Appointments

Northern Ireland legal academic Dr Thomas L Muinzer has been appointed as a co-director of the Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL). AUCEL is an energy-oriented research and educational institute based at the University of Aberdeen in north-east Scotland.

Global law firm Eversheds Sutherland has welcomed its first-ever trainee solicitor in Belfast. Sarah McKaigue, who previously interned with the firm, commenced her traineeship earlier this week.

Tully Rinckey LLP has announced the appointment of experienced funds lawyer Malachy Kearney as a partner in Dublin and head of the firm's investment funds department. Mr Kearney joins from a large Irish corporate law firm where he held the same positions, having previously served as in-house counsel

Belfast-based MKB Law has announced the appointment of Amy Collins as an employment and corporate immigration solicitor. Ms Collins graduated from Ulster University in 2014 and qualified as a solicitor through the Institute of Professional Legal Studies (IPLS) in 2018.

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