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Regarded nationally and internationally as the leaders in employment law in Ireland, the Byrne Wallace Shields LLP Employment Law team has unrivalled experience advising large domestic and international clients, both private and public, across all industry sectors. It also has particular expertise in administrative law and pensions law and in recent years, has advised on some of the most high profile landmark pensions cases in Ireland. The team is also renowned for its excellence in client service and a proven track record advising on complex and novel employment issues.

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What the Team is Known For

Byrne Wallace Shields has a widely admired and respected employment team providing top-quality advice on the whole spectrum of labour law matters, including terminations, unfair dismissals, disciplinary matters, discrimination claims, protected disclosures and whistle-blowing cases. It also assists with restructurings, collective redundancies and TUPE mandates. The team is experienced in public sector work, with a proven track record of advising the Irish government on a range of policy and procedural issues in the field. It advises on GDPR compliance for both public and private sector entities.

Strengths

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The Byrne Wallace Shields team is commercially focused, provides legally sound responses and solutions to employee relations issues.

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The team is very knowledgeable on employment law and sector specific policies.

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The team has excellent knowledge of the business landscape and associated challenges.

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Byrne Wallace Shields has a good range of quality lawyers.

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The team is able to bring in its long-term experiences to new issues with a huge range of expertise.

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Notable Practitioners

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Michael Kennedy
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Michael Kennedy
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Michael Kennedy is recognised for his longstanding experience in the employment law market. In addition to his notable expertise in industrial disputes, he advises on non-contentious TUPE issues, restructuring, protected disclosure and matters involving top executives.

Michael Kennedy has a wealth of knowledge and is commercial savvy.

Michael Kennedy is a knowledgeable employment lawyer, with great communication skills coupled with overall availability and approachability.

He responds quickly with alternatives and steers clients in the right direction around a lot of difficulties.

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Michelle Ní Longáin
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Michelle Ní Longáin
Head of Employment
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Michelle Ní Longáin maintains an excellent reputation in the Ireland employment market. She is particularly skilled at advising clients in the public sector on the implementation of domestic and EU-mandated directives in relation to matters such as data protection, protected disclosures, whistle-blowing and discrimination.

She is an excellent specialist, very easy to work with and very highly regarded.

Michelle Ní Longáin is superb, She is hugely experienced, easy to talk things through with, and is very thorough and knowledgeable.

Michelle is an excellent lawyer who understands her clients and thereby delivers on the advice required.

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Loughlin Deegan
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Loughlin Deegan
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Loughlin Deegan has notable experience handling challenging employment topics, with a particular focus on allegations of misconduct by employees, disciplinary procedures, protected disclosures and GDPR matters.

Loughlin is an exceptional legal adviser who earns the trust of his clients.

Loughlin Deegan is knowledgeable and has the ability to explain issues in a simple way. He is confident, clear and practical in his advice.

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Aoife Bradley
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Aoife Bradley
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Aoife Bradley advises clients on corporate restructuring, collective redundancies, TUPE and protected disclosure matters. She also handles contentious issues such as unfair dismissal claims as well as disciplinary and harassment cases.
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Emmet Whelan
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Emmet Whelan
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Emmet Whelan has experience in restructuring mandates and unfair dismissal cases, and advises a clientele that includes prominent government entities as well as major private companies. He also assists with employment issues arising from corporate restructurings, the implementation of protected disclosure policies, disciplinary matters and investigations.

He is excellent, very clear, very considerate and gives solid, practical advice.

Emmet Whelan is very practical, knowledgeable and experienced.

Emmet understands the obligations to employees and the rights employees have, and communicates that to us in a practical way.

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Liam Connellan
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Liam Connellan
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Liam Connellan's pensions practice covers a range of issues, from scheme wind-ups and transfers to advising on corporate transactions and IORP II compliance. He assists with both the corporate and trustee sides, handling both contentious and non-contentious mandates.

Liam is thorough in his advice and stays in regular contact, with a genuine interest in how the relevant issues are progressing. 

He is very friendly, knowledgeable and extremely helpful.

Liam Connellan brought us seamlessly through complex changes in our pension scheme.

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Ciara O'Kennedy
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Ciara O'Kennedy
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Ciara O'Kennedy advises domestic and international clients on transaction-related matters, industrial relations and contentious matters such as grievances, unfair dismissal and disciplinary proceedings. She also advises senior managers on contentious matters.

Ciara is brilliant, super helpful, approachable and knowledgeable.

She is responsive, helpful and delivers high-quality work.

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Elaine Kelly
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Elaine Kelly
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Elaine Kelly is highly regarded for her ability to advise clients in the public sector on the interpretation of directives and statutory norms related to employment. She also represents clients in contentious employment matters.

Elaine stands out for her efficiency and consistency in responding to queries promptly.

Elaine is thorough in her preparation for cases and sees all possible difficulties that could arise and prepares.

Elaine Kelly is extremely efficient, detailed-oriented, pragmatic, thorough and personable.

Elaine is an excellent communicator, easy to work with and always has our back.

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Employment
Michael Kennedy
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Michael Kennedy
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Michelle Ní Longáin SC
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Michelle Ní Longáin SC
Head of Employment
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Loughlin Deegan
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Loughlin Deegan
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Aoife Bradley
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Aoife Bradley
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Emmet Whelan
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Emmet Whelan
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Ciara O'Kennedy
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Ciara O'Kennedy
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Elaine Kelly
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Elaine Kelly
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Liam Connellan
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Liam Connellan
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