The announcement follows the internal partnership promotions of litigation and regulatory lawyer Darach Connolly and corporate lawyer William Marshall in April.

Mr Twomey has been promoted to legal director in the litigation and regulatory team, where Ms Raath has been promoted to senior associate.

Ms Ryan becomes senior associate in the finance team, and Mr Sheehan in the real estate team. Ms Meegan has been appointed as senior secretary in the business’s employment practice.

David Carthy, country managing partner for DLA Piper in Ireland, said: “Today, we announce the promotion of five colleagues within DLA Piper Ireland, further building on our April partnership announcement.

“These promotions highlight the quality, breadth, and depth of expertise of our people and our commitment as a business to nurture and grow our talent pipeline in Ireland.

“I would like to extend my heartfelt congratulations and thanks to all of those who have been promoted today, we appreciate and value your continued contribution to the growth of our business in Ireland.”

DLA Piper Ireland now has a team of 116 people, including 20 partners and 13 legal directors.