Appointments

Seven lawyers have been elected to the committee of the In-House Lawyers' Group Northern Ireland (IHLGNI) for 2022/23 following its AGM yesterday. The new committee is made up of Ciarán Fegan of Graham Group; Sean Grego of Citibank; Anne MacRandal of Autism Initiatives Group; Julie-Ann McCaff

Les Allamby, former chief commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC), has joined JUSTICE as a council member. The UK-wide charity appointed a number of new board and council members following its 65th AGM on Wednesday.

LK Shields Solicitors has appointed Jamie Ritchie as head of its projects and construction team. Mr Ritchie has over 10 years' experience in construction and engineering matters and has played a central role in working with some of the firm's largest domestic and international clients on their infra

Northern Ireland firm Wilson Nesbitt has announced seven promotions following growth across its real estate and construction, banking and financials services, and individual and family life sectors. Leo Morrison has been promoted to senior associate. Working in the criminal defence team, he has exte

Dillon Eustace LLP has appointed Brendan Cunnane, Grace O'Connor and Alanna Hannon as partners across its real estate and asset management and investment funds teams. Mr Cunnane, who has become a partner in the firm's real estate practice, has extensive experience advising on Irish real estate acqui

Insurance specialist firm Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors has recruited Sinéad Ryan as a partner. Ms Ryan joins the Dublin-based firm from DWF, where she was promoted to partner in February this year.

Dillon Eustace LLP has announced the promotion of five solicitors to senior associate and one to associate. Three solicitors — Alex Kennedy, Anna Keohane and Shona Hughes — have been appointed as senior associates in the firm's banking and capital markets team.

Dentons has announced the appointment of Matthew Cahill as a banking and finance partner in Dublin — its second such appointment in just over a month. Mr Cahill joins the firm from William Fry, where he is head of structured finance and securitisation and debt capital markets. The announcement

Meagher Solicitors has appointed two new equity partners, Theresa Howlett and Harriet Meagher. The firm, founded by Paul Meagher in 2004, is a well-established general civil litigation practice based in the IFSC with a specialisation in employment law and defamation law.

Mills Selig continues to grow with the appointment of three new solicitors across its corporate, litigation and climate and energy teams. Two of the appointments are newly qualified solicitors who completed their training contract with Mills Selig: Christopher Fairfield, and Aveen McGahon. Mr Fairfi

Belfast law firm McKees has announced six new appointments.

Beauchamps partner Barry Cahir has been appointed as president of INSOL Europe. Mr Cahir, who heads the insolvency and corporate restructuring team at Beauchamps, was appointed to lead the professional organisation during its recent conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Irish barrister Mark O'Brien O'Reilly has joined London barristers' set Francis Taylor Building (FTB) following the completion of his 12-month pupillage. FTB is a barristers' chambers specialising in planning, environmental and public law.

Flynn O'Driscoll has appointed Michael Hanley as a partner and head of a new banking and finance department. The newly-established department will support the firm's corporate M&A teams in delivering an integrated business and financial service to clients.

Shane Costelloe has been appointed to the partnership of corporate law firm Holmes, part of Holmes O'Malley Sexton LLP. Mr Costelloe now heads up the firm's employment team, specialising in employment law, corporate, commercial and public sector work.