Business First December 2017 December BF Digital | Page 9
Cleaver Fulton Rankin team will fight Ten year birthday
celebration for
defamation, IP and data protection
Lough Erne
issues
Resort
leaver Fulton Rankin, has launched a
new Brand Protection team to fight
defamation, IP and data protections
issues for its clients.
The move comes just months after it
became the first commercial law firm to
establish a designated cyber risk unit.
The new team will be headed up by
experienced defamation lawyer, Alan
McAlister who will be supported by fellow
directors, Fergal Maguire and Michael King.
According to Alan McAlister the team has
been set up in response to growing client
demand for reputation protection, driven
largely by the increasing proliferation of
online platforms.
“For many years we have provided advice
on Intellectual Property, Data Protection and
C
Defamation, but with increasing levels of
online activity it is clear people’s reputations
and data are at greater risk than ever.
“Our designated team has indepth
experience of all aspects of personal and
corporate brand reputation protection and
we believe this a service that is crucial in
today’s fastmoving world where reputations
can take years to build and can be negatively
impacted in a click.”
Alan McAlister continued: “This new
initiative is part of our ongoing strategic
development as a practice aimed at providing
marketleading range of support to our
commercial and private client base, especially
given the challenges on the horizon as a result
of Brexit.”
Brian Murphy takes the helm at BDO
Northern Ireland
DO Northern Ireland recently announced
that Brian Murphy has become its new
Managing Partner, following the planned
retirement of Peter Burnside.
Brian has been with the firm since 1992 and
prior to taking over from Mr Burnside was its