In-House Lawyers

Clare Downey has been appointed as general counsel and director of legal services at Queen's University Belfast. She brings over 14 years' experience in practice in Northern Ireland, including as group legal counsel for Tayto Group Limited and senior company lawyer for Translink.

Laura Lee O'Driscoll has been appointed as general counsel at airport retailer ARI. Ms O'Driscoll joins the executive team of ARI, part of the state-owned daa Group, and will report directly to CEO Ray Hernan.

London-based Irish lawyer Ciarán McGonagle has been appointed as chief legal and product officer at financial services tech company Tokenovate. Mr McGonagle, originally from Derry, will lead the creation and execution of the legal-first product vision and strategy at Tokenovate, a specialist

Deirdre Ardagh has been appointed as telecommunications provider Three Ireland's data protection officer and senior regulatory counsel. Ms Ardagh provides in-house counsel on matters of data protection and regulation and works to foster a compliance-driven culture while steering strategic growth ini

Deirdre Ní Chearbhaill has joined San Francisco-headquartered aircraft leasing company Vmo Aircraft Leasing as its general counsel, based in Dublin. Ms Ní Chearbhaill has nearly two decades of experience working alongside various stakeholders in the aircraft leasing industry in negotia

Irish-owned managed cloud and cyber security company Ekco has appointed Bahez Talabani as legal counsel for the group. Mr Talabani has experience working across several key commercial areas. His focus includes commercial contract work, advising on a broad range of high value and complex projects acr

Heather Diver has joined Aviation Capital Group (ACG), becoming the US-headquartered company's first legal team member in Dublin. Ms Diver, who qualified as a solicitor in 2018 and has more than five years' experience in the aviation sector, has joined the aircraft leasing business as assistant vice

McCann FitzGerald LLP welcomed 300 guests to its recent 2023 In-House Counsel Conference in Dublin’s Marker Hotel, which included a series of discussions focused on the theme of "legal practice in an evolving environment". The half-day event was designed to address the key challenges and conce

Pinsent Masons has announced the extension of its Vario service for in-house legal teams to Ireland. Vario matches in-house legal teams with experienced flexible lawyers who can be parachuted into businesses to help support on specific projects or to cover staff absences and over particularly busy p

Brendan Hayes, regulatory counsel at Fexco, has been appointed to the Council of Bar and Law Society of Europe's (CCBE) new young lawyers' committee. The CCBE represents bars and law societies from 46 countries across Europe. The young lawyers' committee was established by the CCBE's current preside

In-house lawyers will play a central role in their organisations' implementation of AI technologies and must keep up-to-date with technological and legal developments in the area, lawyers from William Fry have said. The law firm today hosted a masterclass for in-house counsels on the evolving landsc

The Law Society of Ireland has published a new version of the Guide for In-house Solicitors Employed in the Corporate and Public Sectors. Produced by the Law Society's in-house and public sector committee, the updated Guide is now available on the Law Society website as an interactive PDF with links

Paul Kerrigan, general counsel and chief risk officer at Deloitte Ireland, has been appointed to the board of directors of LauraLynn, Ireland's children's hospice. A solicitor with over 15 years' experience in law firms and international and Irish businesses, he is currently responsible for Deloitte

Olivia McCann has been appointed as director of legal services and compliance at Respond, one of Ireland's largest housing associations. Ms McCann brings considerable experience of the commercial property sector to the association, where she will manage an in-house legal team of solicitors and legal

Martyna Brulinska has been promoted to senior associate counsel at healthcare company McKesson Ireland. United Drug, Lloyds Pharmacy, Median Healthcare and TCP Homecare are all subsidiaries of McKesson Ireland, part of the PHOENIX group.