Appointments

Sara Phelan SC has been re-elected as chair of the Bar Council of Ireland for the 2023/24 legal year. She took up the role in 2022, becoming the third woman to ever serve as Bar Council chairperson, and has been re-elected for a second year in line with convention.

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has promoted five associates in Dublin. Grace Lumsden and James Cullinane have been promoted to managing associate in the firm’s investment funds group.

Paul McCutcheon has joined RDJ as partner and head of housing, bringing with him a team of lawyers with extensive experience in residential developments. With more than two decades of commercial real estate experience, Mr McCutcheon specialises in advising developer clients in all aspects of the acq

LK Shields has appointed corporate partner Jennifer McGuire as the firm's new head of mergers and acquisitions. A partner in the firm since 2012, Ms McGuire is an experienced adviser to Irish and international public and private companies and private shareholders on all aspects of corporate and comm

Dr Charles O'Sullivan has joined Maynooth University School of Law and Criminology as an assistant professor in law. He previously completed his PhD at Maynooth before joining the faculty at Dublin City University and later Ulster University.

Six people, including lawyers Noeline Blackwell and Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC, have been proposed for appointment to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. The six new members proposed by the government are:

Browne Jacobson has promoted specialist dispute resolution lawyer Darragh Killeen to partner. Mr Killeen has particular expertise in handling complex transnational TMT disputes and regulatory investigations. He represents clients across a variety of sectors, in particular technology, construction an

Dublin-based Ken Kennedy Solicitors has welcomed Eibhlin Dowley to the team as a probate solicitor. Ms Dowley specialises in administration of estates, wills, succession, tax planning and enduring powers of attorney.

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has promoted 16 new senior associates across the technology, built environment, healthcare, financial services and food, agriculture and beverage sectors. Noel Kealy, Nina Milosavljevic, Hazel Sheridan, Alison Stenson, Andrew Tinker and Karen Hennessy have

International law firm Bird & Bird has appointed IP and data litigator Ann Henry and corporate specialist Brendan O’Brien as partners in its Irish offices, boosting its total partner count to five. Ms Henry and Mr O'Brien will, over the coming months, join existing partners including IP an

Brendan Hayes, regulatory counsel at Fexco, has been re-appointed to the audit committee of the European Young Bar Association (EYBA). Mr Hayes, who was first appointed to the committee in 2022, was re-elected at the EYBA’s 2023 AGM, which took place over the weekend during the association&rsq

Belfast solicitor Shannon Gawley has been elected as vice-president of the European Young Bar Association (EYBA). Ms Gawley, a solicitor at Carson McDowell, was elected at the EYBA's 2023 AGM, which took place over the weekend during the association's summer conference in Oslo.

Dublin solicitor Noreen Maguire has been appointed to Rowing Ireland's board of directors. Ms Maguire, the principal of Maguire Muldoon Solicitors since 2002, will represent the Leinster region on the board of the national governing body for the sport of rowing across the island of Ireland.

Barrister Oonagh Buckley has been appointed as secretary-general of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. Ms Buckley, currently the interim chair of An Bord Pleanála, will take up the role from 2 September 2023 when outgoing secretary-general Mark Griffin completes hi

ByrneWallace LLP has welcomed back Laura Greene, who previously trained with the firm, as a partner in its technology law practice. Ms Greene specialises in advising the private and public sector on a broad range of IT-related matters including software development and licensing, outsourcing, large