The seven new senior associates are Aislinn Cullen, Ben Grogan and Sinead Ronan in the litigation and dispute resolution team, James Kelly and Pádraig Murray in the property team, Lisa Maloney in the infrastructure, construction and energy team, and Fergal McConnon in tax.

The 12 new associates are Timothy Brennan, Andrew Booth, Laurenda Channing, Chloe Donoghue, Lorraine Heffernan, Mark Kilcullen, Jessica Kirk, Elizabeth McGeown, Art O’Connor, Ciara Redmond, Eimear Redmond and Laura Sheehan.

The biggest numbers of new associates are in the firm’s property team, where Mr Booth, Ms Donoghue and Mr Kilcullen have been promoted, and to the health and social care team, where Ms Channing, Ms Kirk and Ciara Redmond have become associates.

Ms Heffernan and Ms McGeown are employment lawyers, while Mr O’Connor and Eimear Redmond are in the litigation and dispute resolution team. Mr Brennan is in the infrastructure, construction and energy team and Ms Sheehan is in the corporate team.

Managing partner Feargal Brennan said: “The firm has experienced significant growth during the last 12 months, with strong demand from clients across all our key practice areas.

“These appointments reflect this continued growth and our commitment to ensuring that our practice area teams possess highly capable and experienced lawyers with the expertise to deliver for our clients.”

Alison O’Sullivan, HR partner and head of property, added: “As a firm we are committed to developing exceptionally talented people, and we pride ourselves in providing our lawyers with continuous training and development, and the resources and opportunities to enable them to perform at their very best.

“We are very proud of what these exceptional 19 lawyers have achieved during their careers with ByrneWallace LLP.

“Their promotions are both an endorsement of their unique abilities and progression within the firm, but also an acknowledgement of their hard work, dedication and commitment for which we are very grateful, and upon which our firm relies.”

Mr Brennan concluded: “On behalf of the firm, I would like to congratulate our new generation of associates and senior associates, and wish them every success as they continue to develop their careers with ByrneWallace LLP.”