Appointments

More women than men have been appointed senior counsel this year in a legal first. Twenty-eight barristers and six solicitors have been made senior counsel – 20 ...

LK Shields Solicitors has announced the appointment of Gemma Forde. Ms Forde joins the firm as a corporate partner and will be based in its Galway Office. ...

Solicitor Jose Lazaro has been appointed as the new honorary vice-consul of Spain in Belfast. Mr Lazaro, a solicitor and abogado in the corporate and commercial team ...

Geraldine Hanna has formally taken up the role of commissioner designate for victims of crime for Northern Ireland. Ms Hanna, who has over 21 years’ experience in ...

Big Four professional services firm KPMG Ireland has announced the appointment of John Given, a senior corporate partner at Philip Lee, to head up its legal services ...

Employment lawyer Paul Gillen has joined Lewis Silkin as a partner in the firm's Belfast office. Mr Gillen joins Lewis Silkin from Pinsent Masons, where he headed ...

Solicitor Susan Gilvarry has been appointed as the new sole member of the long-running inquiry into the Nama scandal. Retired High Court judge Mr Justice John Cooke, ...

LK Shields Solicitors has announced the appointment of Abigail Butler as a senior associate in the firm's litigation and dispute resolution team. Ms Butler joins from another ...

The Mediators' Institute of Ireland (MII) has announced the appointment of Stiofán Nutty as its first-ever chief executive officer. Mr Nutty, an MII-accredited mediator who previously served ...

Matheson has announced the appointment of Niall Collins and Karen Sheil as partners. Mr Collins joins the firm as partner and head of Matheson's EU, competition and ...

Barrister Ryan Cushley has been elected as chair of the Employment Lawyers Group Northern Ireland (ELGNI). The group held its AGM yesterday, where Mr Cushley was elected ...

Trade mark law specialist firm Stobbs has expanded into Ireland with the opening of a new Dublin office led by Mary White. The new office, based on ...

Dublin firm McKenna & Co Solicitors has announced the appointment of Méabh Flynn as a trainee solicitor. Ms Flynn joined the firm during the pandemic as a ...

Linda Hynes, partner at Lewis Silkin Ireland, has been appointed as chair of the Employment Law Association of Ireland (ELAI). Ms Hynes, a partner in the employment, ...

Belfast and Newtownards firm Worthingtons Solicitors has announced the promotion of a new partner and two new associate partners. Brian Moss has been promoted to partner in ...