Appointments

Solicitor Moninne Griffith has joined Community Foundation Ireland as director of impact, grants and donor care. Ms Griffith brings over two decades of experience across law, policy and civil society to the role, which oversees the disbursement of more than €25 million per year in philanthropic

Holmes has appointed partner Edel Conway as head of the firm's corporate finance team. Ms Conway brings over 20 years' experience in corporate and commercial law to the team, which works with private equity firms, venture capital investors, and business owners on growth capital investments, acquisit

Global law firm Dentons has recruited David Kirton as a partner in its technology, media and telecoms (TMT) practice in Dublin. Mr Kirton brings extensive experience advising Irish and international businesses on TMT matters including complex technology transactions, Irish and EU technology regulati

Solicitor Sarah Keane is to take the helm of Cricket Ireland. Ms Keane has been appointed as chief executive officer designate and will take on the role from March 2026, becoming the first woman to serve as CEO of a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Northern Ireland firm Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed a new associate and four newly-qualified solicitors. Ross Clarke joined the firm's dispute resolution department as an associate in August, bringing extensive experience in high-value commercial disputes, including contractual disputes and neg

International law firm Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Stephen Barry as a senior partner within its disputes practice in Ireland. Mr Barry joins Addleshaw Goddard from Eversheds Sutherland, where he spent over 20 years specialising in complex litigation, planning and environmental disputes, as well

Northern Ireland firm Mills Selig has announced nine appointments, including the promotion of Paula Gibson to partner and Mark Thompson to legal director. The appointments span the firm's private client, litigation, corporate, property and construction teams.

Taylor Wessing has hired Lynda Nyhan as a partner and head of the firm's new Irish employment practice. Ms Nyhan, an accomplished employment specialist, joins from ICON plc, where she was the lead employment counsel for EMEA and APAC.

Carson McDowell has expanded its healthcare team in Ireland with the appointment of Deirdre Ryan as partner. Ms Ryan joins Carson McDowell from a healthcare defence firm in Cork and brings extensive experience acting for State bodies, public hospitals, and private healthcare providers in complex and

Dublin and Belfast firm Lacey Solicitors has expanded its team with the appointment of solicitors Paul Delahunt and Roisin Cassidy and paralegals Lucy Fowler and Gosia Sosin. The new appointments strengthen the all-island firm's expertise across key practice areas including credit hire and personal

McCann FitzGerald has appointed Liam Heylin as a partner in the firm's antitrust and competition practice. Mr Heylin today joins a team that advises on some of the most complex and high-impact competition and regulatory matters in the market.

Lady Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, Dame Siobhan Keegan, has been appointed as co-patron of Irish Rule of Law International (IRLI). Her appointment was announced earlier this week at an IRLI event in Belfast, where Dame Siobhan addressed an audience of barristers, solicitors, members of the judi

Human rights lawyer and campaigner Noeline Blackwell has joined the board of Community Foundation Ireland to help guide its work with 5,000 voluntary, community and charitable partners. Ms Blackwell is one of two new board members, joining alongside Northside Partnership's chief executive, Paul Roge

Global law firm Clyde & Co has promoted Bernadette Raleigh to partner and head of casualty in Ireland. Ms Raleigh joined the firm in 2017 and has over 14 years' experience advising insurers and corporate policyholders on public and employers’ liability, product liability and motor-related

Northern Ireland firm Carson McDowell has promoted Faye Phillips, Le-ann Campbell, Rachael McAdorey and Rosie Timoney to its partnership. The firm now boasts a leadership team of 45 partners, the largest partner group among law firms headquartered in Northern Ireland, as well as over 200 professiona