Appointments

Cleaver Fulton Rankin director Aaron Moore has been formally appointed to two construction industry adjudication panels. Mr Moore has joined the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' (RICS) panel of construction adjudicators and the Construction Industry Council's low value dispute module adjudi

Global law firm DLA Piper has announced the appointment of Matthew Cole as a partner in the firm's corporate practice in Dublin. Mr Cole will join the firm at the end of 2020 from rival firm A&L Goodbody, where he is a corporate partner.  His practice focuses on M&A and equity capital m

Belfast firm Harte Coyle Collins Solicitors has announced the appointment of Caitlín Brown as a family law and criminal defence solicitor. Ms Brown, a Belfast native, will qualify as a solicitor this year after a two-year apprenticeship with a firm in west Belfast.

Co Kildare firm McCormack Solicitors LLP has announced the appointment of Niamh Cullen as a property and probate solicitor. Ms Cullen, a graduate of WIT and UCC, joins the firm after over 10 years of practice in firms in Dublin and Waterford.

William Fry has announced the appointment of 11 new partners across its corporate and M&A, litigation and dispute resolution, banking and finance, tax and employment and pensions teams.

Beauchamps has announced the appointment of five partners across the firm's commercial litigation, insurance, public and regulatory and medical negligence teams. The promotion of Clíodhna Walsh, Sharon Delaney, Edward Lyons, Ciara Murphy and Grace Murphy means 44 per cent of the firm's partne

Eversheds Sutherland has announced a double appointment in its tax department with the appointment of Tim Kiely as a partner and Melissa Daly as a senior associate. Mr Kiely joins the firm from industry, most recently at BNP Paribas, where he was head of tax in Ireland for over three years. He also

Irish disability law expert Professor Gerard Quinn has been appointed as the UN rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities. A qualified barrister and prominent legal academic, he is professor emeritus in law at NUI Galway, where he previously directed the world-leading Centre on Internati

Insurance risk and commercial law specialist firm BLM has announced a series of promotions across its Belfast and Derry offices as part of a promotions round across Britain and Ireland. Rachel Keenan has been promoted to partner in Belfast, while Andrew McCorry and Rory Potter in Belfast and James K

Three new commissioners have joined the Law Reform Commission for a five-year term. The new commissioners are Mr Justice Maurice Collins of the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Richard Humphreys of the High Court and Dr Andrea Mulligan, a barrister and assistant professor of law at Trinity College Dublin

International law firm DAC Beachcroft has announced the appointment of five insurance partners in Belfast, all joining from rival firm BLM. The appointment of Peter Campbell, Fintan Canavan, Alison Cassidy, Paul McAllister and Aine Tyrell significantly increases the firm's footprint in Northern Irel

Specialist law firm Beale & Co has announced the promotion of insurance defence lawyer Seán O'Halloran to associate in its Dublin office. Mr O'Halloran, who joined the firm's employer liability and public liability team last October, specialises in insurance defence work for both insurers

Eugene McCague, former managing partner and chairman of Arthur Cox, has been named by the Alzheimer Society of Ireland as the new chair of its board of directors. Mr McCague, who has served on the board since 2018, retired as a partner with Arthur Cox in 2017, having worked with the firm for more th

Corporate law firm A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced the appointment of four new solicitors at its Belfast office. Lauren McCollum and Shane Swaile have both been appointed as assistant solicitors in the corporate department, while Lydia Gilmour and Kourosh Abelehkoob have joined the banking and

Comyn Kelleher Tobin (CKT) has continued its growth in Cork and Dublin with the appointment of a new partner and two new solicitors.