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Senior Statespeople

  1. Adam Brett
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    Adam Brett
    Lewis Silkin
    Lewis Silkin | Employment
    2025 | Senior Statespeople | 27 Years Ranked
    Adam Brett represents clients in employment tribunal matters and also handles corporate advisory work. He has significant experience in the full range of employment law work for employers.
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Eminent Practitioners

  1. E
    Adrienne Brock
    Elliott Duffy Garrett
    Elliott Duffy Garrett | Employment
    2025 | Eminent Practitioners | 26 Years Ranked
    Adrienne Brock is managing partner and head of the employment practice at Elliott Duffy Garrett. She is a highly experienced and respected employment lawyer who handles contentious and non-contentious matters for a range of employer clients.
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Band 1

  1. Aisling Byrne
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    Aisling Byrne
    A&L Goodbody
    A&L Goodbody | Employment
    2025 | Band 1 | 15 Years Ranked
    Aisling Byrne regularly represents employers in employment disputes involving discrimination, whistle-blowing and unfair dismissal claims. She is additionally well placed to advise on non-contentious employment matters.
  2. Ciara Fulton
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    Ciara Fulton
    Lewis Silkin
    Lewis Silkin | Employment
    2025 | Band 1 | 11 Years Ranked
    Ciara Fulton handles TUPE matters and general employment advisory work, as well as disciplinary and grievance issues. She leads the employment team and is head of Lewis Silkin's Belfast office.
  3. Gareth Walls
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    Gareth Walls
    A&L Goodbody
    A&L Goodbody | Head of Employment
    2025 | Band 1 | 20 Years Ranked
    Head of the employment team at A&L Goodbody, Gareth Walls has a broad practice, providing businesses with advice on their day-to-day operations as well as contentious issues relating to discrimination and harassment.
  4. Jan Cunningham
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    Jan Cunningham
    Millar McCall Wylie
    Millar McCall Wylie | Employment
    2025 | Band 1 | 12 Years Ranked
    He approaches every situation with an open mind, ensuring he never casts judgement but instead focuses on uncovering the most effective strategies tailored to our distinctive requirements.
  5. John McShane
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    John McShane
    McCartan Turkington Breen
    McCartan Turkington Breen | Employment
    2025 | Band 1 | 8 Years Ranked
    John McShane leads the employment practice at McCartan Turkington Breen and has extensive experience in employment litigation matters. He has particular expertise in holiday pay and wage deduction cases.
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    Julie Anne Clarke
    Elliott Duffy Garrett
    Elliott Duffy Garrett | Employment
    2025 | Band 1 | 17 Years Ranked
    I regularly recommend her to anyone seeking employment law advice. She treats us as peers, asks questions and cuts through lots of information. She makes difficult situations feel manageable.
  7. Orlagh O'Neill
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    Orlagh O'Neill
    Carson McDowell
    Carson McDowell | Employment
    2025 | Band 1 | 21 Years Ranked
    Orlagh is an excellent legal sounding board and always makes time to ensure that she supports us with queries and issues. She has excellent business partnering skills and feels like one of our team.
  8. Paul Gillen
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    Paul Gillen
    Lewis Silkin
    Lewis Silkin | Employment
    2025 | Band 1 | 11 Years Ranked
    Paul Gillen has a wealth of experience assisting clients with a broad range of employment matters including TUPE and post-acquisition restructuring, in addition to day-to-day HR support. He is well placed to provide cross-jurisdiction advice across the UK and Ireland as he is tri-qualified.
  9. Rachel Penny
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    Rachel Penny
    Carson McDowell
    Carson McDowell | Employment
    2025 | Band 1 | 16 Years Ranked
    Rachel Penny frequently advises clients on a range of matters including industrial relations, disciplinary procedures and dismissals.
  10. Rosemary Lundy
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    Rosemary Lundy
    Arthur Cox
    Arthur Cox | Head of Employment
    2025 | Band 1 | 14 Years Ranked
    Rosemary Lundy handles tribunal matters and other disputes, as well as corporate transactional support and TUPE issues. She has a strong industrial relations practice and also specialises in equality law issues.
  11. Louise McAloon
    Worthingtons | Employment
    2025 | Band 1
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Band 2

