Ronan Davy

Head of Regulatory Legal @ Anthropic

About

Senior legal, privacy, regulatory and compliance executive with 19+ years of in-house technology and private practice experience, including through periods of rapid growth and scaling. Recent experiences include serving as Acting General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, Deputy General Counsel and Global Head of Privacy for a global NASDAQ-listed S&P 500 company. Etsy Legal’s first hire outside the US: founded Etsy’s EMEA Legal function prior to IPO and scaled subsequently. Etsy's first Global Chief Compliance Officer: established compliance program and function of an S&P 500 company and scaled subsequently. Etsy’s longest serving DPO: responsible for leading engagements with EU data protection regulatory authorities. Deep experience in both serving on boards of and reporting to boards and sub-committees of group companies of an S&P 500 company. Successful track record of providing dynamic, results-oriented advice and collaboration with C-Suite, boards of directors and senior leadership teams on strategic initiatives, operational transformations, international expansions, and legal/compliance/regulatory matters. Key expertise includes advising on international growth and expansion, cross-border commerce, mergers and acquisitions, contracts & partnerships, regulatory compliance, privacy compliance, regulatory engagement, payments laws, content moderation, product safety, consumer protection, intellectual property law, employment law, corporate governance, company law, and enterprise risk management. Passionate ‘people person’ with an extensive network and a proven track record of hiring, managing and mentoring high-performing and multi-functional diverse teams. Licenced to practice law in both Ireland and UK.

Country

Ireland

City

Dublin 4

Industry

Law Practice

Skill

Contract Negotiation, Document Drafting, Oral & Written Communication Skills, Written & Oral Presentation Skills, Teamwork, Data Protection Manager, Employment Law, Employment Contracts, Corporate Law

Experience

Head of Regulatory Legal

Anthropic

2025-12 - Present · 10 mos

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Associate General Counsel

Anthropic

2024-7 - 2025-11 · 1 yr 5 mos

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

VP, Deputy General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer

Etsy

2020-6 - 2024-7 · 4 yrs 2 mos

County Dublin, Ireland

Etsy’s first Chief Compliance Officer. Executive responsibilities included: Compliance: Designing, building and enhancing Etsy’s Global Compliance Program Establishing, hiring and scaling Etsy’s Global Compliance function Regular reporting to Etsy Inc Executive Team, Audit Committee & Board of Directors Overseeing regulatory engagements for several areas of regulatory compliance on a global basis Privacy Etsy's DPO under GDPR Established Etsy's Office of the Data Protection Officer Responsible for the oversight of Etsy's Compliance with GDPR Responsible for all engagements with EU privacy regulators Regular reporting to Etsy Inc Executive Team, Audit Committee & Board of Directors Enterprise Risk Management (ERM): Designing, building and operationalizing Etsy's ERM program Regular reporting to Etsy Inc Executive Team, Audit Committee & Board of Directors Payments Legal: Manage Etsy's Payments legal function, responsible for the provision of all legal advice in connection with the payments businesses of each of Etsy, Depop and Reverb

Senior Director & Associate General Counsel

Etsy

2018-4 - 2020-5 · 2 yrs 2 mos

County Dublin, Ireland

Legal: Managed each of the following legal functions (on a global basis) during different periods: o Privacy Legal, Commercial Legal, Product Legal, Marketing Legal, Privacy Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Regulary Change Management, Litigation & Intellectual Property Corporate/M&A: o Lead Legal Counsel advising on Etsy’s acquisition of Dawanda in 2018, a German-based ecommerce platform for approx EUR 35 million o Lead Compliance Officer advising on pre-acquisition compliance diligence and post-acquisition compliance integration of the following acquisitions: Reverb, a US-based ecommerce platform for approx $275 million in 2019 Depop, a UK-based fashion resale platform for approx $1.6 billion in 2021 Elo7, a Brazilian-based ecommerce platform for approx $217 million in 2012

Director & Assistant General Counsel

Etsy

2016-7 - 2018-3 · 1 yr 9 mos

Dublin, Ireland

Executive Directorships & Company Secretarial: o Board director of multiple international group subsidiaries o Responsible for International Company Secretarial function (including 20+ subsidiaries across 10+ countries) •Employment Law: Lead EMEA Employment Counsel advising on 2 separate global RIFs/rounds of redundancies (spanning 10 different countries) and impacting 300+ employees

Senior International Counsel

Etsy

2015-2 - 2016-6 · 1 yr 5 mos

Founder: Etsy’s first legal hire outside the US: established and scaled Etsy’s EMEA Legal & Compliance function prior to IPO and subsequently thereafter

Senior Legal Counsel

VikingCloud

2012-11 - 2015-2 · 2 yrs 4 mos

4th Floor, The Herbert Building, the Park, Carrickmines, Dublin 18

Sole dedicated attorney responsible for the Legal & Compliance function of a high-growth international ‘regtech’. Key experiences included: • negotiating high-value global customer contracts with international acquiring financial institutions on a multi-jurisdictional basis • negotiating complex high-value distribution, reseller, partnership, licensing and joint venture agreements with partners on a multi-jurisdictional basis • advising on employment law issues, including the implementation of specific employment policies, and negotiating employment and severance agreements with employees (based in several different jurisdictions) • review, adaption and implementation of the group’s policies regarding privacy and IP protection • reorganization of the group’s structure after its purchase of Panoptic Security (a US based provider of PCI DSS compliance validation services) and SaaS Markets (a leading US provider of enterprise cloud marketplaces) • negotiating investment documentation for group’s strategic investments

Corporate Lawyer

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

2011-6 - 2012-11 · 1 yr 6 mos

Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland

Corporate & Commercial Department of Mason Hayes & Curran advising companies, both private and public, in relation to a wide variety of corporate law, corporate governance and commercial matters.

Corporate Department, Commercial Litigation Department, Traineeship

Matheson LLP

2004-9 - 2011-5 · 6 yrs 9 mos

Dublin, Ireland

September 2004 - April 2007: Traineeship including a trainee rotation in the firm's London office. May 2007 - May 2009: Corporate & Commercial Department: advised both domestic and international on corporate finance issues, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganisations, private equity and venture capital transactions. May 2009 - May 2011: Commercial Litigation Department: advised financial institutions, companies and insolvency practitioners in relation to all aspects of corporate restructuring and insolvency matters including liquidations,examinerships, receiverships, restructurings and bankruptcies.