Leman Solicitors appoints new head of employment and senior consultants

Leman Solicitors has announced three significant hires across its employment, dispute resolution and real estate teams.

The firm welcomes Bláthnaid Evans as head of employment, Shayne Foley as a senior consultant on the real estate team, and Elaine White as a consultant for the dispute resolution team.

Ms Evans joins from Matheson’s employment team, where she worked for four years. She has 10 years’ experience in contentious and non-contentious employment as well as pensions and benefits, and health and safety law.

Mr Foley has over 20 years’ experience as a property lawyer and undertakes a wide range of commercial property work with expertise in dealing with retail, occupational and investment work, sales and purchases, landlord and tenant issues and development work. He also acts on property aspects of corporate transactions. He previously worked at Keystone Law and Pinsent Masons in the UK and is qualified to practice in England and Wales as well as in Ireland.

Ms White joins the dispute resolution team with over 10 years’ experience as a litigator in both Ireland and the UK. She previously worked with William Fry in Dublin and Salans (now Dentons) in London.

Larry Fenelon, managing partner at Leman, said: “The collective knowledge, expertise and experience that these new team members bring to the firm further strengthens our service offering to our clients.

“We are very proud of our dynamic and innovative team. We have excellent lawyers who are experts in their specialist fields and we are excited to grow that team.

“As a ‘Great Place to Work’, we are committed to our staff and to encouraging a healthy life/work balance, flexibility and a positive working environment. We want people who share our core values of bravery, humanity and excellence.”