Energy and infrastructure lawyer Owen Collins, commercial litigation and dispute resolution lawyer Aishlinn Gannon, private client lawyer Maeve Lochrie, international business group lawyer Seóna O’Donnellan, asset management lawyer Sarah O’Meara, competition and regulation lawyer Simon Shinkwin and finance and capital markets lawyer Lisa Tait have been promoted with effect from 1 January.

Muireann Hernon has joined the firm’s finance and capital markets team as a partner from another large Irish law firm, where she had been a partner since 2022.

The finance and capital markets team will also be joined in January by Gearóid Murphy, who rejoins the firm as a partner from an international law firm in London.

The appointments bring the total number of Matheson partners and tax principals to 125.

Michael Jackson, managing partner at Matheson, said: “2024 has been another year of significant growth for Matheson, with continued market-leading performances across the firm.

“Our people strategy is driven by the attraction, engagement and development of the market’s best legal talent.

“I am very pleased to see seven of our senior associates being promoted to partner across such a wide range of practice areas.

“I am also delighted to welcome the arrival of Muireann and Gearóid to our finance and capital markets team, and I look forward to working with each of them over the coming years.”