Career
Qualified 2013. A graduate of University College Dublin (BCL, LLM) Donal is a partner in our Employment Law Group. He advises domestic and international employers on all aspects of the employment relationship, and has extensive experience advising on business transfer and outsourcing issues, corporate immigration, complex employee relations issues, and employment investigations, disputes and mediation.
He represents clients before the WRC and Labour Court and advises organisations on complex industrial relations and contentious employment matters including the management of protected disclosures and the resolution of subsequent litigation.
Donal has particular expertise advising clients on the enforcement of post-termination restrictive covenants and on team moves.
Donal lectures in employment law on the Law Society of Ireland’s professional practice course and speaks widely on employment law issues. He is co-author of the chapter on Protected Leave in Bloomsbury’s Employment Law (published March 2017) and regularly contributes to industry and national publications.