Gerard Rudden

Gerard Rudden is a name partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution department at arq solicitors (Ahearn, Rudden, Quigley) in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Gerard has considerable experience in all aspects of the Litigation and Dispute Resolution field. His particular areas of expertise are Data Privacy, Data Protection, Landlord and Tenant Law and Insolvency.

Gerard has considerable experience of Arbitration and is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. In addition, he advises Insolvency Practitioners in relation to Liquidations and Receiverships and regularly advises other interested parties in the Insolvency process including, Directors, Shareholders and Creditors. Gerard also advises Financial Institutions in relation to Debt Recovery.

Gerard established his credentials as an international lawyer by representing a client at the Court of Justice of the European Union and winning a verdict that caused the ‘Safe Harbour Decision’ to be invalidated. In practice, this has since then meant that American internet giants such as Facebook and Google cannot automatically transfer the data of European citizens to the US without breaking privacy laws.