Appointments

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.

ByrneWallace has appointed Orla Riddell as a partner in the firm's tax team. Ms Riddell is a dual-qualified solicitor and tax advisor specialising in corporation tax and works across a broad range of industry sectors. She has several years’ experience advising clients on all aspects of taxatio

Solicitor Kevin O'Keeffe has been appointed to the board of directors of Dyspraxia/DCD Ireland. Mr O'Keeffe is a solicitor in the debt recovery and mortgage litigation team at Lavelle Partners LLP, where he works principally on behalf of banking clients.

A&L Goodbody has appointed four new partners across its Dublin, Belfast and London offices as well as a new of counsel in Dublin. The new Dublin partners are Chris Bergin in the asset management and investment funds team and Aideen Burke in the commercial and technology team, while James Flanaga

King's Inns student Norah O'Brien has been elected as auditor of the Law Students' Debating Society of Ireland (LSDSI). A graduate of the University of Limerick, Ms O'Brien is studying on the modular barrister-at-law degree at the King's Inns while working as a judicial assistant to a High Court jud

William Fry partner and former managing partner Myra Garrett has been appointed to the board of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) for a five-year term. The NTMA is a State body which operates with a commercial remit to provide asset and liability management services to the government. I

Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan Solicitors has announced the appointment of Aileen Gittens as head of their newly established Immigration practice. Ms Gittens has over 10 years’ legal experience and specialises in immigration law. She is passionate about rights-based legal issues and is adept at

McKees has opened a new office in Enniskillen.

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has hired intellectual property and technology partner Maureen Daly to lead its IP team in Dublin and expand its pan-European Technology, Science and Industry sector capabilities. She joins from Irish law firm Beauchamps, where she has been partner and head of t