Anna-Marie Curran is a Partner in the EU, Competition & Procurement Group. She has extensive experience in procurement law, competition law, EU and Irish merger filings, cartels, competition law enforcement and immunity applications.
Anna-Marie 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 Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and the European Commission.
Areas of Expertise
EU, Competition & Procurement/Public Procurement/Commercial Contracts/Hospitals & Healthcare/EU, Competition & Procurement/EU Law/Regulatory
Market Recommendations
"If there is a way of working through something she will find it." (Chambers Europe 2021)
"Always makes herself available to the client to provide practical, sound and quick advice. Her practicality and decisiveness instil great confidence." (Legal 500 2020)
"An expert in the field who possesses an encyclopaedic knowledge of procurement law. She has an excellent practice, with broad expertise across the government contracts space, particularly as it relates to competition matters." (Who's Who Legal 2018)
"One of the 10 most highly regarded individuals globally in procurement law." (International Who's Who of Procurement Lawyers 2013, 2014)
Professional activities
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 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. Anna-Marie is the procurement expert for Ireland in the European Commission's European Assistance for Innovation Procurement (EAFIP) initiative.
Education
- Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland
- Solicitor, Law Society of Northern Ireland
- Solicitor, Law Society of England and Wales
- Barrister-at-Law, Honourable Society of Kings Inns
- BCL (Intl), University College Dublin and DePaul University College of Law Chicago
Anna-Marie Curran
Partner, EU, Competition & Procurement
Dublin