The Changing Employment and Pensions Landscape in Ireland: Recent and Upcoming Developments

Catherine is Head of William Fry’s Employment & Benefits team and the current Chair of the Law Soceity of Ireland's Employment and Equality Law Committee.  Catherine has significant experience advising clients in relation to confidentiality, restrictive covenants and severance related matters.  Catherine has acted on behalf of a wide range of commercial clients and also regularly advises senior level executives.

Ciara McLoughlin is a Senior Associate in the Employment and Pensions team. She has a wealth of experience advising trustees and employers on pensions aspects of corporate M&A transactions, carrying out due diligence and advising on potential issues and solutions where pension liabilities may arise.  She advises on the day-to-day management and administration of schemes including: scheme documentation amendments and benefit design, funding arrangements, liability management exercises such as buy-ins, winding up of schemes, GDPR implementation and pension disputes.  She is a Council Member of the APLI and the UK APL and has an understanding of UK pensions law. 

Richard is an Associate in our Employment & Benefits Department having worked in William Fry for over two years before qualifying in 2018. Richard has experience advising clients on a wide range of employment and immigration law issues, including advising on employee contracts and terminations, employment permit applications, working time legislation, protective leave, and grievance and disciplinary proceedings.

Eimear is an Associate in our Employment & Benefits team. Eimear holds a BBL qualification from University College Dublin. Eimear has experience in both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters, including advising on employment aspects of M&A transactions, employee contracts and terminations and advising on a wide range of employment disputes.