Appointments

Professor Caroline Fennell, a professor emerita of law at University College Cork, is among the first four people nominated for appointment to the new Electoral Commission, which will be entitled An Coimisiún Toghcháin. Ministers yesterday agreed to nominate Professor Fennell, along wi

KPMG has launched a standalone law firm in Ireland with ambitions to establish a team of 160 legal professionals within the next two to three years. Led by managing partner John Given and based at Stokes Place, Dublin 2, KPMG Law is providing clients with immediate access to its 60-strong legal and

DLA Piper has appointed Gavin Woods as a partner in the firm's litigation and regulatory practice in Ireland. Mr Woods will join the firm in January 2023 from Arthur Cox, where he has been a partner since 2011. He specialises in litigation, dispute resolution, and investigations and advises on a bro

Belfast-based Millar McCall Wylie has appointed solicitor Leigh Ní Thailiúir to its growing team.

Four new members, including a solicitor and a legal academic, have been appointed to the Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland. Ciaran McQuillan and Diane Nixon have been appointed as legal commissioners, while Deepak Anand and Dr Kate Geraghty have been appointed as psychology commissioners.

Irish barrister Michael M. Collins SC has been called as a Bencher of Middle Temple in London. Mr Collins was unanimously elected by a decision of the Benchers of Middle Temple at Parliament and called as an Ordinary Bencher at a Bench Dinner on 29th November 2022.

Cork solicitor Emma Meagher Neville has been elected as president of the Southern Law Association (SLA) for 2023. Ms Neville succeeds Gerard O'Flynn in the top role and will be supported by John Fuller as vice-president following elections at the association's recent AGM, which was attended by the L

Will Carmody has been named as the new managing partner of Mason Hayes & Curran, taking the reins from Declan Black on 1 January 2023. Mr Carmody joined the firm in 2002 and has been head of its financial services department since 2018 and a member of its senior management group since 2020. He a

Belfast-based Carson McDowell has appointed three new partners and promoted 14 lawyers to the position of senior associate. The appointment of Sarah Cochrane as a partner in the employment team, Cathal O'Neill as a partner in the defence insurance division and Francesca Lowry as a healthcare partner

Law firm Browne Jacobson has appointed Mike Rebeiro, a digital disruption expert, as a strategic advisor to its IP and technology team in the UK and Ireland. Mr Rebeiro is a former global head of technology and innovation at Norton Rose Fulbright and brings 28 years' experience advising British and

Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin has appointed five new trainee solicitors in its latest trainee recruitment round. The intake includes three former paralegals from its team — Ashleigh Wilson, Melissa Ruddock and Laura Armstrong — in addition to newcomers Kaitlyn McCaw and Hannah

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has welcomed Brian Archer as its president for 2023. Mr Archer is joined in the presidential team by senior vice president Brigid Napier, junior vice president Darren Toombs and chief executive David A. Lavery CB.

A&L Goodbody LLP has appointed Jill Shaw to the new, senior position of ESG and sustainability lead. Working alongside the partners on ALG's ESG and sustainability group, Ms Shaw will co-ordinate and support ALG's lawyers as they help clients navigate the rapidly changing environmental, social a

Coleraine-based Turley Legal has welcomed a new legal counsel, trainee solicitor and paralegal. Amy McIlhagga, a barrister, has joined the corporate law firm as legal counsel. She has specific expertise in a wide range of litigation areas ranging from employment matters to family and civil law, with

Belfast-based Paschal O’Hare Personal Injury Solicitors has expanded with the appointment of Jenna Curran as a solicitor. Ms Curran has extensive experience in litigation, having spent over 12 years helping injury victims recover compensation.