Appointments

Corporate and commercial law firm Mills Selig has announced the appointment of Chris Guy as managing partner. Mr Guy will take on the firm's leadership from 1 December 2020, taking over from John Kearns, who will stay on as senior partner.

Barrister Killian Flood has become the latest addition to the Irish Legal News team, shortly after our leading legal publication marked its fifth anniversary. Mr Flood will join Andrew McKeown BL in writing regular summaries of judgments from the Irish, Northern Ireland and European courts for the I

Global legal business DWF has announced the recruitment of two newly-qualified solicitors and six trainees in its Belfast office. The firm said its workload has remained high despite the Covid-19 pandemic and home working, driven largely by the needs of its clients in the real estate, construction a

The new Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal has been brought into effect with the appointment of its 33 members. The tribunal, established under the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, was expected to start its work earlier this year but was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Cork solicitor Dean Cunningham has announced the launch of a new law firm aimed at bringing together expertise in IT, software, entrepreneurship and the law. Mr Cunningham has over 10 years’ experience in the legal, technology and start-up sectors, and considers himself to have an entrepreneur

Global law firm Dentons has announced the appointment of real estate lawyer Andrew Muckian as a partner in its newly-established Dublin office. Mr Muckian joins the firm from William Fry, where he was formerly head of real estate. Prior to this, he headed the real estate team at Matheson.

Belfast firm Millar McCall Wylie has welcomed two recently-qualified solicitors and two new trainees as part of a continued commitment to supporting new legal talent despite economic uncertainty. Newly-qualified solicitors Hayley Cummings and Ross White have joined the firm's corporate law team and

Prominent Limerick solicitor Harry Fehily has been elected as chairman of the University of Limerick Foundation. Mr Fehily, managing partner of Holmes O'Malley Sexton Solicitors, previously served as a board member for a number of years and succeeds Dr Loretta Brennan Glucksman in the role.

An Irish solicitor who is retraining in Canada has joined the Board of the Ireland-Canada Chamber of Commerce Vancouver (ICCCVan). Arthur Cullinan practised as a mergers and acquisitions solicitor in Dublin prior to relocating to Vancouver, where he is now pursuing requalification. He expects to be

Eugene F Collins has announced the reappointment of its managing partner Mark Walsh for a second three-year term. Speaking on his reappointment, Mr Walsh reflected on the ongoing challenges of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the transformation of the legal industry over 2020.

Dublin-based Dillon Solicitors has announced the appointment of Conor White as a solicitor. Mr White graduated from NUI Galway with a Bachelor of Corporate Law (International) and Scotland's Edinburgh University with an LLM in Innovation Technology and the Law.

Retired judge Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan has been nominated for appointment as chair of the Standards In Public Office Commission (SIPO). Mr Justice Sheehan was appointed to the High Court in 2007 and elevated to the new Court of Appeal in 2014, before retiring in 2017.

Dublin solicitor Barry Magee has been appointed as a legal costs adjudicator. Mr Magee will join chief legal costs adjudicator Paul Behan and legal costs adjudicator Niall Hanlon, who were appointed to the newly-established office last October.

Migration and human rights expert Dr Clíodhna Murphy has been promoted to associate professor at Maynooth University Department of Law. Dr Murphy joined the university in 2014, having previously lectured at Dublin City University and held a post-doctoral fellowship at University College Cork.

Barrister Molly Joyce has joined the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) as legal and public affairs manager. Ms Joyce previously worked as a practising barrister in London, specialising in the areas of public and police law.