Those promoted are Grace Armstrong and Clementine Farrell in disputes, Orla Courtney and Emma Hinds in real estate and construction, Kate Clancy and Sarah Pickering in finance, and Caitríona Callanan and Catherine Walsh in corporate.

Of counsel positions are awarded to senior associates with exceptional technical expertise and a proven record of outstanding client service.

The firm also welcomed David Higgins to the investment management group (IMG) as an of counsel last October.

Ms Armstrong is a member of the insolvency and restructuring team with extensive experience in all corporate restructuring and insolvency procedures.

She has acted for insolvency practitioners, companies, directors, financial institutions and lenders with regard to contentious and non-contentious matters.

She also specialises in commercial litigation, acting in a range of matters including shareholder disputes, challenges to enforcement and cross border debt collection and recovery proceedings.

Ms Farrell works across the breadth of the pensions and incentives group’s employer and trustee client list.

She advises on all issues, including trustee issues, the exercise of trustee discretions, the application of statutory regulations, administrative matters and review of service level agreements, pension adjustment orders, internal dispute resolution and referrals to the FSPO.

She also works on clients’ strategic projects such as buy-outs, enhanced transfer value exercises, funding issues and parent company guarantees, mergers, and wind-ups.

She is the current chairperson of the Association of Pension Lawyers in Ireland and a chartered accountant.

Ms Courtney is a trusted senior lawyer specialising in real estate finance.

She carries out diligence and advises lenders on the real estate aspects of financing the development and/or acquisition of commercial property, including office, retail, industrial, hospitality, PRS, student and private residential accommodation, wind farm premises.

Ms Hinds has considerable experience in public procurement law, advising both public and private sector clients on all aspects of procurement processes.

Her advisory work encompasses the full lifecycle of procurement, from the initial structuring of competitions and preparation of tender documents, through to contract execution and post-award issues.

Her contentious experience includes defending procurement challenges in the High Court and Commercial Court.

Ms Clancy specialises in banking and aviation finance and asset leasing transactions.

She acts for many leading aircraft lessors and financiers on all aspects of aircraft financing and leasing including sale and leaseback transactions, restructurings, portfolio acquisitions and disposals and cross-border leasing transactions.

Ms Pickering is experienced in advising prominent domestic and international financial institutions, non-bank lenders and corporates across a wide range of finance and debt capital markets products.

These include corporate borrowing, structured finance, securitisation, corporate bonds, real estate finance, digital infrastructure finance and loan-on-loan finance.

Ms Callanan advises domestic and international clients on the Irish tax aspects of corporate transactions, as well as advisory matters such as establishing and structuring operations in Ireland.

She has particular expertise in employment-related tax issues including share awards, tax‑efficient remuneration and reward programmes and severance payments.

She is also head of the tax compliance unit, leading a team delivering comprehensive Irish tax compliance services across all tax heads including corporation tax, VAT, stamp duty, payroll taxes, share scheme reporting, betting duty and withholding taxes.

Ms Walsh is a member of the technology and innovation group advising clients on data, technology law and outsourcing matters, with a focus on data protection, IP, digital regulation, cyber security law and commercial contracts.

She advises clients across the public and private sectors, including those in life sciences and research sectors. She also supports the firm’s corporate transactions advising on issues in these areas.

New joiner Mr Higgins advises clients on financial services and asset management matters with an emphasis on the establishment, authorisation, operation and maintenance of investment funds, including AIFs and UCITS, and MiFID investment firms.

Commenting on the appointments, managing partner Stephen Holst said: “We are delighted to congratulate such great colleagues, whose ambition, expertise and wider contribution is such an asset to the firm.

“Each has demonstrated leadership and deep technical knowledge in their respective practice areas, and we look forward to seeing them thrive in their new role and continue serve our clients.”