Helen is a partner and head of the EU, Competition and Regulatory Law Group at Matheson Ormsby Prentice as well as Head of the Telecommunications Group.

Helen advises on competition and regulatory issues under the EU Regulatory Framework including spectrum licensing, rights of access, interconnection, infrastructure sharing, number portability, consultations with the telecommunications regulator in Ireland, the Commission for Communications Regulation and the European Commission, regulatory disputes, complaints and challenging the regulators’ decisions in the courts.

Helen also advises on mergers and acquisitions in the telecommunications sector including merger control filings at Irish and EU level as well as multi jurisdictional filings and interactions with other regulatory bodies.

Helen also advises on all aspects of EU and Irish competition law including merger control, abuses of a dominant position, horizontal and vertical co-ordination issues, cartels, State aid and public procurement.

Helen is acknowledged as one of the leading competition lawyers in Ireland by Chambers and Legal 500 and is listed as one of Ireland ’s best competition lawyers in GCR’s Guide to the World’s Leading Competition Lawyers. Helen is the only Irish lawyer featured in GCR’s Women in Antitrust 2009.