Holmes

Shane Costelloe has been appointed to the partnership of corporate law firm Holmes, part of Holmes O'Malley Sexton LLP. Mr Costelloe now heads up the firm's employment team, specialising in employment law, corporate, commercial and public sector work.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. McCann FitzGerald LLP has advised Coillte on its formal agreement with ESB for the creation of a 50:50 joint venture focused on developing a pipeline of renewable energy facilities in Ireland.

Wayne Finn, partner and head of defence litigation at Holmes, examines a recent case involving costs differential letters. In a recent case, defendants issued a costs differential letter to the plaintiff’s solicitors putting them on notice that if the plaintiff failed to achieve an award of da