Sinead is a legal, compliance and risk expert, with a background in the fields of data protection, competition law, risk and governance.


Sinead is a qualified barrister based in the Republic of Ireland, who is registered with the Legal Services Regulatory Authority (LSRA), and is also a qualified notary with the Faculty of Notaries Public. She worked for five years in a leading Irish retail bank, following initial practice at the courts working mostly on High Court commercial, competition and IP cases, during her practitioner training. She then moved on from the bank to lead teams in the legal, compliance and risk divisions of a global unicorn fintech organisation. During that tenure, she held a PCF role, approved by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), before joining our team. Sinead holds a masters in European and Comparative Law (LLM), bachelor of laws (LLB), a professional diploma in compliance and a diploma in management studies.

Practice areas

Electronic money

Payments

Corporate and commercial

Competition Law

Financial Services

Contact

Office: UK
Phone:+44 20 8399 2066
Email: sinead.hmw@legal-fm.com

Admission

Barrister of Ireland

Notary Public of Ireland

Education

Dip.Not.L. (F.N.P.I) Institute of Notarial Studies 2019

BL  The Honorable Society of King’s Inns 2008

LLM University of Limerick 2007

LLB University of Wales 2006