Appointments

A&L Goodbody has welcomed five newly-qualified solicitors to its 130-strong team of lawyers and business support professionals in Northern Ireland. Niamh Flanagan, Liam Fox and Holly Johnston will all assume assistant solicitor roles in the firm’s litigation department, with Eoin Culliton

William Fry LLP has appointed solicitor, chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser Colin Bolger as a partner in the firm's tax department. Mr Bolger has extensive experience providing tax advice to private and public sector organisations, international corporations, financial institutions and p

The Irish head of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), Dr Michael O'Flaherty, has joined UCD Sutherland School of Law as an adjunct professor. Dr O'Flaherty was appointed in 2015 as director of the FRA, the independent centre of reference and excellence for promoting and protecting human rights i

ByrneWallace has appointed accountant and tax adviser Nadia de Wet as tax director and head of compliance services. Ms de Wet has previously held senior leadership roles within the Big Four, having accumulated over 10 years’ experience working within a Big Four practice, advising clients on mu

Carson McDowell partner Darren Toombs has been appointed as president of the Law Society of Northern Ireland. The Warrenpoint native previously served as junior vice president under Brian Archer, who remains part of the Society's leadership team as senior vice president. Colin Mitchell takes the rol

International law firm Addleshaw Goddard has announced the appointment of chartered accountant Cormac Doyle to head up its new tax practice in Ireland. Mr Doyle joins from accountancy firm Crowe Ireland and has more than 20 years' experience across aspects of tax, domestically and internationally. H

O'Flynn Exhams Solicitors LLP has welcomed solicitors Helen Cosgrave, Maggie Kelleher-Byrne and Ray Murphy to the firm. Ms Cosgrave, who joins the firm's commercial property department, has extensive experience in advising both corporate and private clients in relation to acquisition, financing, dev

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Lisa Boyd as partner in its procurement team in Belfast. Ms Boyd brings over 17 years of experience advising businesses and large organisations on all aspects of public procurement law and construction. The firm said the addition of a procurement pa

Arthur Cox managing partner Geoff Moore has been reappointed to serve a second four-year term. Mr Moore has served as the firm's managing partner since 2019 and as a partner since 2007. Prior to his current role, he served as co-head of the firm’s corporate/M&A group, specialising in merge

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Laura Herangi as a partner and head of the firm’s data solutions group. Ms Herangi has expertise in all areas of data retrieval and management. She primarily advises clients in the management of large-scale discovery projects, informati

Intellectual property law firm FRKelly has expanded its operations in Cork. The appointment of David Keane as partner in the Cork office highlights FRKelly's enduring investment in the region. He brings a wealth of IP experience from roles in both in-house and law firm roles.

Dublin law firm Whitney Moore has announced the appointment of two new joint managing partners. Emma Richmond and Cillian Balfe will succeed John Lynch from January 2024.

Gemma Freeman, a restructuring & insolvency partner, based in Dentons' Dublin office has been appointed to the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) board as its European regional director for 2024. For over 30 years, IWIRC has been connecting restructuring,

UCD Sutherland School of Law has welcomed Dagmar Schiek to the faculty as full professor of EU law and labour law. Professor Schiek joins UCD from University College Cork, where she held the Synnott Family Chair in EU law and directed the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence EU Integration and Citizens&

John Fuller has been elected as president of the Southern Law Association (SLA). Mr Fuller, a partner in the corporate and commercial department of J.W. O'Donovan LLP in Cork, succeeds Emma Meagher Neville, who he supported as vice-president over the past year.