Appointments

Pinsent Masons has announced the appointment of life sciences and technology litigation specialist Michael Finn as a partner in Dublin. Mr Finn will join the firm from Matheson, where he currently leads its IP disputes group and previously established its life sciences regulatory and litigation prac

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of John Farrell as a partner in the firm’s technology team. Mr Farrell works closely with large companies solving complex technology law issues and providing them with commercially focused solutions. He specialises in large scale technolog

Dublin firm KOD Lyons has announced the appointment of Ailbhe Hanmore as an associate and Katie Dowling as a solicitor. Ms Hanmore, who joined the firm a year ago, works in the firm's civil litigation department, vindicating the rights of those injured as a result of negligence. She leads a mixed pr

Dual-qualified pharmacist and barrister Michael Lyons has been elected vice-president of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI) Council for 2019/20. The PSI is a public body and an agency of the Department of Health which regulates pharmacists and pharmacies in Ireland.

Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie has announced the appointment of solicitor and former barrister Clare Lenaghan as head of the firm's family and matrimonial law team. Ms Lenaghan, who has more than 25 years' experience as a barrister and has now qualified as a solicitor, will lead the established te

The Government has granted patents of precedence entitling 13 barristers to admission to the Inner Bar. The four women and nine men will be called to the Inner Bar on a date fixed by the Chief Justice of Ireland, Mr Justice Frank Clarke.

Mercy Law Resource Centre, which provides free legal advice to homeless people, has announced the appointment of solicitor Sinead McGarrigle to its legal team. She will work alongside managing solicitor Rebecca Keatinge, solicitor Paul Dornan and volunteer solicitor Aoife Gillespie to provide legal

Pictured (L-R): Karl Redmond, Jacqueline McAleese, Roger McMillan, and Leigh Linton Carson McDowell has today announced that claims expert Karl Redmond has joined the firm as a consultant in its Dublin office.

Matheson has announced the appointment of Sharon Daly, who is widely acknowledged as one of Ireland’s leading corporate litigators, as head of its London office. Ms Daly has re-located from Dublin to London. Speaking from the firm’s London office, Managing Partner Michael Jackson said: &

William Fry has announced the addition of corporate partner, Paul White to its San Francisco office. Mr White has significant experience advising on a wide range of transactional corporate matters for public and private companies, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventu

University College Dublin legal academics Dr Eoin Carolan and Dr TJ McIntyre have been promoted to the posts of full professor and associate professor respectively. Eoin Carolan is founding Director of the Centre for Constitutional Studies at UCD. He is a graduate and former Scholar of Trinity Colle

The Law Society of Northern Ireland has announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive, David Lavery CB. Mr Lavery comes to the Society with a strong record of service in the justice system, where he is currently Deputy Permanent Secretary and Director of Access to Justice in the Department of

Cleaver Fulton Rankin associate Solicitor Maria McNally has completed her training with the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) to become a qualified mediator. The IPLS Mediation Course provides training in Civil and Commercial Mediation. As advocates of Alternative Dispute Resolution, Ms

Commercial law specialist firm Philip Lee has announced the appointment of Tom Conway as partner within its real estate and planning department. He will work under the leadership of partner John O'Donoghue and alongside fellow partner Eimear Fitzgibbon.

HOMS Solicitors has announced the appointment of six new partners in Dublin and Limerick across the firm's litigation, insurance, commercial property and private client practices.