Appointments

John Fuller has been elected as president of the Southern Law Association (SLA). Mr Fuller, a partner in the corporate and commercial department of J.W. O'Donovan LLP in Cork, succeeds Emma Meagher Neville, who he supported as vice-president over the past year.

ByrneWallace has appointed Orla Riddell as a partner in the firm's tax team. Ms Riddell is a dual-qualified solicitor and tax advisor specialising in corporation tax and works across a broad range of industry sectors. She has several years’ experience advising clients on all aspects of taxatio

Solicitor Kevin O'Keeffe has been appointed to the board of directors of Dyspraxia/DCD Ireland. Mr O'Keeffe is a solicitor in the debt recovery and mortgage litigation team at Lavelle Partners LLP, where he works principally on behalf of banking clients.

A&L Goodbody has appointed four new partners across its Dublin, Belfast and London offices as well as a new of counsel in Dublin. The new Dublin partners are Chris Bergin in the asset management and investment funds team and Aideen Burke in the commercial and technology team, while James Flanaga

King's Inns student Norah O'Brien has been elected as auditor of the Law Students' Debating Society of Ireland (LSDSI). A graduate of the University of Limerick, Ms O'Brien is studying on the modular barrister-at-law degree at the King's Inns while working as a judicial assistant to a High Court jud

William Fry partner and former managing partner Myra Garrett has been appointed to the board of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) for a five-year term. The NTMA is a State body which operates with a commercial remit to provide asset and liability management services to the government. I

Poe Kiely Hogan Lanigan Solicitors has announced the appointment of Aileen Gittens as head of their newly established Immigration practice. Ms Gittens has over 10 years’ legal experience and specialises in immigration law. She is passionate about rights-based legal issues and is adept at

McKees has opened a new office in Enniskillen.

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has hired intellectual property and technology partner Maureen Daly to lead its IP team in Dublin and expand its pan-European Technology, Science and Industry sector capabilities. She joins from Irish law firm Beauchamps, where she has been partner and head of t

Carsten Zatschler SC has joined UCD Sutherland School of Law as an adjunct full professor. An experienced barrister, Mr Zatschler has litigated more than 100 cases in the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and the EFTA Court.

LK Shields has promoted Muireann Granville to partner in the firm's litigation team. Ms Granville joined the firm as a litigation associate in 2016, advising clients on a wide range of commercial disputes. Her experience includes advising on contract disputes, construction disputes and property liti

Carson McDowell has announced 11 promotions across its offices in Belfast and Dublin, including eight senior associates and three associates across its teams.

Northern Ireland firm Mills Selig has welcomed four newly-qualified solicitors following the completion of their two-year training contract with the firm. Darragh Fox, Maria McStravick, Chloe Lowe and Andrew McGrath have joined the firm in permanent roles, having graduated from the Institute of Prof

Northern Ireland firm Davidson McDonnell has recruited former London lawyer Victoria Sterritt to lead a new private client department. Ms Sterritt is joined in the new private client team by senior solicitors Rachael McKee and Sara Ord, who both have more than 20 years’ specialist experience i

Eversheds Sutherland Ireland has appointed partner Cian MacGinley as head of its real estate department. Mr MacGinley, who has been with the firm for over two decades, takes over the leadership fo the department from Joseph Stanley, who will continue as a real estate partner.