Lorraine Morris

Lorraine Morris

New York, English and Irish* qualified lawyer with decades of broad-based capital markets and derivatives law experience.

New York, English and Irish* qualified lawyer with decades of broad-based capital markets and derivatives law experience.

*Non-practising

*Non-practising

Lorraine Morris was born in December 1968 in Dublin, Ireland. She earned her Bachelor of Civil Law degree from University College Dublin in 1989 and was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland in 1992, the New York Bar* in 1995 and the Roll of Solicitors in England & Wales in 2004.

Lorraine also holds an Advanced Diploma in Corporate, White-Collar and Regulatory Crime awarded by the Honorable Society of the King’s Inns, Dublin in 2014 and a Diploma in French from the Alliance Francaise. Lorraine is currently attending the Advanced Diploma in Data Protection Law offered by the King’s Inns.

Lorraine trained in general practice in Dublin, before moving to New York in 1993 to pursue a career in capital markets and derivatives law. She has gained extensive experience both in-house and in private practice.

Since her return to Ireland from New York in 2000, Lorraine continued to practise in her specialist areas, while developing a particular interest in investigations, corporate and regulatory crime, fraud and corruption, employment law and defamation. Read more…

*Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department

Lorraine Morris was born in December 1968 in Dublin, Ireland. She earned her Bachelor of Civil Law degree from University College Dublin in 1989 and was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland in 1992, the New York Bar* in 1995 and the Roll of Solicitors in England & Wales in 2004.

Lorraine also holds an Advanced Diploma in Corporate, White-Collar and Regulatory Crime awarded by the Honorable Society of the King’s Inns, Dublin in 2014 and a Diploma in French from the Alliance Francaise.

Lorraine trained in general practice in Dublin, before moving to New York in 1993 to pursue a career in capital markets and derivatives law. She has gained extensive experience both in-house and in private practice.

Since her return to Ireland from New York in 2000, Lorraine continued to practise in her specialist areas, while developing a particular interest in investigations, corporate and regulatory crime, fraud and corruption, employment law and defamation.

*Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department

Paribas, New York

New York, U.S.A.
February 1994 to July 2000

Role:
Attorney – International Finance
& Legal Department

Bank of Ireland Global Markets

Dublin, Ireland
July 2000 to March 2003

Role:
Head of Legal Department
Senior Legal Adviser

L. MORRIS LEGAL

Dublin, Ireland
March 2003 to July 2010

Role:
Founder and Principal
Managing Director

GE Financial Markets

Dublin, Ireland
September 2010 to May 2013

Role:
Lead Counsel, Member of Senior Leadership Team and Company Secretary

Houses of the Oireachtas Service

Dublin, Ireland
January 2015 to November 2015

Role:
Investigator, Banking Inquiry

The Bank of New York Mellon

London, United Kingdom
January 2017 to December 2018

Role:
Consultant Legal Counsel

Voluntary Work

Dublin, London & New York
July 1989 to December 2018

Roles:
Various Legal and Advisory Services

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