Appointments

Beauchamps has appointed Paul Gough, Caoimhe Banks, Stuart Conaty and Caroline Shanahan as partners. Mr Gough, partner in the firm's employment and benefits team, regularly acts for clients before the Workplace Relations Commission on a range of employment-related matters as well as providing employ

Arthur Cox has promoted Jacinta Conway and Amy McDermott to partners in the firm. Ms Conway has been appointed as a partner in the environment and planning team, while Ms McDermott becomes a partner in the corporate and M&A team. Both were previously senior associates.

Northern Ireland solicitor Alison Millar has been appointed as a director of the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB). Mrs Millar was a partner at Coleraine-based Macaulay Wray prior to her retirement from practice in 2017. She carried out part-time judicial work for over 39 years before retiri

Philip Lee has congratulated five newly-qualified solicitors on continuing their legal careers with the corporate law firm. Claudia Macklin, Lee Boorman, Catriona Walsh, Laura O'Brien and Hazel Murphy have been appointed as associate solicitors.

Letterkenny solicitor Kieran Dillon has been appointed as State Solicitor for Donegal. The vacancy was created by the appointment of Ciaran Liddy as a District Court judge late last year.

Global law firm Hogan Lovells has appointed Alice Wallace-Wright as a partner working across the firm's London and Dublin offices. The promotion forms part of a global appointments round in which the firm welcomed 38 new partners and 77 new counsel across more than 45 offices.

Belfast-based Paschal O’Hare Personal Injury Solicitors has hired a paralegal to assist with increasing demand for its legal services across Northern Ireland. Caitlin Bartlett graduated with a first-class honours LLB from the Open University in 2022, taking a particular interest in tort law.

Family lawyer Claire Edgar has been appointed as chair of the Belfast Area Domestic & Sexual Violence and Abuse Partnership's protection and justice working group. The partnership brings together agencies, organisations, groups and individuals who share a common interest and purpose in improving

Global law firm K&L Gates LLP has officially launched its new Dublin office, with Gayle Bowen, Shane Geraghty, and Michele Lloyd named as its founding partners. News of the US-headquarted firm's plans to expand into Ireland — opening its 48th office worldwide and ninth in Europe — fi

Worthingtons Solicitors has welcomed two new solicitors, Aoife McCann and Victoria Roberts. Ms McCann joined the firm's family/matrimonial department this month, where she is working alongside Naomi Devlin, Sarah Elliott and Stephanie Lindsay in advising clients across a wide range of family matters

Former Bar Council chairperson Paul McGarry SC has been elected as president of Arbitration Ireland. Mr McGarry is a private client barrister and experienced international arbitrator who served as chair of the Bar Council from 2016 to 2018.

Business law firm Flynn O'Driscoll LLP has named two new senior associates and five new associates. The new senior associates are Jonathan O'Beirne and Majella Crennan, both in the corporate team.

International law firm Taylor Wessing has recruited corporate finance and M&A specialists Paddy Quinlan and Dannie Hanna to its Dublin office. Mr Quinlan joins the firm as a partner from Maples and Calder, bringing over 20 years' experience as a specialist corporate finance and M&A lawyer.

International law firm Walkers has appointed Elliot Milton as of counsel in its asset finance team in Dublin. Mr Milton is a former senior vice president at SMBC Aviation Capital. He previously worked in private practice in Dublin, London and Brussels for several years before working as a diplomat i

US-headquartered Clark Hill has promoted Ray Kelliher and Aoife Sheehy to partners in Dublin. The pair are among 17 lawyers who have been promoted with effect from January to the position of "member", which is equivalent to the rank of partner in Irish law firms.