I studied Law at University College Dublin and graduated in 2003. Having successfully passed my entrance exams to the Law Society of Ireland to start my traineeship as a solicitor in 2004, I joined Eversheds in Dublin in 2005. In 2007 I qualified into the corporate/commercial team in Eversheds. I spent a number of years practicing in Ireland and, in later years, was seconded to a client with interests in the Middle East where I spent a lot of time travelling to the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Libya.