Appointments

Belfast firm MKB Law has announced the appointment of Ruari Maguire, Mollie Thompson and Aoife Hegarty as trainee solicitors.

Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie has announced the appointment of Hannah Simpson as a solicitor in the firm's litigation department. Ms Simpson, a graduate of Newcastle University and the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS), joins from a rival Belfast firm.

International law firm Kennedys, which employs over 30 staff in its Dublin office, has announced the appointment of its first global managing partner. English lawyer Suzanne Liversidge takes up the role and will work alongside recently re-elected senior partner Nick Thomas on the strategic and opera

Love Island winner Greg O'Shea has been appointed as a paralegal at A&L Goodbody in Dublin. Mr O'Shea, 24, partnered up with Amber Gill in the latest season of the popular reality TV show, winning the £50,000 prize.

Global legal business DWF has announced the appointment of Ruairí Mac Cumhaill as a banking and finance partner in Dublin. Mr Mac Cumhaill has more than 11 years' experience working with domestic and international financial institutions, alternative lenders and borrowers operating in Ireland,

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Nick Metcalfe as a partner in the firm's corporate governance & compliance team. Mr Metcalfe is a company law expert and his practice focuses on the implementation of complex group reorganisation projects. He regularly assists organisatio

Belfast-based KRW Law has announced the appointment of Colin O'Neill as a senior solicitor. Mr O'Neill, from Clonoe in Co Tyrone, joins the firm's expanding legacy litigation and reputational management departments.

Former solicitor and judge Greg McCourt has been appointed to scrutinise reports of searches and seizures carried out across the UK without judicial approval. Mr McCourt spent over three decades in private practice in Bangor prior to spending over a decade as a district judge in Northern Ireland.

Tallaght firm Brian Morton & Co Solicitors has announced the appointment of solicitor John Heaney, the first in a series of planned hires. The firm has served the community for more than 40 years since its establishment at Firhouse Inns Chambers in Tallaght in 1978.

Philip Lee consultant Chris Collenette has been elected chairperson of the Ireland Canada Business Association (ICBA). Mr Collenette, who is a consultant for the Dublin-based law firm's corporate department and responsible for its Canada desk, was previously the ICBA's vice-chair.

Maynooth University Department of Law has announced the appointment of Dr Oisin Suttle as assistant professor of law. He previously taught at Queen's University Belfast, the University of Sheffield and University College Law, and has practised commercial law with a leading Dublin law firm.

Dublin firm O'Connor Solicitors has grown through an "important strategic merger" with commercial and property law specialists Peter Morrissey & Company. Peter Morrissey, who led his firm for over 30 years and has practised for nearly 40 years, continues at the new firm as a partner in the comme

Dublin firm Reddy Charlton has announced the promotion of Niamh Gibney to senior associate. Ms Gibney joined the firm in 2013, qualifying as registered trade mark attorney in 2014 and as a solicitor in 2016.

Millar McCall Wylie has promoted personal injury and commercial litigation specialist William McSorley to partner. Mr McSorley will work alongside department head Caroline Prunty with responsibility for the ongoing expansion of the litigation department, as well as the wider development of the firm'

Co Kildare firm Burns Nowlan Solicitors has announced the appointment of Stephen McGrath as a solicitor. Mr McGrath, joining the firm following eight years of practice in a local firm in Naas, is a general practitioner specialising in the areas of litigation, conveyancing, probate and employment law