Appointments

Belfast firm Allsopp Campbell Rainey Solicitors has welcomed Aimee Nelson as a trainee solicitor. The appointment reflects the firm's commitment to investing in emerging legal talent and supporting the development of the next generation of solicitors, it said.

Barrister Nicole Lappin has been appointed as a Northern Ireland non-executive board member to the Human Tissue Authority (HTA). The HTA is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care in England.

Dr Amanda Byer, Dr Ciara Molloy and Dr Aoife McPartland have been appointed as faculty members at UCD Sutherland School of Law. Dr Byer has joined the university as assistant professor in international law and global justice as part of the Ad Astra Fellows programme, a UCD initiative to recruit 50 e

The Law Reform Commission has welcomed Professor Oonagh Breen and Owen O'Sullivan as part-time commissioners. The two will significantly strengthen the Commission's capacity to deliver on its work keeping the law under review and making recommendations for reform.

Fieldfisher has appointed Dermot McEvoy as a partner in its Dublin litigation and dispute resolution practice. Mr McEvoy joins the firm from Eversheds Sutherland, bringing over 30 years of experience in construction and infrastructure disputes, commercial litigation, and alternative dispute resoluti

McCann FitzGerald LLP has appointed Mairéad Cullen as the firm's first chief technology officer. Ms Cullen joins the firm with more than 30 years' experience in technology leadership, including her most recent role as chief information officer (CIO) and executive team member at Vodafone Irela

Belfast firm O'Reilly Stewart has welcomed Dominic McCasland and Shay Maguire as its first-ever degree apprentices. A degree apprenticeship is a work-based training programme which provides an alternative route to getting a university degree, where apprentices complete their course alongside paid pe

Legal and tax advisory firm Orbitus has launched a new HR advisory division led by Jennifer O'Brien. In her new role as head of HR, Ms O’Brien will provide companies and employers nationwide with specialist HR services and support.

Solicitor Paul Mageean is to serve a third three-year term as chief parole commissioner for Northern Ireland. Parole commissioners help to make decisions on the release or otherwise of those serving extended or indeterminate sentences and in relation to the revocation of licences and recall to priso

Solicitor Deirdre-Ann Barr has been reappointed as chairperson of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS). Ms Barr was previously a corporate partner at Matheson and later served as the firm's head of risk and then as its general counsel.

Beauchamps LLP has announced the appointment of Peter Curran and Darragh Blake as senior partners. Mr Curran was head of the all-island projects and procurement group at Eversheds Sutherland. A commercial lawyer with over 25 years’ experience, he has advised on some of the most significant pro

Fiona de Lacy has been appointed managing director of Arthur Cox Corporate Services Limited, reflecting the firm’s continued expansion into services that complement our core legal, tax, and listings offering. The group will provide expert director and corporate services across a wide range of

Byrne Wallace Shields partner Victor Timon has been appointed as vice-chair of Digital Business Ireland (DBI), the national voice of the Irish digital, e-commerce and tech sectors. Mr Timon, head of the Byrne Wallace Shields technology group, will serve until January 2026, at which point he will ass

Carson McDowell has welcomed 11 new trainees, bringing its total trainee cohort to a record 21 — more than any other Northern Ireland-headquartered law firm.

Global law firm Kennedys has promoted five lawyers in Belfast and three in Dublin as part of a global promotions round. Insurance lawyers Barnabus Shearer and Alexander Redpath have been promoted to legal director in Belfast.