Appointments

Ulster University law lecturer, John Keers, has been appointed to the Northern Ireland Judicial Digitisation Steering Group. The Lord Chief Justice, Sir Declan Morgan QC, has tasked the steering group with determining the judiciary’s requirements for digital transformation.

Commercial law firm Philip Lee has announced the promotion of five associates to senior associate.

Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm in Ireland, has announced the appointment of Lorna Smith as a partner in its financial services regulatory practice. Ms Smith joins the firm having previously worked at two other large Irish law firms and a Big Four accountancy firm. She w

Sports lawyer Patrick Conliffe has been appointed to lead the new Dublin office of sports management company Quantum Sport. Mr Conliffe is a dual-qualified Irish and English solicitor and a registered intermediary with the FA. He takes on the new role while continuing to practise as a solicitor with

GQ|Littler, the UK arm of one of the world's largest employment law firms, has announced its expansion into Dublin under the leadership of partner Niall Pelly. Littler, which has a headcount of more than 1,600 lawyers, expands into its 25th country with the appointment of Mr Pelly from a rival Irish

Belfast-based MKB Law has announced the appointment of Aoife McCann as a solicitor in its family law team. A graduate of Queen's University Belfast and the IPLS, Ms McCann undertakes cases such as divorce and separation, domestic violence, children’s contact and adoption, public law Care Order

Employment lawyer Peter Murphy has joined Dublin-based McInnes Dunne Solicitors as a partner. Mr Murphy has specialised in the area of employment law since qualifying as a solicitor, representing and advising both employers and employees.

Corporate law firm BHSM LLP has announced the appointment of Ruth Crawley and JJ McLoughlin as solicitors in the firm. Ms Crawley has joined the firm's commercial real estate department while Mr McLoughlin has joined the litigation and dispute resolution team. Both trained and qualified in one of Ir

ByrneWallace LLP has congratulated five of its trainees on their admission to the roll of solicitors.

Business law firm Flynn O'Driscoll has welcomed eight new solicitors following the completion of their training.

The previous head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has been named as one of two new appointees to the Garda Siochána Ombudsman Commission (Gsoc). Emily Logan, who was chief commissioner of the human rights watchdog for five years until 2019, will join former PSNI officer Hugh

McCann FitzGerald has congratulated 15 newly-qualified solicitors on securing permanent positions in the firm following the completion of their training contracts. The firm said: "We are delighted that all 15 of the trainees qualifying have been offered positions in the firm. We wish them every succ

Commercial law firm Philip Lee has retained six newly-qualified solicitors after they completed training with the firm. The new solicitors are Daniel Hanrahan, Ian Hanrahan, Thompson Barry Doherty, Deirdre Brannigan, Andrew Houlihan, Oisín O' Callaghan.

Corporate banking lawyer Davina Saint has been appointed to the board of NAMA. Ms Saint is a senior level banking executive and qualified solicitor, experienced in the structuring and execution of complex corporate finance transactions.

The University of Limerick has announced the promotion of Dr Kathryn O'Sullivan, Dr Laura Cahillane and Dr Susan Leahy to senior lecturers in law. Dr O'Sullivan is an expert in property law and family law, with particular interest in its intersection, family property law.