Shane Costelloe

Shane is a partner and head of our Employment & Benefits team, specialising in all aspects of employment and pensions law, advising on contentious and non-contentious matters. Shane acts for government departments, large public employers, state and semi-state bodies, indigenous companies, multi-national corporate clients, charities and NFP organisations, international & domestic insurance companies and financial institutions. Shane has particular expertise advising public and regulatory employers on strategic employment issues arising during the full tenure of the employment relationship, from recruitment to employee exit and beyond.

Shane regularly represents employers in employment disputes including applications for injunctions, actions defending claims of unfair dismissal, discrimination, penalisation and all claims arising under employment legislation before the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court and the civil courts.

Shane has extensive experience advising clients in transaction due diligence, the drafting of employment contracts, contractor agreements and HR policies & procedures. Shane is an expert in advising new entrants to the Irish legal market from the UK, the US and other jurisdictions.

Shane also provides ongoing support to C-suite executives and HR managers on protected disclosures, internal reorganisations and rationalisations, terminations, negotiating the exit of senior employees, audit of employment-related documentation and the transfer of undertakings.

Member of the Law Society of Ireland

Member of the British Association for Sport and Law

Advisory Board Member Research and Development for the Technological University of the Shannon