Awards

McCann FitzGerald has been named Ireland's top patent disputes firm of the year at the prestigious Managing IP EMEA Awards 2025 in London. The annual awards recognise and celebrate significant achievements and advancements in several IP practice areas and span more than 50 jurisdictions.

Dublin firm Corrigan & Corrigan Solicitors has presented its inaugural tort essay prize to Technological University Dublin student Jake McCabe Cusack. Mr Cusack's essay on vicarious liability came first in a field of nearly 150 submissions.

William Fry's intellectual property team has walked away with two awards at the prestigious Managing IP Awards 2025 in London. The firm was named Irish Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year for the third year running, as well as winning Europe Impact Case of the Year for its work on Merck Sharp &

Judge Geoffrey Shannon is to receive one of eight alumni awards to be presented by the University of Galway next month. Previously the government's special rapporteur on child protection from 2006 to 2019, he was appointed as a Circuit Court judge in 2023.

McCann FitzGerald has been recognised as Ireland's law firm of the year and Europe's best financial services regulatory practice at the 2025 IFLR Europe Awards in London. The prestigious awards  celebrate the legal industry’s most innovative work and honours the deals, teams, and firms th

William Fry has won the "Excellence in Skills Development" award at the Professional Services Management Excellence Awards 2025. The law firm was recognised for its exceptional contribution to addressing productivity and skills gaps and for delivering innovative interventions.

Jarleth Heneghan, a partner in William Fry's construction and engineers practice, has been named the 2025 Client Choice winner for construction in Ireland.

A&L Goodbody LLP has won the Company of the Year Award at the National Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2025 in Dublin.

Former Law Society of Ireland president Patrick O'Connor has been recognised with the Judge Dan Shields Memorial Award. The award is presented annually to a Mayo solicitor who is considered by their colleagues to have made an outstanding contribution to his or her profession.

Belfast solicitor Jude Copeland has been named winner of the Legal Representation Award at the GNI MAG Awards 2024.

MHP Sellors LLP has been recognised for its work in cases involving brain and spinal cord injuries at the Neuro-Rehab Times Awards 2024. The Limerick-based firm was awarded Brain/Spinal Injury Law Firm of the Year at an online awards ceremony bringing together rehabilitation professionals and brain

Two Irish lawyers including the joint managing partner of Callan Tansey have been recognised at the 2024 European Legal Awards in Budapest. Now in their fifth year, the European Legal Awards were created to promote excellence and knowledge through teaching, research, and pro-active networking.

The Irish Whiskey Association's legal counsel, Miriam Mooney, has been recognised at its biennial Chairman's Awards.

Eversheds Sutherland NI has celebrated after being named 2024 Property Legal Team of the Year at the Belfast Telegraph Property Awards.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has been recognised with an international human rights award for coming to the defence of a solicitor disparaged in the House of Commons. A statement issued by the Society last year called for an end to “attacks on lawyers” after Ian Paisley Jr, the DU