Eversheds Sutherland

Employment lawyers have welcomed the launch of a consultation on parental bereavement leave and pay in Northern Ireland. The consultation, to run until 10 August, follows the recent introduction of parental bereavement leave and pay legislation in Great Britain.

Eversheds Sutherland partner Matthew Howse explores what the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill means for businesses in Northern Ireland. There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen. This certainly seems the case in terms of Insolvency reforms. The UK Government’

Eversheds Sutherland has been awarded internationally-recognised certification for its exemplary data protection and information security. The global law firm now holds the ISO 27001 standard for information security management systems (ISMS) in the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland for it

Major Irish law firms including Matheson, William Fry and Eversheds Sutherland are continuing to make strategic hires and welcome newly-qualified solicitors, trainees and interns in spite of the COVID-19 crisis, Irish Legal News can reveal. Top-level hires completed in recent weeks have included con

Lisa Bryson, partner and head of employment at Eversheds Sutherland in Belfast, explores what the re-opening of workplaces in Northern Ireland could look like. Every day brings something new for us all to consider and today’s business leaders will need to consider a number of different issues

Eversheds Sutherland partner Matthew Howse and principal associate Damian McElholm consider the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. As each day passes, the economic challenges presented by COVID-19 are further illuminated. With the jobs retention scheme portal now open for applications,

Mary Kiely, senior associate in the corporate and commercial team at Eversheds Sutherland, considers the challenges for companies during the coronavirus pandemic. Given the travel restrictions and physical distancing policies currently in place and the possibility, under the Health (Preservation and

A round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. LK Shields acted on the sale of its long-standing client Nicholas O’Dwyer Limited, a consulting and engineering practice, to RSK, an integrated environmental, engineering and technical services busines

Joanne Hyde, partner and head of employment at Eversheds Sutherland, examines a recent Irish court ruling on Sunday work. The emergence of businesses like Deliveroo, Buymie, and Uber Eats in the Irish market has created the so-called “gig economy” where individuals are engaged as self-em

A round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Eversheds Sutherland has advised London-based investment firm Blantyre Capital on its multi-million pound investment into UK and Ireland offsite construction specialist McAvoy Group.

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has taken up larger offices in Belfast as it plans to expand its footprint in Northern Ireland. The firm, which has provided a full range of legal services from Belfast since 2015, is now based on Montgomery Street in the city centre.

There is "huge potential" for the real estate market in Belfast in spite of continuing political uncertainty, real estate lawyer Gareth Planck has said. Mr Planck, a partner at Eversheds Sutherland, addressed 100 leaders from the real estate, property development, finance and business community at a

Financial regulators in Ireland and the US want institutions to speak up about culture change, a conference hosted by Eversheds Sutherland has heard. The law firm sponsored the well-attended "Regulating Banking Culture" conference at UCD Sutherland School of Law, which comprised a series of roundtab

Eversheds Sutherland has announced the promotion of Eoin MacAodha, Julie Galbraith and Peter O'Neill to partner in the firm's Dublin office. Mr MacAodha, who has become partner in the firm's litigation practice, has a particular focus on regulatory compliance and white collar crime, as well as exten

Julie Galbraith, employment partner at Eversheds Sutherland in Dublin, looks at the coronavirus outbreak from the perspective of Irish employers. The spread of the ‘Wuhan coronavirus’ is a global concern with the World Health Organisation now declaring a global emergency and, at the time