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McCann FitzGerald partners Megan Hooper, Paul Lavery, and Orlaith Sheehy have been appointed to lead the firm's diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) efforts. The trio have taken over from outgoing DE&I partners Niall Best, Eleanor Cunningham and Laura Deignan, who the firm thanked for thei

McCann FitzGerald LLP has become an official participant of the UN Global Compact. The UN Global Compact is a global initiative for businesses committed to aligning their operations and strategies with the UN's "Ten Principles" covering human rights, labour, the environment, and anti-corruption.

McCann FitzGerald partners Josh Hogan and Philip Murphy examine a recent English ruling concerning LIBOR's "tough legacy". The English High Court has published a judgment on how a LIBOR-referencing contract should be interpreted now that LIBOR is no longer published as a benchmark rate. The case (St

McCann FitzGerald partners Stephen FitzSimons and Gill Lohan provide an overview of the new Irish Corporate Governance Code. Following an earlier consultation process, Euronext Dublin has published an Irish Corporate Governance Code.

McCann FitzGerald LLP has delivered its first lecture as part of a new sustainability-focused curriculum for students at University College Cork (UCC). Éamon Ó Cuív, partner at McCann FitzGerald and newly-appointed adjunct professor at UCC’s School of Law, addressed studen

McCann FitzGerald LLP has been named Anti-Discrimination Firm of the Year in Europe at the Legal Benchmarking Group’s Social Impact EMEA Awards 2024. The awards, which took place last Thursday in London, recognise leading law firms and figures from across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa fo

Former McCann FitzGerald chief John Cronin has been appointed as chair of the Abbey Theatre. Mr Cronin, a former chairperson of the law firm and its managing partner from 2007 to 2015, will serve a four-year term as chair of the national theatre's board.

Irish businesses continue to face challenges in complying with the GDPR six years on from its introduction, according to new research by Forvis Mazars and McCann FitzGerald LLP. A survey conducted by Ipsos B&A found just 15 per cent of businesses considered their organisation to be "fully compli

McCann FitzGerald has promoted John Boyle, Patricia Golden, Darragh Murray, Eoghan O'Sullivan and Siobhán Power to senior associate.

McCann FitzGerald LLP has announced its largest ever number of partner promotions with the appointment of 11 new partners with effect from 1 June bringing the total number of partners at the firm to 88.

McCann FitzGerald has continued its support of one of The Ireland Funds' flagship events in London. The organisation's annual City of London fundraising lunch took place on Friday at the Mansion House, with the Irish government's minister for public expenditure and reform, Paschal Donohoe, deliverin

McCann FitzGerald is to provide bespoke in-house learning for its trainee solicitors for the first time under a newly-launched programme. The MF Advance programme will offer four advanced elective learning modules — corporate transactions; advanced real estate and construction; advanced disput

McCann FitzGerald has appointed Adam Finlay as head of the firm's technology and innovation group. Mr Finlay succeeds Paul Lavery, who led the group since 2007 and will continue to practice as a partner in the group.

McCann FitzGerald LLP has signed Ireland's Women in Finance Charter, an industry-led and government-backed initiative aimed at increasing participation of women at all levels of business in financial services in Ireland. Signatories are required to commit their organisations to improving the number

McCann FitzGerald has secured three awards at the Managing IP EMEA Awards 2024 in London, including Practitioner of the Year for partner Fiona O’Beirne. Ms O'Beirne was recognised for her continued excellent work in the field of patent litigation and other intellectual property disputes. Her p