About

Provided by A&L Goodbody

Our Employment, Pensions & Incentives team is a market-leading multi-disciplinary team. The team’s diverse expertise facilitates fully integrated advice on all facets of strategic and operational human resource and remuneration issues. In addition to operational and best practice advisory work, the team work closely with other legal areas within the firm to advise on HR and remuneration issues related to:

  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Restructuring & insolvencies
  • Redundancy
  • Data protection
  • Dispute resolution
  • Industrial action

With specialists in both our Dublin and Belfast offices, we are able to provide clients with an all-island service.

Our Employment Law Group assists and advises on all issues of individual and collective employment relations. We work closely with our clients, advising on strategic and operational HR issues in order to maintain good employment relationships.

Our Pensions Group is a market leader and one of the largest pensions practices in Ireland. We provide Irish and international, private and public sector clients with expert advice and experienced direction on every aspect of occupational pension schemes and personal pension arrangements.

Our specialist Incentives Group is a market leader in advising on the many employee incentive scheme solutions in the Irish market. We work closely with clients to guide them through the range of available incentives as well as the related legal, tax, regulatory, and corporate governance issues arising from their incentive plans.

Chambers Review

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Employment: Pensions - Ireland

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

A&L Goodbody has an impressive practice with leading employment and pensions teams acting for clients from a range of sectors. The law firm is renowned for handling high-end employment disputes and large-scale transactional matters, advising on an extensive range of issues such as TUPE and collective redundancies. The team acts for several large trustees and employers on the restructuring of pensions schemes and related litigation, often for clients in the finance and insurance sectors. It regularly acts on cross-border matters. A&L Goodbody further assists with protected disclosure matters, GDPR compliance topics and data protection regulations.

Work Highlights

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  • A&L Goodbody advised Viatel on the employment law aspects of its acquisition of MJ Flood’s technology division.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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David Main
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David Main
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David Main focuses his practice on pensions matters. He advises on the pensions considerations of large cross-border M&A and capital markets transactions. He also advises on projects to convert existing schemes, assists with the outsourcing of pension administration services, handles disputes with scheme members and advises trustees on various liability management and funding strategies.
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Duncan Inverarity
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Band 1
Duncan Inverarity is a leading employment lawyer who is regularly instructed to tackle complex disciplinary processes, internal investigations and large-scale transfers of employees. He is also skilled at advising on shareholder matters and protected disclosure issues.

Duncan Inverarity has a clear grasp of client's businesses and what they require, and has the flexibility to make the decisions we need to make.

Chris Comerford
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Chris Comerford
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Band 2
Chris Comerford advises on pensions issues arising from corporate and M&A transactions. He is instructed both by trustees and by large corporations to assist with scheme transfers, restructurings and IORP II compliance.

Chris Comerford has great knowledge.

Chris gives very practical advice and is very easy to deal with.

David Francis
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David Francis
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Band 2
David Francis has a solid presence in the pensions field, with experience in various issues relating to M&A, cross-border schemes, multi-employer defined contribution plans or defined benefit plans.

David works doggedly for his clients.

David is very thorough and available.

Michael Doyle
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Michael Doyle
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Band 2

Michael Doyle handles a broad remit of employment topics, including the labour aspects of corporate transactions, enforcement of restrictive covenants, senior executive exit arrangements, collective redundancies and disciplinary issues. Additionally, he advises on HR matters such as remote working and data protection.

Michael is an excellent lawyer. He is personable, collaborative, highly knowledgeable and adept with clients.

Michael Doyle's knowledge, accuracy and speed are excellent.

He is very responsive and understands the dynamics of his clients' businesses very well.

Jeffrey Greene
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Jeffrey Greene
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Band 4

Jeff Greene regularly assists with the labour law aspects of cross-border M&A and corporate transactions, including health and safety aspects, remuneration and incentive schemes.

Jeff Greene provides practical, sensible and rounded advice that illustrates a keen appreciation of business realities. He is approachable and responsive with a depth of knowledge.

Noeleen Meehan
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Noeleen Meehan
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Up and Coming
Noeleen Meehan represents a range of clients including financial institutions and major corporations in contentious and non-contentious matters. She advises on collective redundancies, employee transfers and dismissals, protected disclosure and remuneration matters.

Noeleen Meehan consistently gives clear and commercial advice while being very approachable and responsive.

It is always a pleasure to work with Noeleen. She knows our business and culture well.

Aoife Malone
Aoife Malone
Associates to watch

Aoife Malone assists clients with defined contribution or defined benefit plan arrangements, scheme restructurings, pensions-related litigation proceedings and IORP II compliance. She also advises on the pensions aspects of M&A transactions.

Aoife is superb.

She is a solid lawyer.

Ranked Lawyers at
A&L Goodbody

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Ireland

Employment

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Duncan Inverarity
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Band 1
Michael Doyle
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Michael Doyle
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Band 2
Jeff Greene
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Jeff Greene
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Band 4
Noeleen Meehan
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Noeleen Meehan
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Up and Coming
Employment: Pensions

David Main
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David Main
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Band 1
Chris Comerford
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Chris Comerford
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Band 2
David Francis
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David Francis
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Band 2
Aoife Malone
Aoife Malone
Associates to watch