Appointments

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed four solicitors and a new HR manager. The Northern Ireland firm has recruited Rebecca Russell as HR manager and newly-qualified solicitor Caitriona Fitzpatrick to its banking and finance department.

All-Ireland law firm PA Duffy & Co Solicitors has appointed Enda McGarrity as a director, making the 28-year-old the firm's youngest-ever partner. Mr McGarrity graduated from Queen's University Belfast in 2018 and qualified as a solicitor in 2021.

O’Flynn Exhams LLP has welcomed former trainee Niamh Carey back to the firm as an associate. The Blarney native completed her solicitor training at OFX in 2022 after studying for a bachelors in law and French at UCC and graduating with a master's in European law from the College of Europe, Bru

Dermot Kelly has been elected as president of the Southern Law Association (SLA). Mr Kelly, a partner in the commercial and conveyancing department of T.J. Hegarty LLP Solicitors, succeeded John Fuller as president at the association's 2024 AGM at the Imperial Hotel on Wednesday evening.

Belfast-based commercial law firm Davidson McDonnell has appointed Alastair Keith as a director in the firm's corporate team.

Dillon Eustace has promoted five to the position of of counsel and three to the position of associate.

HHD Solicitors has appointed Joanne Moore as an associate solicitor in the firm's conveyancing department. Writing on LinkedIn, the firm said: "Joanne brings a wealth of experience and expertise of the conveyancing process and her enthusiasm for exceptional client care will be a tremendous asset to

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has welcomed Leah Deehan as a senior solicitor and Robyn-Dee Herdman as an associate. Ms Deehan joins the firm's private client department, while Ms Herdman joins the corporate and commercial teams.

Squire Patton Boggs has appointed André Vermeulen as director to establish its tax strategy and benefits practice in Ireland. Mr Vermeulen focuses on advising large corporates and multinationals on a wide range of Irish corporate and transactional tax matters, particularly M&A, corporate

Cork solicitor Eamon Harrington has been elected as president of the Law Society of Ireland for 2024/25. Mr Harrington is a senior partner at Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP, with offices in Cork and Dublin.

Former Labour Court chair Kevin Duffy has been appointed as the interim grievance manager for the Defence Forces. Mr Duffy, a qualified barrister, was deputy chair of the Labour Court from 1997 and chair from 2003, retiring in June 2016.

Ogier has appointed structured finance and capital markets expert Richard Kelly to its banking and finance team in Ireland. Mr Kelly advises international and domestic clients on all aspects of debt capital markets transactions.

Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed new trainee solicitors Laura Gooding, Sarah Lyle, Thomas Moorehead and Imogen Kelly. Ms Gooding is a legal graduate of the University of East Anglia, while Ms Lyle studied law at Queen's University Belfast and Mr Moorehead and Ms Kelly complet

Niall Cawley has been elected as president of the Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association (DSBA) for 2024/2025.

Dillon Eustace has promoted Shane Harron to partner in the firm's Dublin-based restructuring and insolvency and commercial litigation teams. Mr Harron has over 12 years’ experience advising both private and commercial clients in all aspects of commercial litigation, insolvency, corporate