Bird & Bird provides full-service legal support across all areas of employment law, handling contentious and non-contentious matters. The firm advises clients across a variety of sectors, offering guidance on employment issues at a national and international level.

A&L Goodbody LLP offers comprehensive employment law advice, covering areas such as HR investigations, corporate immigration, health and safety matters, and privacy-related issues. The practice is led by Michael Doyle, who has significant experience representing employers in complex disputes before the WRC, Labour Court, and High Court. Duncan Inverarity provides strategic guidance to boardrooms in Ireland and internationally on complex employment and industrial relations matters. Jeffrey Greene advises across the spectrum of work, from corporate transactions and restructurings to day-to-day employment queries and litigation. Noeleen Meehan is particularly noted for advising financial services clients on disciplinary processes, harassment investigations, and outsourcings, while Triona Sugrue specialises in drafting tailored employment contracts, as well as HR policies and procedures.

Anne O'Connell Solicitors is a specialist employment law boutique, providing advice across the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters. The firm is led by Anne O’Connell, who represents a broad client base, including multinationals, semi-state bodies, SMEs, and individual employees, particularly in matters with a high likelihood of becoming contentious. Laura Killelea is a key contact, known for her expertise in drafting employment contracts, managing performance improvement plans, conducting workplace investigations, and handling redundancy procedures.

Arthur Cox provides comprehensive employment law advice, covering areas such as gender pay gap reporting, redundancies, crisis management, and employee privacy issues. The team is led by Kevin Langford, who regularly appears before the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court, and the civil courts in employment disputes involving unfair dismissal, discrimination, and occupational stress claims. Séamus Given represents employers in a wide range of disputes with employees, former employees, job applicants, and trade unions. Louise O’Byrne is experienced in contentious employment matters, including claims related to employment injunctions, occupational stress, and issues concerning fixed-term and part-time work.

Mason Hayes & Curran Professional Services Ltd delivers full-service employment law advice, covering advisory, contentious, and transactional matters. The practice is headed by Melanie Crowley, who works closely with boards, CEOs, HR teams, and in-house legal departments, providing strategic guidance on employment and HR issues, internal restructurings, and day-to-day matters. Ronnie Neville maintains a broad client base, advising across the hospitality, luxury, technology, and financial services sectors. Catherine O’Flynn handles the full range of employment law issues, with particular expertise in equality and age-related matters.

Matheson LLP offers comprehensive employment law support across advisory, contentious, and transactional matters. The practice is led by Bryan Dunne, a trusted adviser to HR, legal, and executive teams in industries such as the financial services, technology, and pharmaceuticals sectors. Geraldine Carr is experienced in managing injunctions and High Court proceedings, as well as representing clients before the Workplace Relations Commission. Ailbhe Dennehy specialises in navigating crisis and change management, including complex collective redundancies, TUPE consultations, and terminations. Russell Rochford advises on a broad range of employment matters, covering both contentious and non-contentious issues, as well as industrial relations and immigration law.

McCann FitzGerald LLP is well regarded for advising on high-profile employment disputes involving senior executives, whistleblowing claims, restrictive covenants, and employee competition issues. The team is led by Mary Brassil, who counsels both public and private sector clients on complex employment and industrial relations matters, workplace investigations, and corporate restructurings. Donal Hamilton has deep experience handling complex and business-critical contentious mandates, while David McCauley has a strong recent track record in senior executive and board-level disputes, as well as equality and whistleblowing issues.

William Fry LLP provides advice on a wide range of complex and contentious employment matters, with strong representation before the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court, and the Superior Courts. The employment team is led by Nuala Clayton, who advises on both contentious and advisory matters, with particular expertise in employment litigation and complex mediations. Louise Harrison is a key contact for handling the employment aspects of corporate transactions, including employee share incentive schemes and issues relating to the application of transfer of undertakings law. Alicia Compton is also a notable figure, known for her expertise in managing complex employment issues across the public, technology, and retail sectors.

Addleshaw Goddard advises both domestic and international clients on a wide range of employment law matters, including day-to-day HR issues, TUPE information, union negotiations, and sensitive workplace investigations. The team is led by Maura Connolly, who has extensive experience in employment law issues arising from commercial transactions, particularly in the context of mergers and acquisitions and transfer of undertakings. David Heneghan heads the corporate immigration team, supporting businesses with strategic employee and executive relocations to Ireland. Lorna Osborne is a key contact for pensions matters, advising employers and trustees on their legal obligations under pension trust arrangements.

