Appointments

Carson McDowell has announced 11 promotions across its offices in Belfast and Dublin, including eight senior associates and three associates across its teams.

Northern Ireland firm Mills Selig has welcomed four newly-qualified solicitors following the completion of their two-year training contract with the firm. Darragh Fox, Maria McStravick, Chloe Lowe and Andrew McGrath have joined the firm in permanent roles, having graduated from the Institute of Prof

Northern Ireland firm Davidson McDonnell has recruited former London lawyer Victoria Sterritt to lead a new private client department. Ms Sterritt is joined in the new private client team by senior solicitors Rachael McKee and Sara Ord, who both have more than 20 years’ specialist experience i

Eversheds Sutherland Ireland has appointed partner Cian MacGinley as head of its real estate department. Mr MacGinley, who has been with the firm for over two decades, takes over the leadership fo the department from Joseph Stanley, who will continue as a real estate partner.

Irish solicitor Andrea Clarke has joined UAE firm Vaishvik Law International as a senior solicitor. Ms Clarke heads up the new Irish desk at the firm, which is headquartered in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) and led by English barristers Satinder Hunjan KC and Naveen Agnihotri.

Solicitor Colette Bennett has joined The Wheel's senior management team as director of advocacy and research. The Wheel is Ireland's national association of charities, community groups and social enterprises, representing over 2,300 members.

Northern Ireland firm ATC Solicitors has appointed Darren Rainey and Andrew Campbell as partners. Mr Rainey, who takes on the role of head of property, has over 20 years' experience practising property law in Northern Ireland. He previously spent a number of years in a North Down firm leading an exc

Northern Ireland firm Millar McCall Wylie has appointed Jason Byrne as director with a focus on growing its insolvency services. A highly-specialised solicitor with years of experience in dealing with corporate and personal insolvency in Northern Ireland, Mr Byrne joins from a national firm where he

Éamonn Conlon SC has taken up the post of chair of the Adjudication Society in Ireland. Mr Conlon is joined in the new Irish leadership team by Clare Cashin, Jarleth Heneghan and Alan Brady BL, who will work closely with the Society's junior vice-chair Arran Dowling-Hussey.

Barrister and arbitrator Arran Dowling-Hussey has been appointed as an adjunct professor at UCC School of Law. Mr Dowling-Hussey maintains a busy practice from the Law Library in Dublin, 4-5 Gray's Inn Square in London, and the Chambers of James Corbett KC.

Medical and professional negligence specialist firm Liston Flavin LLP has promoted Aoife O'Kane to partner. Ms O'Kane has six years' experience practising as a solicitor, primarily in plaintiff medical negligence litigation.

Pinsent Masons has hired funds partner Conor Durkin to lead its funds team in Dublin as it continues to grow its pan-European funds capabilities. Mr Durkin specialises in investment funds and asset management and regularly advises on the establishment, structuring and operation of funds covering a r

McCann FitzGerald LLP has announced the appointment of Mark White as chair of the partnership and the promotion of seven of its senior associates to of counsel.

Attorney General Rossa Fanning has joined UCD Sutherland School of Law as an adjunct full professor. Mr Fanning, who is a UCD Bachelor of Law graduate, was called to the Bar in 1999 and appointed senior counsel in 2016.

Former RDJ managing partner Richard Martin has been appointed as an adjunct professor of law at University College Cork. Mr Martin remains a partner at RDJ, which he led from 2012 to 2022, during which time the firm expanded from its bases in Cork and Galway into Dublin and now employs 270 people.