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Stephanie Coughlan has been elected as president of the Galway Solicitors' Bar Association (GSBA) for 2023. Ms Coughlan, a senior associate at RDJ LLP, succeeds outgoing president John Martin, who remains on the new committee as vice-president.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Horizon Therapeutics plcs, a global biotechnology company headquartered in Dublin, is to be acquired by Amgen Inc. for an enterprise value of $28.3 billion.

A charity cycle sponsored by RDJ has raised more than €26,000 for Marymount University Hospital and Hospice.

Ronan Geary and Sharon Burke of RDJ LLP discuss two High Court judgments — in the latter of which they successfully acted for the motioning party — which emphasise the need for parties to make full and proper discovery, and in, particular, outline the importance for parties to litigation

Sinead Morgan, senior associate at RDJ LLP, considers the challenges for employers in handling remote working during an energy crisis. The hybrid working revolution triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic has been credited for accelerating innovative working practices such as remote working by years, if

Sarah Slevin of RDJ LLP considers what's next in the long-running saga around EU-US data transfers. Ted Lasso may be one of the US’s most famous recent fictional exports to this side of the Atlantic, but it is transfers in the other direction that recently made headlines.

RDJ has announced the renewal of its long-standing partnership with Connacht Rugby. Rugby players Jack Carty, Alex Wootton and Diarmuid Kilgallen joined JP Gilmartin, partner-in-charge of RDJ's Galway office, to highlight the law firm's status as long-standing official legal advisor for the club.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Global law firm DLA Piper has advised global sports, entertainment and betting operator PlayUp on a business combination agreement with IG Acquisition Corp (IGAC), which will result in PlayUp listi

The University of Galway is to present an alumni award to Mary-Ellen McGroarty, the World Food Programme's country director in Afghanistan. Ms McGroarty completed her BA, LLB and LLM with the university in 1987, 1993 and 2019 respectively.

UCC law students Aoife Nazneen Nurul Khasri and Ruth Fu Dong McKernan have each received a scholarship worth €5,000 and a work placement opportunity with law firm RDJ. The RDJ Diversity Scholarship, which commenced in 2021, supports students from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds stu

Jamie Olden has been appointed as the next managing partner of RDJ LLP. He will succeed Richard Martin who has been managing partner of the firm for 10 years and steps down from the position on 30 September 2022.

Darryl Broderick of RDJ LLP writes on a recent Court of Appeal decision concerning directors' obligations under the Companies Act. Section 819 of the Companies Act 2014 operates to restrict directors of insolvent companies from being appointed or acting as a director or secretary of a company and fr

RDJ has expanded its employment practice with the appointment of Sinead Morgan as a senior associate in its Dublin office. Ms Morgan has significant experience providing practical employment advice to employers and HR practitioners on areas such as employee benefits, grievance and disciplinary proce

RDJ LLP has announced the appointment of Fionnuala Power as the firm's new people and culture director. An experienced HR strategist, Ms Power will combine her skills in HR operations, coaching and driving cultural change to strengthen employee engagement, supporting the growth and development of th

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Arthur Cox has partnered with Kirkland & Ellis LLP to advise Brookfield Asset Management on the completion of its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Hibernia REIT plc for €1