Dervla Broderick
Counsel, Ropes & Gray
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Dervla Broderick is counsel in Ropes & Gray’s antitrust practice, based in Dublin. Dervla advises clients on all aspects of EU, Irish and UK competition law, including issues related to foreign direct investment.
Dervla brings both public and private sector perspective to her work. Before joining Ropes & Gray, she served as Deputy Director of Competition Enforcement and Mergers at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in Ireland. While at the CCPC, Dervla oversaw the investigation and successful conclusion of a number of civil competition enforcement cases, some of which resulted in court ordered settlements. She also managed the Phase II review of several mergers examined by the CCPC. In addition, Dervla contributed to the development of Ireland’s Competition (Amendment) Act 2022.
Prior to assuming her role at the CCPC, Dervla practised as a competition and regulatory lawyer at an international law firm in London. She advised clients on a wide range of antitrust issues, including regulatory matters, litigation, investigations, merger control and cartels. During this time, she completed a secondment to the UK Office of Fair Trading (now the Competition and Markets Authority), working in the Cartels and Criminal Enforcement Group.
