The UK and Emea Corporate Counsel Handbook

Walter Thomas practiced as a solicitor prior to moving in house and over the past 19 years has worked for the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, SDL PLC, ESAB Holdings, ACI Worldwide, Esselte Group Holdings (Luxembourg) S.A and currently works as Associate General Counsel, EMEA for ACCO Brands EMEA.

Robert Grimes is In-house Counsel for Brown Bag Films, a multi-award winning and Oscar nominated animation studio in Dublin, having previously served as General Counsel, and member of the Executive Management team at Lighthouse Studios, and In-house Counsel for Cartoon Saloon. Rob advises on the legal aspects of creating indigenous intellectual property and producing animated content for partners such as Netflix, Apple TV+, Disney, Amazon and Warner Bros. He started his career in investment banking in London and later practiced as a barrister in Ireland, litigating commercial, trust and succession law cases. He has authored several legal textbooks, including the Irish Probate Practitioners Handbook, the Probate Pocketbook, and Succession Law in a Nutshell (Thomson Reuters) and also the UK and EMEA Corporate Counsel Handbook (Bloomsbury Professional), established and edited the Irish Probate Law Journal and has contributed chapters to a range of other published texts. Rob has since worked internationally as a senior in-house lawyer at Ford, General Motors and ACCO Brands plc. He holds a degree (with a specialisation in economics and finance) from University College Dublin, a Diploma in Legal Studies and Barrister-at-law degree from the Honourable Society of Kings Inns in Dublin.