Band 2
Band 2
About
Provided by Andrew Kirke
Practice Areas
IT, Media and Telecoms
Energy
Intellectual Property
Career
Andrew is a Partner in the Tughans’ commercial team and works with clients across a full range of commercial and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on energy and technology law, and is qualified as a solicitor in NI, ROI and England & Wales.
He regularly advises clients on general commercial contracts such as supply or purchase, agency or distribution agreements, technology contracts such as software licence agreements, and energy contracts such as power purchase and grid connection agreements. His other practice areas include data protection (in a post GDPR landscape).
Andrew has experience working directly in the energy industry and has twice been seconded to SONI Ltd, the high voltage transmission system operator for Northern Ireland, as the sole in-house counsel. He has also previously been seconded to Lagan Construction.
Andrew is a member of Mutual Energy and sits on the NI branch board of the Energy Institute (serving as Secretary and Chair of the YPN group) and the CBI large energy users’ forum.
He is also involved in a number of business mentoring programmes across Northern Ireland.
Chambers Review
UK
Andrew Kirke regularly advises on product licensing agreements, software agreements and data protection compliance. He works closely with the Northern Ireland startup ecosystem and is involved in a number of mentoring schemes organised by Invest NI.
Andrew Kirke is recommended for all manner of commercial IP issues, such as licensing, rights strategy and trade mark protection. He frequently works with emerging IP-driven companies in Northern Ireland.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Andrew provides a high level of expertise and is extremely responsive."
"Andrew has a strong technical grasp of the law but is also able to provide quality, commercial advice on a timely basis."
"Andrew is a real asset to the team and to the local tech ecosystem."
"Andrew is remarkably helpful. If there is something urgent, he will come back to you very, very quickly with an indication or a timeline."
"Andrew's service levels are the best out of any solicitors I have used. He's extremely responsive, and his sector experience adds a lot of value. He knows all about our business."
"Andrew is a fountain of regulatory knowledge."
"Andrew provides a high level of expertise and is extremely responsive."
"Andrew has a strong technical grasp of the law but is also able to provide quality, commercial advice on a timely basis."
"Andrew is a real asset to the team and to the local tech ecosystem."
"Andrew is remarkably helpful. If there is something urgent, he will come back to you very, very quickly with an indication or a timeline."
"Andrew's service levels are the best out of any solicitors I have used. He's extremely responsive, and his sector experience adds a lot of value. He knows all about our business."
"Andrew is a fountain of regulatory knowledge."
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