
We are delighted to welcome Anne-Marie Dempsey to the Ignition Team. She is joining as a Consultant working within the Corporate team. Anne-Marie is a corporate and commercial lawyer, and company secretary, with a wealth of experience.

Anne-Marie has advised on company transactions such as acquisitions, in-licensing deals, refinancing and company reorganisations, as well as drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements and advising tax, finance, supply chain, sales and marketing and HR departments. Anne-Marie has advised the board of directors of a global plc on varied legal matters pertaining to the company.
Anne-Marie worked in-house at Horizon Therapeutics as Senior Counsel and Company Secretary for 6 years, following 8 years in-house at Shire Pharmaceuticals. Having trained at Dublin top-5 firm Matheson, she became an Associate in it’s Litigation and Dispute Resolution department, before embarking on a 2 year secondment to the Houses of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament).