Mason Hayes & Curran LLP, Employment | Chambers Europe Profile

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Provided by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Our combined experience gives us a unique understanding of the challenges faced by employers in all sectors and industries.

We provide a tailored approach to meet the individual needs of each client. We empower employers to confidently make the right decisions. Employers rely on our comprehensive and integrated service offering.

We provide commercial and strategic advice on all workplace issues from recruitment to retirement. Our clients include leading domestic and multinational corporations. We also have a deep understanding of the legal and constitutional issues faced by government and public sector bodies.

Our services include:

Employment contracts, policies and procedures
High Court litigation and injunctions
Unfair dismissals
Equality
Business immigration and permits
Industrial relations
Re-organisations and redundancies
TUPE and outsourcing
Whistleblowing/Protected disclosures
Protective leave
Atypical working arrangements
Bullying and harassment
Absence management
Investigations, disciplinary action and mediation

Chambers Review

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Employment - Ireland

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Mason Hayes & Curran has a highly regarded employment law department with an extensive base of prominent domestic and international clients, particularly in the technology and education sectors. The law firm demonstrates considerable activity in contentious and injunctive proceedings, including unfair dismissal cases. The team also has experience in M&A-related labour mandates, transfers, multiple redundancies and industrial relations matters. Additionally, the law firm has a capable pensions practice which often assists employers or trustees with a range of issues, including scheme establishment and closure or questions arising from corporate transactions.

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Strengths

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The team is extremely knowledgeable, knows our Industry so well and is very approachable. The lawyers find creative and imaginative solutions to very complex problems.

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Europe

The team is proactive, relevant, strong, technical and accessible.

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The Mason Hayes & Curran team is extremely personable, efficient, excellent, imaginative and fast.

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The team has a great understanding of Irish employment law and provides very practical assistance.

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They are absolutely top-class, extremely commercial, very practical, and solution-oriented. They offer superb turnaround times, and top-class documentation.

Employment respondent
Europe

The team is extremely knowledgeable, knows our Industry so well and is very approachable. The lawyers find creative and imaginative solutions to very complex problems.

Employment respondent
Europe

The team is proactive, relevant, strong, technical and accessible.

Employment respondent
Europe

The Mason Hayes & Curran team is extremely personable, efficient, excellent, imaginative and fast.

Employment respondent
Europe

The team has a great understanding of Irish employment law and provides very practical assistance.

Employment respondent
Europe

They are absolutely top-class, extremely commercial, very practical, and solution-oriented. They offer superb turnaround times, and top-class documentation.

Employment respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Melanie Crowley

Band 1

Melanie Crowley maintains a position at the forefront of the market. She has a strong track record in handling M&A-related employment considerations, corporate restructurings, redundancies and transfers. She also advises on issues such as discrimination, disciplinary matters and senior staff terminations.

Melanie is an exceptional business partner and a go-to person for all manner of employment and commercial matters in Ireland.

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Catherine O'Flynn

Band 2

Catherine O'Flynn demonstrates extensive experience in employment matters on both the contentious and non-contentious sides. She assists clients with senior executive terminations and grievances, in addition to advising on protected disclosure matters.

Catherine is helpful, excellent, responsive and fast.

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Elizabeth Ryan

Band 3

Elizabeth Ryan has experience in restrictive covenants, unfair dismissal proceedings, gender pay gap issues, and collective transfer and redundancy mandates. She also represents clients in disclosure investigations and sexual harassment investigations.

She is very brilliant on the legal side and always focused on how to best represent her clients tactically in helping them achieve their strategic goals.

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Peggy Hughes

Band 3

Peggy Hughes has experience in a range of topics, handling pension scheme updates and advising on multi-jurisdictional pensions issues. She also advises trustees and employers on regulatory topics.

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Ronnie Neville

Band 3

Ronnie Neville regularly handles contentious employment matters such as dismissals, in addition to advising on the labour elements of M&A and corporate transactions.

He is solution-oriented. He does not just give the law, but also works out how it applies to providing solutions.

Ronnie Neville has commercial acumen and is aware of the commercial context of issues.

He is super practical in terms of approaches that corporate clients can take in relation to the issues they face. He is a safe pair of hands and very practical.

Ronnie's negotiation skills are exceptional; he deals with things beautifully.

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Stephen Gillick

Band 3

Stephen Gillick advises employers and trustees on the establishment, transfer and wind-up of pension schemes. He offers further experience assisting with master trust matters.

Stephen Gillick has an extremely strong technical ability and excellent commercial and business acumen.

Stephen Gillick is personable, efficient, fast, imaginative and has been a huge benefit to our company.

Stephen is a vastly experienced and practical lawyer. He always has an answer.

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