Appointments

Energy lawyer Alan Bissett has been reappointed to the board of Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners (LPHC) for a second term. Mr Bissett is a senior utilities lawyer and has advised on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters at Belfast and London firms. He is dual-qualified as a soli

Global law firm Kennedys has promoted Shanna Dunne and Michael Prior to legal director in its Dublin office, while welcoming new senior associate Martha Moylan. Ms Dunne is now a legal director in the firm's healthcare and life sciences team, specialising in defending medical negligence claims, cata

Belfast-based MKB Law has welcomed Rachel McBrinn, Michael Murphy and Caitlin Mulholland as the firm's trainee solicitors for 2023. Ms McBrinn has worked with the firm as a paralegal since October 2022, shortly after she graduated from Queen's University Belfast. She works in the employment law team

The Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) has appointed Rebecca Coen as director of criminal enforcement. Ms Coen joins the white collar crime agency from the Law Reform Commission, where she was director of research from 2020 onwards. She fills the vacancy created after previous director Suzanne Gu

Barrister Gillian O'Hanlon has joined the Irish Legal News team as our newest case reporter. Her appointment comes as the beginning of the new legal term approaches and follows the appointment of Killian Flood BL as our new features writer.

Lewis Silkin has appointed Aisling Parkinson as a partner in the firm's Dublin office, further enhancing its Irish employment law capabilities. Ms Parkinson advises a wide range of multinational employers on all aspects of Irish employment law, with a particular focus on restructuring, all types of

Dillon Eustace LLP has appointed Etain de Valera as head of its asset management and investment funds practice. Ms de Valera, who joined the firm in 2001 and became partner in 2006, takes over from Donnacha O'Connor, who continues working for the firm as managing partner and as a senior partner in t

Law student Alicia Joy O'Sullivan has been named as one of two UN youth delegates for Ireland. Ms O'Sullivan is a University College Cork (UCC) law student, advocate and Quercus scholar from Skibbereen, West Cork. She was the UCC Students’ Union environmental and sustainability officer in 2020

Brian McHugh has been appointed as chairperson of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC). Mr McHugh has served as a member of the CCPC since 2017 and has over 20 years' experience in the public sector, including 15 years in Northern Ireland's Utility Regulator.

Deirdre Ní Chearbhaill has joined San Francisco-headquartered aircraft leasing company Vmo Aircraft Leasing as its general counsel, based in Dublin. Ms Ní Chearbhaill has nearly two decades of experience working alongside various stakeholders in the aircraft leasing industry in negotia

Business law firm Mason Hayes & Curran has expanded its aviation and international asset finance team with the appointment of Julie-Ann Sherry as partner. Ms Sherry brings a wealth of experience in both private practice and in-house roles, including a leading law firm in London and six years wit

Belfast-based MKB Law has appointed Christopher Mason as an associate director in the firm's dispute resolution and litigation department. Mr Mason has over 10 years' experience in dispute resolution and litigation, with a particular interest in commercial disputes and property disputes.

Intellectual property law firm FRKellyhas appointed David Keane as a partner in the firm's ICT team. A European and UK patent attorney with over 15 years' experience, both in-house and in private practice, Mr Keane has recognised expertise in protecting inventions in the fields of software and elect

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has hired transactional life sciences specialist Michael Stewart as partner in its Dublin office as it expands its pan-European technology, science and industry (TSI) capabilities. Mr Stewart is a life sciences lawyer specialising in corporate transactional proj

Ulster University School of Law has welcomed new law lecturers Dr Anna Pathe-Smith, Dr Connor McBain, Dr Katie Nolan, Sasha Gillespie and Dr Siobhán Buckley. Dr Pathe-Smith has joined from Royal Holloway, University of London, where she completed her PhD research examining the legal conceptua