Beauchamps LLP provides comprehensive employment law advice, regularly assisting boards, public authorities, and key stakeholders on complex matters such as injunction defence, whistleblowing claims, and urgent industrial relations negotiations. The team is led by Shane Costelloe, who specialises in advising senior leadership on strategic issues, including reputation management, organisational restructurings, governance work, and regulatory engagement. Paul Gough offers end-to-end employment law support, covering everything from recruitment through to termination, and is experienced in handling disciplinary processes, grievances, and workplace disputes.

Byrne Wallace Shields LLP advises on a wide array of complex employment law matters. The team is led by Michelle Ní Longáin, who has particular expertise in freedom of information claims, equality law, and issues relating to whistleblowing and anti-corruption. Michael Kennedy is a key contact for TUPE, trade disputes, post-termination restrictions, and employment injunctions, while Loughlin Deegan is noted for his strong focus on public sector employment law.

DLA Piper Ireland LLP advises a number of key clients on ESG-aligned global employment policies, including diversity and inclusion initiatives and managing legal conflicts between local regulations and global frameworks. The team is led by Ciara McLoughlin, who has broad experience across both contentious and non-contentious employment matters, with particular expertise in high-value, cross-border M&A and large-scale organisational change projects. Orla O’Leary is also a key contact, noted for her work on TUPE matters, outsourcing arrangements, and collective redundancy processes.

RDJ LLP provides full-service employment law advice, covering the entire employment lifecycle from recruitment to termination; the team advises on contractual matters, equality claims, protected disclosures, and health and safety compliance. Jennifer Cashman leads the practice and is frequently seen acting on contentious matters, representing clients before the WRC, Labour Court, and civil courts. David McCarroll has particular expertise in managing and investigating employment-related claims, including defending interim applications in the Circuit Court and representing clients in WRC and Labour Court proceedings under protected disclosures and unfair dismissal legislation.

DAC Beachcroft Dublin advises on the full spectrum of workplace issues, including internal investigations, discrimination claims, absence management, and performance-related matters. The team is led by Sinead Morgan, who has significant expertise in handling employment disputes, particularly those involving grievances, disciplinary actions, and dismissals. Louise Bloomfield is recognised for her work on high-profile employment matters, including advising prominent clients on serious allegations such as systemic harassment and other complex workplace disputes.

Hayes Solicitors LLP regularly advises on a wide range of employment matters, including collective redundancies, TUPE, whistleblowing claims, and outsourcing arrangements. The team is led by Anne Lyne, who specialises in sensitive workplace issues such as bullying, discrimination, and whistleblowing matters. Breda O’Malley is a key contact for complex employment aspects of outsourcings, service provision changes, joint ventures, and mergers. Catherine Jane O’Rourke handles high-value and complex employment litigation, including injunctions and judicial reviews before the High Court, as well as representing clients in the Circuit Court, WRC, and Labour Court in various employee disputes.

Lewis Silkin Ireland LLP offers a comprehensive employment law service, advising on all aspects of workplace issues, collective and industrial relations, and workplace data protection compliance. The team is led by Síobhra Rush, who frequently advises on employment contracts and internal policies, particularly in response to evolving statutory and legal developments, and Linda Hynes, who supports clients across both contentious and non-contentious matters, including recruitment processes, disciplinary issues, and dismissals. Joanne Hyde is also a key figure in the practice, recognised for her deep expertise in the employment law sector.

Whitney Moore is recognised for delivering commercially focused advice across the full spectrum of employment law. The team is led by Emma Richmond, who partners closely with HR professionals and management teams on everyday employment matters such as disciplinary procedures and grievances, as well as more complex issues involving terminations and redundancies. Alongside Richmond is John Lynch, who advises on all aspects of employment law, with additional expertise in regulatory investigations and prosecutions. Kate Dillon is also a key contact, noted for her dual specialism in data protection and employment law.

Eversheds Sutherland bolstered it's practice in late 2025 with the recruitment of Mary Gavin from Ogier. Gavin handles the full spectrum of employment work, with noted experience in investigations, restructuring work and employment litigation, including injunctive relief litigation and judicial reviews.

EY Law Ireland provides employment law advice across a wide range of areas, including TUPE, collective redundancies, and equal pay. The team is led by Deirdre Malone, who supports global multinationals and SMEs on everyday workforce issues, strategic planning work, restructurings, and transactional matters. Aoife Gallagher-Watson is also a key member of the team, with experience advising on disciplinary procedures, senior executive appointments and exits, and contract negotiations.

