Appointments

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Martin Kelleher as its new head of corporate. Mr Kelleher is a senior corporate partner with significant experience in international transactions, particularly in the technology and life science sectors.

Mid-West law firm MHP Sellors has announced the appointment of Caroline Meaney and Marina Keane as partners. Ms Meaney, a solicitor with 23 years of experience, now leads the commercial department at MHP Sellors. She brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise in commercial law, commercial property t

Arthur Cox has appointed Madison Bowyer, Megan Ryans and Jordan Taggart as associates in its corporate and commercial department in Belfast. All three are newly-qualified solicitors who have taken up the positions after completing the firm's traineeship programme.

Belfast-based Paschal O’Hare Personal Injury Solicitors has welcomed Eoin Casey as a paralegal in the firm's personal injury team. A graduate of Ulster University, Mr Casey will assist with various personal injury matters while working towards his goal of qualifying as a solicitor.

Northern Ireland firm Wilson Nesbitt has announced seven senior appointments, including a new partner and two new senior associates.

Darren Lehane SC has been elected as president of the Irish Maritime Law Association. The barrister will work alongside a senior leadership team consisting of vice-president Hugh Kennedy, treasurer Joseph Richardson and secretary Dermot Conway.

Co Longford-based E. C. Gearty & Company Solicitors has appointed Lisa Duffy as a partner in the firm. Ms Duffy joined the firm in 2019 and is part of its wills, probate and conveyancing department, dealing with estate planning, estate administration, enduring powers of attorney and all property

Employment lawyers Orla Sheils and Sarah Havlin are among four new board members appointed to Northern Ireland's Labour Relations Agency (LRA). The LRA is a non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for the Economy, offering impartial advice to both employees and employers. It has re

Eversheds Sutherland partner Marie McGinley has been appointed to the firm's new global AI leadership team. Ms McGinley, head of intellectual property, technology and data protection in the firm's Dublin office, will work alongside Nasser Ali Khasawneh, the firm's new global head of AI, and other se

ByrneWallace LLP has welcomed Donal O'Donovan to the firm's banking and finance team as a new partner. Mr O'Donovan has over 16 years’ experience advising domestic and international financial institutions, non-bank lenders and borrowers (corporates and funds) on transactions including secured

Dungannon-based P.A. Duffy & Co Solicitors has welcomed Ellen Bates as a trainee solicitor. Ms Bates joined the firm in May 2021, initially as a part-time legal executive, while completing her undergraduate degree at Ulster University. She graduated from her LLB in July with a first class honour

Belfast-based Madden & Finucane Solicitors has promoted Lynn Day to director and head of the firm's expanding civil litigation department. Ms Day joined Madden & Finucane in 2011 and specialises in all aspects of civil litigation, with particular expertise in personal injury claims.

European law firm Fieldfisher has promoted 10 team members in Dublin to the role of director. The new directors are Aine Grogan, Amy McMahon, Aoife Stack, Conor Folan, James Roche, Joanna Bannon, Neil Cahill, Neil Dineen, Noreen McGovern and Rory Ferguson.

Barrister and Dublin district coroner emeritus Dr Brian Farrell has been appointed to chair the board advising the independent office overseeing the excavation of the mass child burial site at Tuam. The appointment of the advisory board follows the appointment in May of solicitor Daniel Mac Sweeney

UK-based employment law firm Lewis Silkin has more than doubled its Belfast footprint since expanding into Northern Ireland in 2021, the firm has announced. Lewis Silkin, which also has a presence south of the border, joined forces with employment law specialists Jones Cassidy Brett in 2021 before a