Appointments

Beauchamps chairperson Imelda Reynolds has been appointed as president of the Institute of Directors in Ireland (IoD), the membership body representing directors and business leaders. Ms Reynolds was elected to succeed Harry Lorton at the Institute's AGM last night following the completion of his tw

Corporate banking lawyer Davina Saint has been appointed as chair of the Business to Arts charity.

US-headquartered business immigration law firm Erickson Immigration Group (EIG) has announced its expansion into Ireland with the opening of an office in Dublin. The firm, founded in 1987 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, near Washington, D.C., announced the move alongside plans to expand in

Environmental and planning law specialist Eoin Brady has joined FP Logue Solicitors as a consultant. Mr Brady previously worked as a senior planning lawyer with a leading Irish law firm, as senior solicitor with EirGrid, the the national electricity transmission system operator, and as a State Solic

Legal rights group FLAC has announced the appointment of Danielle Curtis as a legal officer in its Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) project. Ms Curtis will work closely with new and existing NGOs, community groups, and independent law centres to identify areas of unmet legal need, as well as coll

Alternative legal solutions provider Johnson Hana has announced the appointment of Sinead Garnett as director of legal operations and solutions. A qualified solicitor, Ms Garnett trained and practised as a corporate associate at Maples and Calder before moving into the legal technology sector, most

Irish solicitor Robert Burke has been appointed as a partner in Liechtenstein law firm Schurti Partners Rechtsanwälte AG. A graduate of Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) and the Law Society of Ireland, Mr Burke qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in 2006 and practised for several years as

The barrister heading the Central Bank of Ireland's financial conduct operations has been elected as chair of the investment management standing committee of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). Derville Rowland, who joined the Central Bank in 2004 and was appointed as director gene

Irish barrister James Bridgeman SC has been appointed as Georgia's first-ever honorary consul in Ireland. Mr Bridgeman, a practising barrister and international arbitrator, is also the chair of the Georgia-Ireland Business Council (GIBC) and an honorary member of the board of the Georgian Internatio

Arthur Cox partner and former head Brian O'Gorman has been appointed by the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) as chairperson of its complaints committee. The complaints committee, an independent arm of the ASAI, is responsible for considering and adjudicating on complaints submitted

DWF has expanded its team in Belfast with nine new appointments, including senior associates, associates, solicitors and a paralegal, taking its headcount in Northern Ireland to over 100. Tomás McLaughlin, Aine McGuinness and Kathleen Gillespie have been appointed as senior associates, while

FRKelly partner Shane Smyth has been elected as president of the Association of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys (APTMA) in Ireland for a three-year term. APTMA Ireland represents the interests of all trade mark, patent and design professionals in Ireland and strives to bring recognition to the work

Cork-based O'Flynn Exhams LLP (OFX) has announced the promotion of Cian Duane to a partner in the firm. Mr Duane, who joined OFX in 2017, has extensive experience in advising on all aspects of residential and commercial property, commercial leases and insolvency issues.

Irish lawyer Aedamar Comiskey has been elected as the new senior partner of magic circle firm Linklaters LLP, becoming the first woman to lead the global law firm. London-based Ms Comiskey, who was born in Monaghan and studied law at University College Dublin (UCD), joined Linklaters as a trainee 29

An additional 17 legal and lay members have been appointed to the construction adjudication panel established under the Construction Contracts Act 2013. The appointments bring the total composition of the panel to five barristers, six solicitors, six architects, seven engineers and 12 quantity surve