Appointments

Northern Ireland barrister Emma McIlveen has been appointed to the Football Association's (FA) national serious case panel. Mc McIlveen is qualified as a barrister in Northern Ireland, Ireland and England and Wales, and is a door tenant at Broadway House Chambers in London. She specialises in employ

Northern Ireland firm Mills Selig has welcomed three senior associates and five associates following a round of promotions and lateral hires. The new senior associates are Kevin Tarpey and Lauren Shaw in the firm's property team and Andrew Edwards in the employment team.

Barrister Matthew Corkey and solicitor John O'Neill have been appointed as legal commissioners to the Parole Commissioners for Northern Ireland (PCNI). PCNI is an independent body critical to the process of deciding whether offenders who are eligible for parole are safe to be released back into the

Dr Lisa Cuthbert and Ms Justice Margaret Heneghan have been appointed to an expanded Parole Board. The Parole Board — the independent statutory body responsible for considering the eligibility for parole of people serving life sentences — now has 15 members, the maximum allowed unde

Human rights lawyer Stephen Bowen has been appointed as the new executive director of Amnesty International Ireland. Mr Bowen, a qualified barrister in England and Wales, has over 30 years' experience in international human rights law and as an academic.

Dublin-based McGrath Mullan LLP has promoted immigration law specialist Taise Azevedo to partner. Ms Azevedo joined the firm as a legal assistant in 2019, having previously qualified as a lawyer in Brazil in 2017. She subsequently qualified as a lawyer in Portugal in 2020 and as a solicitor in Irela

Mason Hayes & Curran partner Susan Bryson has been appointed to the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) for a five-year term. The NPHDB was established in 2013 to design, build and equip the new children's hospital, the most significant single capital investment project in the

European law firm Fieldfisher has appointed Ciara Burke as a partner to lead its data protection and privacy offering in Dublin. A privacy and data protection expert, Ms Burke joins Fieldfisher from Meta, having also worked previously at LinkedIn, where she provided in-house counsel on matters of da

Belfast firm Edwards & Co Solicitors has promoted Cathy Warnock and Kellie Morwood to associate. Ms Warnock joined the firm in 2007 as a senior solicitor in the private client department. She has over 24 years' experience in property and probate law.

Amanda Logan has joined the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland as its new chief executive. A graduate of Queen’s University, Ms Logan comes to the Commission from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, where she was head of enforcement.

Governance expert Dr Maurice Keady has been appointed to the governing body of Belfast Metropolitan College. Dr Keady's appointment by the Department for the Economy is for a four-year period effective from 1 August 2023.

Heather Diver has joined Aviation Capital Group (ACG), becoming the US-headquartered company's first legal team member in Dublin. Ms Diver, who qualified as a solicitor in 2018 and has more than five years' experience in the aviation sector, has joined the aircraft leasing business as assistant vice

Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie (MMW) has welcomed solicitor Sarah Livingstone to its team as part of its ongoing growth. Ms Livingstone previously worked with national law firms and brings experience in employment law and commercial disputes to the independently-owned firm.

Data protection specialist Emma Redmond has joined OpenAI as assistant general counsel for privacy and data protection. Ms Redmond was previously chief privacy officer and global head of privacy and data protection at payments company Stripe, and is also an adjunct professor at UCD Sutherland School

Cleaver Fulton Rankin has welcomed associate Paula Morrow and paralegal Anna Blakely to its growing private client team. Ms Morrow, an associate member of STEP, brings over 13 years' experience with specialist expertise in a range of private client matters, including wills and probate and conveyanci