Appointments

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP has appointed Dorit McCann as a partner in the firm's procurement, competition and antitrust teams. Ms McCann brings 25 years of local and international experience to the business law firm. She is renowned for her advice in EU competition law, drawn from her cross border

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has appointed Trevor Dolan as a partner in the firm's financial services sector group and head of asset management and regulation. Mr Dolan is highly experienced in investment fund law, providing Irish financial services legal advice to Irish and international fi

Six board members and a chairperson have been appointed to Tailte Éireann, the state body newly established through a merger of the Property Registration Authority, Valuation Office and Ordnance Survey Ireland. David McGarry has been selected as prospective chair of Tailte Éireann, whi

Rachel Minch SC has been appointed as chairperson of the Law Society of Ireland's new environmental and planning law committee, which is to be formally launched next week. Ms Justice Nuala Butler will address a launch event for the new body on Wednesday 29 March, the Gazette reports.

Philip Lee has appointed Eimear Collins as a partner in the firm's dispute resolution and litigation group. Ms Collins is a qualified mediator and has a strong practice in property and landlord and tenant disputes. She also regularly advises and represents clients in complex contractual, commercial

Hilkka Becker, the chairperson of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT), has joined the board of directors of the Irish Centre for European Law (ICEL). Four people — Karen Banks, Attorney General Rossa Fanning SC, Professor Brigid Laffan MRIA and Professor Aoife Nolan &mdas

Dr Mary Tumelty has been reappointed to the Health and Social Care Professionals Council within multi-profession health regulator CORU. Dr Tumelty is a law lecturer at University College Cork (UCC), where her research interests include medical law, patient safety and alternative dispute resolution.

Arthur Cox partner Deirdre O'Mahony has been appointed as secretary of the International Bar Association's (IBA) anti-corruption committee. The anti-corruption committee provides an international forum for private and public-sector practitioners to meet and discuss anti-corruption laws, compliance p

Lawyers Rose Hynes and Bryan Bourke have been appointed to leading roles in the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) and AirNav Ireland. Ms Hynes, who was appointed as chairperson of the IAA in January 2021, has been re-appointed to the role and the IAA board for a five-year term.

RDJ LLP has appointed Evin McCarthy as the new head of the firm’s real estate group. Mr McCarthy is a partner in the firm’s Dublin office, where he represents developers, financial institutions, government agencies and investors in a wide variety of real estate transactions.

Irish lawyer Emer Finnegan has been appointed to lead the legal service for the European Council and the Council of the European Union. She will take up her new position as director-general of the Council Legal Service and as legal counsel of the European Council and the Council from 1 April 2023.

International law firm Taylor Wessing has appointed Libby Garvey and Órlaith Molloy as its newest partners in Ireland, expanding its specialist finance and real estate offering. Ms Garvey, former head of finance and projects at Addleshaw Goddard, specialises in acting for Irish and internatio

Olivia McCann has been appointed as director of legal services and compliance at Respond, one of Ireland's largest housing associations. Ms McCann brings considerable experience of the commercial property sector to the association, where she will manage an in-house legal team of solicitors and legal

International law firm Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP has promoted Frances Hamilton, Jordan O'Brien and Vanessa Lawlor to its growing partnership. Ms Hamilton has become a partner in the funds and investment management team, Mr O'Brien has become a partner in the corporate team and Ms Lawlor has be

UK law firm TLT has appointed Belfast-based renewable energy development expert David Miller as partner in the firm’s UK-wide real estate team. Mr Miller has over a decade of experience advising on the investment, sale and development of renewable energy projects as well as advising landowners