Awards

Six partners at McCann FitzGerald LLP have been recognised at the 2022 ILFR200 Women Leaders Awards for their professional contributions in their respected fields. The awards were given to Catherine Dean, partner in aviation and asset finance; Hilary Marren, chair of the firm and also a partner in t

ByrneWallace LLP partner and head of litigation and dispute resolution, Jon Legorburu, has been recognised by Lawyer Monthly magazine as Ireland's litigation lawyer of the year. The magazine's annual legal awards identify  best-in-class law firms and individual legal experts who deliver excepti

Two directors at Cleaver Fulton Rankin have been shortlisted at the Women in Business NI Awards 2022. Kerry McCloy, innovating and legal technology director, has been shortlisted for the 'Outstanding Innovation' award, which recognises an individual that has used entrepreneurial flair and innovation

Postgraduate student Susan Massey has been awarded the prestigious Allen & Overy (A&O) trophy in recognition of excellence in the field of librarianship and information management. This is the ninth year that the award has been presented to the top student in the two-year library and informa

Matheson has been named ‘Employer of the Year’ at the Women in Finance Awards Ireland 2021. The award recognises financial services companies that have demonstrated great efforts to create a more diverse and inclusive working environment and achieve equal gender representation at all lev

McCann FitzGerald LLP has been named Ireland's law firm of the year at The Lawyer European Awards 2021 in London. The firm, which also won the European litigation team of the year award and was highly commended in the European finance team of the year category, has won the top award for Ireland thre

Queen's University Belfast (QUB) law student Vivien Loughrey has been presented with the JMK Solicitors Prize, worth £3,000. Ms Loughrey received the prize after achieving the highest mark in her tort law module, as well as meeting the widening access criteria set by the university.

Staff at Reddy Charlton LLP celebrated the other night after being named the overall Law Firm of the Year in the Irish Law Awards 2021.

Some of Ireland's top lawyers have been recognised at the Irish Law Awards 2021, with this year's winners named at an in-person ceremony in Dublin's Clayton Hotel. Mr Justice Michael Peart, who retired from the Court of Appeal bench just over two years ago, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement

Barristers and legal academics from both sides of the Irish border are among the finalists at the Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2021. Mary-Rachel McCabe and Emma McIlveen, both barristers from Northern Ireland, have been named as finalists in the Under-35 Lawyer of the Year category.

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has been recognised for excellence in people management at the CIPD Northern Ireland HR Awards. The CIPD NI HR Awards celebrate the best in HR and people management, and recognises those that have introduced business transformation or change that has led to a positive outcome,

Two lawyers at McCann FitzGerald have been recognised at the Lexology Client Choice Awards 2021 for a second time. Real estate partner Jennifer Halpin was awarded with the Client Choice Award 2021 in Ireland’s real estate category.

Matheson partner Helen Kelly has been named as one of the world's top antitrust lawyers by Global Competition Review (GCR). Ms Kelly, who heads Matheson's EU, competition and regulatory group and was the first woman to become an antitrust partner at an Irish law firm, is among 130 lawyers and econom

A barrister from Northern Ireland who practises in London has been shortlisted for an award recognising young barristers in England and Wales for their pro bono work. The Young Pro Bono Barrister of the Year award, facilitated by Advocate, the pro bono charity of The Bar of England and Wales, celebr

Arthur Cox has been named international firm of the year at the 2021 Legal Business Awards in London. The award recognises leading independent non-UK or US law firms that demonstrate a clear market share, significant client development, strong management and a successful recruitment and retention st