Appointments

TLT has appointed Andrew Webber to leads its UK corporate team, which includes Belfast lawyers Andrew Jennings and Grant Edwards. Mr Webber replaces partner John Wood, who led the corporate team for 16 years before being elected to serve as the firm's new managing partner from April 2020.

Sligo firm Callan Tansey has announced the appointment of Niamh Ní Mhurchú as joint managing partner alongside John Kelly.

Sherwin O'Riordan Solicitors has announced the promotion of Elaine McNally to partner in the firm's litigation department. Ms McNally joined the firm in 2015 after more than 10 years of experience in litigation, particularly civil and personal injury litigation.

Dublin firm Reddy Charlton has announced the appointment of Siobhán Lafferty and Jonathan Mills as solicitors. Ms Lafferty qualified as a solicitor in Ireland earlier this year and obtained a professional diploma in employment law from University College Dublin.

Corporate lawyer Geoff Moore has taken office as managing partner of Arthur Cox for the next four years. Mr Moore was chosen in June to succeed Brian O'Gorman and formally took office on 1 November.

Human rights firm KRW Law has announced the appointment of Chris Fox as an assistant solicitor. Mr Fox, from Donegal, is the latest addition to the growing practice, which now extends beyond Belfast to Dublin and London.

PA Duffy & Co Solicitors has announced the appointment of Emma McCaul as a solicitor in the firm's conveyancing department. Ms McCaul will be dealing with residential and commercial property matters, wills drafting and administration of estates, including tax planning, enduring powers of attorne

A&L Goodbody (ALG) has announced the appointment of Patrick Brandt and Andrew Sheridan as partners in its Dublin office. Mr Brandt has joined the firm's financial regulation team, while Mr Sheridan has joined the commercial & technology team.

Mason Hayes & Curran has announced the appointment of Michaela Herron as a regulatory partner. Ms Herron, who joins from a London-based firm, works with businesses across all sectors who manufacture, sell and supply products in the EU, in areas such as pharmaceutical, medical devices, software m

Naas solicitor Luke Hanahoe has been elected president of County Kildare Chamber, the business organisation representing over 400 companies in the county. Mr Hanahoe, managing partner and head of litigation at Hanahoe & Hanahoe Solicitors, is a long-serving member of the Chamber and a committee

McCann FitzGerald has announced the appointment of Catherine Deane as its inaugural chair with effect from November 2019. Ms Deane, a partner in the firm since 1992, is an aviation finance expert with over 25 years' experience advising on and acting for the world's largest aircraft lessors and finan

Tully Rinckey Ireland has announced the appointment of Alice Heron as an associate in the firm's employment law team. Prior to joining the firm, Ms Heron trained in a large international law firm, qualifying in 2018 and subsequently working as a solicitor in the employment law department of a promin

Global law firm Baker McKenzie has appointed the first two trainee solicitors from its Belfast Centre as associates in London. Luke Hackett and Lesley-Anne Wilson applied for a training contract through the Belfast office when the trainee programme was created in 2016.

Dublin firm Philip Lee has announced the appointment of experienced corporate lawyer John Given as a partner. Mr Given has previously held leadership positions in the legal sector, including as senior partner and head of M&A at another leading Dublin-based firm.

Dublin firm Denis McSweeney Solicitors has announced the promotion of family lawyer Niamh Kennedy to partner. Ms Kennedy, from Portmarnock and now living in Co Dublin, joined the firm 13 years ago and helped to build its family law department after completing the Law Society diploma in family law.