Appointments

Carson McDowell has become the first law firm in Northern Ireland to employ 100 lawyers with the appointment of Lynsay Black to the firm's banking team. The firm, with offices in Belfast and Dublin, expects to have nearly 110 solicitors by the end of March, placing it in the top 10 largest firms on

William Fry has announced the promotion of Stephen Keogh as its new head of corporate and M&A, alongside the appointment of Ailbhe Dennehy and Ian Murray as partners. Mr Keogh joined William Fry over 20 years ago and returned to Ireland from the firm's London office in 2017, having served as hea

Over two dozen Northern Ireland barristers have been named as Queen's Counsel in the first round of appointments in over five years.

Ronan Daly Jermyn has welcomed six newly-qualified solicitors across its real estate, employment, litigation, banking and tax teams. The firm's new solicitors are Evan Collins, Georgina Wallace, Alan Devaney, Kathryn Waldron-Hyden, David Rodgers and Sharon Burke.

Dublin-based Leman Solicitors has announced the appointment of Sheila Spokes as a solicitor in the firm's employment team. Ms Spokes graduated from NUI Galway and trained with Eversheds Sutherland prior to her appointment at Leman.

Financial services company FinTrU has announced the appointment of Roli Shaw as general counsel and head of legal. Mr Shaw, previously head of the legal department at Citi's Belfast office, has over 17 years' experience in legal and financial services.

Eversheds Sutherland has announced the promotion of Eoin MacAodha, Julie Galbraith and Peter O'Neill to partner in the firm's Dublin office. Mr MacAodha, who has become partner in the firm's litigation practice, has a particular focus on regulatory compliance and white collar crime, as well as exten

Dublin-based commercial law firm Philip Lee has announced the appointment of Marie Kinsella as a partner. Ms Kinsella has specialist expertise in the areas of financial services regulation, healthcare and pharmaceutical law, public and administrative law, criminal investigations, statutory and non-s

Derry-based McCay Solicitors has announced the appointment of Marie-Claire Logue as an associate solicitor in the firm's commercial department. Ms Logue was was previously employed with Pinsent Masons in Belfast and has also worked with major law firms in Sydney and London.

Dublin-based Philip Lee has retained four women as solicitors following the completion of their traineeships with the firm. Megan Gilroy, Rachel McCausland, Margaret O'Leary and Rebecca Clabby started training with the firm in 2016.

Dublin-based Eugene F. Collins has appointed the promotion of Paul Dempsey to partner in the firm's dispute resolution department. Mr Dempsey, previously an associate with the firm, specialises in contractual disputes, shareholder disputes, insurance claims, product liability claims, professional ne

Dublin-based AMOSS Solicitors has welcomed one of its interns, Amy Henry, as a trainee solicitor. Ms Henry joined the firm's insurance defence team as an intern in October 2018 and is now advancing her career with the firm.

Global law firm Dentons has hired William Fry's head of corporate, Shane O'Donnell, as a partner in its new Dublin office. The move comes less than a month after Dentons expanded into Ireland with the appointment of two partners from William Fry and Matheson.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has announced the appointment of Rachel Stanton and David Brangam as partners in its Dublin office. The firm, which expanded into Ireland in late 2018, said the announcement demonstrates its commitment to expanding its finance, corporate and capital marke

Global law firm Walkers has announced the appointment of Thomas Leyland as a partner in its insolvency and dispute resolution practice in Dublin. Mr Leyland joins from the London office of a large global law firm where he led the financial markets and commercial disputes group. Prior to that, he tra