Employment
Europe Guide 2024 : Ireland
Band 3
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Provided by LK Shields Solicitors LLP
Our Employment, Pensions and Employee Benefits team advises domestic and multinational large-scale employers on all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious.
Our team advises domestic and multinational large-scale employers on all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious. We advise on all aspects of employment from recruitment to the termination of the employment relationship. Our employment team also regularly provides support to the firm’s business department in mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructurings.
Our team has acted in a large number of employment disputes involving directors and shareholders and has featured in many contentious employment matters, including litigation related to unfair/wrongful dismissal, redundancy, employment injunctions, restrictive covenants, discrimination, harassment and work-related stress claims.
We act for many prestigious Irish and international clients in all industry sectors and continue to feature in many high-profile employment, pensions and employee benefit matters.
Chambers Review
LK Shields Solicitors is an established commercial law firm with notable strength in transactional, contentious and day-to-day employment issues. The law firm advises both employers and senior executives on labour law matters ranging from policy updates and TUPE to collective redundancies and terminations. The team handles disciplinary matters, and disputes regarding breach of contract, unfair dismissal and discrimination. It also advises on negotiations with trade unions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"LK Shields are very thorough and detailed, and will also go the extra mile."
"LK Shields' team are very strong and super responsive at all times."
"LK Shields are very knowledgeable and helpful in all areas of employment law."
"LK Shields are very thorough and detailed, and will also go the extra mile."
"LK Shields' team are very strong and super responsive at all times."
"LK Shields are very knowledgeable and helpful in all areas of employment law."
Notable Practitioners
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.
"Aoife Bradley is good at delivering measured, balanced input and is great at dealing with difficult matters."
"Aoife is very approachable, understanding and shows empathy at all times. She is super informative and takes a very practical approach."
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 has an exceptional ability to understand an issue and her client's intentions, and excellent interpersonal skills to push them along the right path to a successful conclusion."
"Ciara has a good command of the services we need and is well versed in matters. The quality of her work is solid and timely."
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