Donal Hamilton

Employment, Disputes

Donal Hamilton graduated from University College Dublin (LLM) in 2010 and qualified in 2013. Donal is a partner in our Employment Law Group. He joined McCann FitzGerald LLP in 2017 and was made Partner in 2022. 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.

The Law Society of Ireland, 2013