Robert Grimes

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, andIn-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.