Awards

Northern Ireland commercial law firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been recognised for its commitment to workplace health and wellbeing at the Belfast Telegraph Business Awards 2024. The firm won the Excellence in Health and Wellbeing Award, which recognises an employer that has made a commitment to fos

A&L Goodbody's captive alternative legal services provider ALG Solutions has been recognised with an award at the ALM Law.com International Legal Innovation & Technology Awards. The firm was presented with the 'Future of Legal Services Innovation' award at the 10th annual awards ceremony in

Former chief justice Mr Justice Frank Clarke is to be awarded the Hibernian Law Medal next week. Awarded by the Hibernian Law Journal since 2018, medal recipients have included senior judges from Ireland and other jurisdictions. The most recent awardees were former president Mary Robinson and former

McKenna & Co Solicitors principal solicitor Lisa McKenna has been recognised with a diversity and inclusion award.

Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin has been presented with a human rights award at the US première of a new film about the Guantanamo Bay torture camp. The Irish legal academic, who as UN special rapporteur on human rights and counter-terrorism was the first UN investigator granted a

Matheson has been recognised with the Excellence in Learning & Development award at the prestigious People in Law Awards 2024 which were presented in London last week.

Matheson has been named Ireland's best law firm at the Chambers Europe Awards 2024. The firm was presented with the Ireland Law Firm of the Year award at a ceremony in Paris on Thursday night.

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP won three national awards at the 2024 Managing IP EMEA Awards. Shortlisted in five out of six available categories, the team was named Ireland Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year, Ireland Copyright Firm of the Year and Ireland IP Transactions & Advisory Firm of th

McCann FitzGerald has secured three awards at the Managing IP EMEA Awards 2024 in London, including Practitioner of the Year for partner Fiona O’Beirne. Ms O'Beirne was recognised for her continued excellent work in the field of patent litigation and other intellectual property disputes. Her p

William Fry has been named Ireland's trademark disputes firm of the year for a second year running at the annual Managing IP Awards. Florence Meagher, a senior associate with William Fry who specialises in intellectual property law, also won the inaugural Ireland Rising Star of the Year award.

McCann FitzGerald partner Catherine Derrig has taken home the Client Choice Award for Investigations in Ireland at this year’s Lexology Client Choice Awards in London. The Lexology Client Choice Awards, established in 2005, recognise experts from law and consulting firms as well as barristers

Human rights lawyer Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC has been presented with a Presidential Distinguished Service Award in recognition of her contribution to charitable works and advocacy. Ms Gallagher, who began her legal career in Dublin and now practises with Doughty Street Chambers in London, was among

Northern Ireland barrister Ciaran Murphy KC has been named as a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to criminal justice. Mr Murphy is one of only two people in Northern Ireland awarded a CBE in the UK's latest annual New Year honours list.

Dillon Eustace has been named as ETF Law Firm of the Year 2023 at the ETF Stream Awards in London. The awards, now in their third year, act as a barometer of success for the European exchange-traded fund (ETF) industry and celebrate the achievements of the ecosystem in 2023.

Professor Luke Moffett's Reparations and War has been awarded the Kevin Boyle Book Prize by the Irish Association of Law Teachers (IALT). Published by Oxford University Press this year, Professor Moffett's book draws on hundreds of interviews to examine the history, theoretical justifications, and p