Appointments

HOMS Assist has expanded its personal injuries team with a number of appointments across its workplace and road traffic divisions. Sorcha Nagle has been appointed as a personal injury solicitor specialising in workplace injuries. She holds a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) from NUI Galway and advises cl

P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors has announced the appointment of Ross Kane as marketing and business development manager. Mr Kane joins the firm with a wealth of experience in professional services marketing and business development, bringing a strong strategic and commercial focus to the role. He wi

UK and Ireland law firm Browne Jacobson is set to join forces with Davidson McDonnell, one of Northern Ireland's most active law firms.

Addleshaw Goddard has promoted Kate Field to partner in its Dublin-based disputes & employment practice. Ms Field has extensive experience advising clients on complex, contentious and non-contentious matters. Her practice includes a particular focus on commercial litigation, and she has worked c

William Fry LLP has announced the appointment of three new partners: Adele Hall, Gavin White and James Cotter. Ms Hall has been promoted to partner in the firm’s litigation & investigations department. She advises Irish and international clients on complex commercial litigation, regulatory

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm, is pleased to announce a significant expansion of its Irish real estate practice with four senior appointments. The firm welcomes two experienced partners, Gillian Beechinor and Andrew Ion, in addition to of counsel David McClelland and a

Dr Lydia Bracken of the School of Law, University of Limerick, has been awarded over €200,000 in research funding under the Research Ireland Collaborative Alliances for Societal Challenges (COALESCE) programme for her project on LGBTQI+ parent families’ experiences of accessing reproducti

O’Flynn Exhams LLP Solicitors has announced the appointment of two graduates from its trainee programme to the role of associate. Kathryn Buckley has been appointed to the firm’s corporate and commercial department with a focus on data protection having completed her masters in advanced

Kilkenny-based Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan Solicitors LLP has welcomed two new partners, Aileen Gittens and Cathy Power.  Ms Gittens has been promoted to partner at the firm’s surrogacy, pathways to parenthood and immigration department. She will work alongside Annette Hickey as the firm&rsqu

Matheson LLP has announced a number of appointments. David Fitzgibbon has been appointed as head of the firm’s corporate department. 

Arthur Cox LLP has made 23 new appointments, reflecting the depth of expertise and sustained activity across the firm’s practice areas over the past year. The new appointees are:

Maureen Daly has joined Reddy Charlton LLP as a partner. Ms Daly specialises in all areas of intellectual property law including portfolio management, clearance, registration, enforcement and strategic protection of IP rights. 

Former Arthur Cox partner Cormac Kissane has been appointed as a non-executive director of Jersey-based fiduciary and administration solutions provider VG. Mr Kissane, who will support the firm's plans to establish a presence in Ireland, was a capital markets and structure finance partner at Arthur

DLA Piper's Declan Lavelle has been recruited by Alvarez & Marsal Tax, part of global professional services firm Alvarez & Marsal (A&M), to co-lead the establishment of its new Ireland tax practice. Mr Lavelle, who was a tax partner at DLA Piper and previously worked at William Fry and D

Doncha O'Sullivan has been appointed as secretary general of the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration. Mr O'Sullivan will succeed Oonah McPhillips, who is retiring after a 41-year career, with effect from Monday 20 April 2026.