digital assets. Her background includes serving as Chief Legal Officer of a high-growth international FinTech expanding into Europe. Eimear also spent time as a regulator, having worked in the Central Bank of Ireland's legal and enforcement divisions.

Noeleen Meehan is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Employment Law group with considerable experience advising domestic and international clients on all aspects of employment law and industrial relations matters. Noeleen advises clients across a broad range of sectors on contentious and non-contentious employment law issues, including the defence of complex employment litigation and the conduct of internal HR processes. She also regularly advises corporate clients on large-scale projects, including reorganisations and restructurings, employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions and large scale outsourcing projects.

Stephen is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate practice, specialising in Insurance & Reinsurance. He is experienced in the areas of insurance, reinsurance, financial regulation, as well as in mergers and acquisitions for insurers, reinsurers and insurance intermediaries. Stephen gained significant experience in the insurance sector as a senior in-house counsel advising a large, US-based multinational life and non-life insurer in respect of its European and EMEA business. Stephen regularly advises domestic and international insurers, reinsurers and insurance intermediaries on M&A transactions, portfolio transfers, reinsurance treaties, regulatory matters, ESG issues, risk management, outsourcing and corporate governance.

Aisling Ennis is a senior associate in A&L Goodbody's Disputes & Investigations practice group and specialises in regulatory risks and investigations. Aisling has extensive experience in advising financial institutions and other regulated entities on all aspects of their regulatory obligations and interactions, with a particular focus on entities regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Aisling's experience includes representing clients in regulatory enforcement investigations and providing advice on a broad range of regulatory issues, including, Individual accountability, Fitness and Probity, Administrative Sanctions and Onsite inspections.

Catherine Moloney is a solicitor in A&L Goodbody’s Insurance and Reinsurance group. Catherine provides advice to insurers, reinsurers, captives, intermediaries and other clients on all aspects of insurance and reinsurance law and regulation.