  1. Kiera Lee
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    Kiera Lee
    Mills Selig
    Mills Selig | Employment
    2025 | Band 2 | 9 Years Ranked
    Kiera Lee heads the employment team at Mills Selig and is a highly experienced employment law specialist with a broad practice acting for employers. She handles day-to-day employment matters as well as restructurings, redundancy programmes and TUPE issues.
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    Michael Black
    Cleaver Fulton Rankin
    Cleaver Fulton Rankin | Head of Employment
    2025 | Band 2 | 15 Years Ranked
    Michael Black leads Cleaver Fulton Rankin's employment and immigration team. He advises clients across a broad range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters.
  3. Patricia Rooney
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    Patricia Rooney
    Tughans
    Tughans | Employment
    2025 | Band 2 | 14 Years Ranked
    Patricia Rooney handles a wide range of employment law matters, including advice on unfair dismissal and discrimination matters, disciplinary processes and TUPE and outsourcing issues.
  4. Rosemary Connolly
    Rosemary Connolly Solicitors | Employment
    2025 | Band 2
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Band 3

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    Christopher Fullerton
    Arthur Cox
    Arthur Cox | Employment
    2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years Ranked
    Christopher Fullerton specialises in non-contentious matters, including contracts and incentive plans, as well as TUPE and wider employment aspects of commercial transactions. He has additional strengths in handling disputes.
  2. Niall McMullan
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    Niall McMullan
    Edwards & Co
    Edwards & Co | Employment
    2025 | Band 3 | 2 Years Ranked
    Niall McMullan is an employment partner at Edwards & Co with experience acting for both employees and employers on contentious and non-contentious matters. His expertise spans unfair dismissal and discrimination claims to TUPE and due diligence of commercial transactions.
  3. Sarah Cochrane
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    Sarah Cochrane
    Carson McDowell
    Carson McDowell | Employment
    2025 | Band 3 | 3 Years Ranked
    Sarah expertly handles complex matters for us and provides her expert knowledge. We value her no-nonsense approach and her ability to translate complex legal matters into plain English.
  4. Shirley Blair
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    Shirley Blair
    A&L Goodbody
    A&L Goodbody | Employment
    2025 | Band 3 | 10 Years Ranked
    Shirley is phenomenally talented at what she does. Her instructions are clear and pragmatic, and delivered in a friendly manner.
  5. Ian McFarland
    Eversheds Sutherland | Employment
    2025 | Band 3
  6. Paul Upson
    Napier Solicitors | Employment
    2025 | Band 3
  7. Rachel Richardson
    DWF | Employment
    2025 | Band 3
  8. Seamus McGranaghan
    O'Reilly Stewart | Employment
    2025 | Band 3
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Up and Coming

  1. Katie Buchanan
    Worthingtons | Employment
    2025 | Up and Coming

Star Associates

  1. Craig Patterson
    Pinsent Masons Belfast LLP
    Pinsent Masons Belfast LLP | Employment
    2025 | Star Associates | 5 Years Ranked
    Craig Patterson is a senior associate in the employment team at Pinsent Masons who is dual-qualified to practise in Northern Ireland and in England and Wales. He advises on both contentious and non-contentious issues, including TUPE matters and redundancy and terminations.

Associates to watch

  1. David Mitchell
    David Mitchell
    Millar McCall Wylie
    Millar McCall Wylie | Employment
    2025 | Associates to watch | 2 Years Ranked
    David Mitchell is an associate in the employment practice with an impressive level of experience in employment litigation, including unfair dismissal and discrimination claims. He has further strength in advising clients on a range of non-contentious matters, including reviewing contracts, policies and commercial agreements.
  2. Kevin Gallagher
    Kevin Gallagher
    Lewis Silkin
    Lewis Silkin | Employment
    2025 | Associates to watch | 4 Years Ranked
    Belfast-based Kevin Gallagher is a senior associate in the employment practice at Lewis Silkin. He handles employment litigation matters for prominent employers and also handles advisory work.
  3. Nathan Campbell
    Cleaver Fulton Rankin
    Cleaver Fulton Rankin | Employment
    2025 | Associates to watch | 3 Years Ranked
    Nathan Campbell is an associate in the employment team with experience spanning the public, private and third sectors. He is capable of advising on a host of contentious and non-contentious matters from drafting and reviewing contracts and policies to senior exits and grievance processes.