Appointments

Employment law firm GQ|Littler has appointed Philip Gray as an associate in its Dublin office. Mr Gray joins the firm from KPMG Legal Services, where he worked as an associate in the employment law and corporate immigration team.

Belfast solicitor Alphonsus Maginness has been appointed to the Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA) for a four-year term. Mr Maginness has practised as a solicitor for over 30 years. In February 1998 he was appointed chief legal adviser in what is now the Business Services Organisati

Professor Anne-Marie McAlinden, professor of law and criminal justice at Queen's University Belfast, has been conferred as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. The Academy is the representative body for social sciences in the UK and, as such, links with the government, produces its own policy

Cork solicitor Clare Daly has been appointed to the board of directors of online safety charity CyberSafeKids. Ms Daly is a solicitor in Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP and brings over 16 years of broad and varied experience in legal practice, specialising in child protection and data protection with a par

West Cork-based law firm Hallissey & Partners LLP has promoted Maura Crean to partner in the firm. A graduate of University College Cork, Ms Crean has over 12 years’ experience with the firm. Prior to that, she worked as a corporate lawyer and in-house counsel for several multinationals, i

Matheson LLP has promoted 14 lawyers to partner across nine practice areas, bringing the firm's total number of partners and tax principals to 121. The new partners are Robert Barrett, Enda Garvey and Robert Maloney Derham in the corporate M&A team; Conor Blennerhassett in corporate energy and i

Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP has promoted Joanne Leetch to the position of senior associate. Ms Leetch specialises in conveyancing, landlord and tenant law and probate, with particular expertise in trusts and estate planning.

Irish lawyer Gary McSharry, partner and head of McCann FitzGerald's US office, has been appointed to the leadership of the American Bar Association (ABA) M&A committee and as vice-chair of its international M&A sub-committee. The ABA M&A committee is the world’s largest forum for M

Belfast-based Diamond Heron Solicitors has appointed Lesanne Green as an associate solicitor in the firm's private client team. Ms Green qualified as a solicitor in 1998 and joins the firm having worked in a well-respected rural practice for the previous 18 years.

LK Shields Solicitors LLP has appointed Ailis Brennan as an associate solicitor in the firm's banking and finance team. Ms Brennan joins the firm having trained in banking and real estate at another Dublin firm and been admitted to the roll of solicitors in 2022.

Personal injury specialist firm Kearney Law Group has announced the appointment of two new claim specialists to its team in Belfast. Lee Donaghy has been appointed to the newly-created role of claims and business development manager and Ryan Abram has been named senior claims consultant.

John Elliot, who retired from the Law Society of Ireland last year, has been appointed as chairperson of the appeals board of the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland (SCSI). Mr Elliot was director of regulation and registrar of solicitors at the Law Society until his early retirement last year, h

McCann FitzGerald has appointed Sabina Cotter as head of responsible business to build on the firm's corporate citizenship and ESG agenda and support its growing programme of pro bono work. Ms Cotter has more than 20 years' experience in social and commercial impact roles and previously held positio

William Glover and David Hardstaff have been re-elected as co-chairs of the London Irish Lawyers Association (LILA) for 2023. Mr Glover, a barrister and senior associate at Fieldfisher, and Mr Hardstaff, a partner at BCL Solicitors, were re-elected to the leading roles at the association's AGM earli

Insurance lawyer Niall Campbell has rejoined William Fry LLP as a consultant. Mr Campbell, who has over 13 years' experience, previously worked in William Fry's insurance unit for almost seven years prior to joining Pinsent Masons.