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Maree Gallagher

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Dublin +353 1 531 4457

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    Maree Gallagher is an Irish qualified solicitor who advises clients on EU food and life sciences law and policy. She has been elected President of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce for 2022/2023.

    Maree has over twenty years of experience working with companies to bring their products to market. She is regarded as one of Europe's leading crisis management experts and has extensive experience advising FMCG companies on product recall and reputation management across the EU.

    Maree’s expertise covers drugs and devices with a particular emphasis on biologics and GxP, food and beverages, AGRI, and consumer products. Her practice covers a very wide spectrum from product licensing to composition, labelling, and marketing. Her clients include large public companies as well as multinationals operating in the Life Sciences and FMCG sector across Ireland and the EU. Chambers Global listed Maree as a "Notable Practitioner" in their 2021 Guide to Crisis & Risk Management.

    Maree also represents businesses facing regulatory enforcement action and she acts as a strategic and public affairs adviser in her specialist areas.

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    Education
    • Incorporated Law Society of Ireland, 1995
    • University College Dublin, B.A., 1991
        • Hons, History and Politics
    • College of Commerce, Dublin, 1992
    Bar Admissions
    • Law Society of Ireland
    Languages
    • English
    • French
    Accolades
    • Women in Business Law Awards, shortlisted in the Product Liability Lawyer of the Year category (2022)
    • Chambers Global, Crisis & Risk Management, Notable Practitioner (2021)
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • Vice President of the British Irish Chamber of Commerce
    • Chairperson of the Food & Agribusiness Committee at the British Irish Chamber of Commerce
    • Committee Member of the UK Food Law Group
    • She has served two consecutive terms as an elected member of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce
    • Board of the St. Patrick’s Festival
    • Member of the Food Safety Consultative Council of the Food Safety Authority of Ireland

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