Fieldfisher advises both senior executives and employers across the full spectrum of employment law, offering support on advisory, transactional, and dispute resolution matters. The team is led by Barry Walsh, who has extensive experience in advising Irish and multinational corporates, public bodies, and institutions on all stages of the employment lifecycle, from recruitment through to retirement, covering both contentious and non-contentious matters, as well as transactional support.

Littler advises on both contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including day-to-day advisory issues, data privacy work, and complex litigation. The team is headed by Niall Pelly, who counsels employers on all aspects of Irish employment law, with particular expertise in complex and business-critical litigation such as whistleblowing claims and High Court employment injunctions.

Holmes O’Malley Sexton LLP delivers a full-service employment law offering, advising on both contentious and non-contentious matters for a diverse client base that includes corporates, state bodies, SMEs, and private sector clients. The team is co-led by Harry Fehily, who has extensive experience assisting commercial clients in navigating complex dispute resolution; Michael Walshe, who advises large corporates, SMEs, and high-net-worth individuals; and Ed Kelly, who represents commercial clients in high-value litigation.

Maples Group provides comprehensive employment law advice, with expertise spanning high-stakes contentious matters, strategic advisory work, and TUPE-related issues. The team is led by Karen Killalea, who advises on a wide range of topics, including employment contracts, gender pay gap reporting, sensitive workplace investigations, and employee privacy concerns. Ciara Ní Longaigh is also a key contact, known for her work on unfair dismissal claims, disciplinary and grievance processes, and bullying allegations.

O'Flynn Exhams advises on a variety of employment law matters, including drafting employee handbooks, handling complaints before the Workplace Relations Commission, and addressing specific day-to-day queries. The team is led by Shane Crossan, whose varied disputes practice includes employment-related litigation. Judith Curtin is a key name, regularly advising public bodies, particularly in the education sector, on employment matters, often intersecting with information and privacy law.

Ogier offers full-service employment law support to both domestic and international clients across a variety of industry sectors. The team is led by Bláthnaid Evans, who advises on a broad range of issues, including workplace restructurings, protected disclosures, gender pay gap compliance, and the drafting of contracts and policies, particularly those related to remote and flexible working arrangements. Mary Gavin is a key contact for contentious matters, regularly defending clients in cases involving discrimination, harassment, unfair dismissal, and whistleblowing claims, as well as advising on senior employee matters and exit strategies.

Philip Lee LLP regularly assists clients with complex internal processes such as workplace investigations and cross-border redundancy exercises. The employment team is led by Patrick Walshe, who frequently represents clients in Workplace Relations Commission proceedings and advises on industrial relations matters, particularly within public sector bodies. Cian Moriarty focuses on immigration mandates, supporting employers in relocating staff to Ireland, while Catriona Walsh provides advice across a wide spectrum of employment law issues, offering support on both contentious and non-contentious matters.

Pinsent Masons LLP provides comprehensive employment law advice to clients across a range of sectors, including the energy, real estate, technology, and financial services spaces. The team is led by Deirdre Lynch, who supports employers throughout the entire employment lifecycle, from hiring to termination. Louise Shaw is a key contact, recognised for her expertise in both employment and immigration law, advising on a broad array of workplace and compliance matters.

BHSM LLP incorporating OBH Partners is a full-service firm offering advice on both contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including contract drafting, workplace investigations, and compliance with employment legislation. The team is led by Richard Lee, who advises employers and employees on all aspects of the employment relationship, including statutory rights, obligations, and entitlements. Leanne Hill, who joined the firm from O'Flynn Exhams in March 2025, is a notable addition to the team.

Comyn Kelleher Tobin LLP advises a diverse client base spanning state bodies, educational institutions, large corporates, and SMEs on a broad range of employment law issues. The team is led by Emily Sexton, who has extensive experience handling unfair dismissal claims, discrimination cases, employment injunctions, and termination matters. Eamon Harrington is also a key contact, regularly advising on employee terminations, disciplinary proceedings, and injunction-related disputes.

Flynn O'Driscoll provides end-to-end employment law support, advising on everything from immigration issues and foreign direct investments to start-ups, employment contracts, and gender pay gap reporting. Caoimhe Heery leads the team and advises on a range of matters, including redundancies, grievance procedures, and the preparation and review of workplace policies. Claire McDermott is experienced in handling severance agreements, disciplinary and grievance issues, and absence management work.

Lavelle Partners LLP provides advice across a wide range of employment matters, including harassment claims, grievance procedures, redundancies, and TUPE. The team is led by Marc Fitzgibbon, who has extensive experience in employment rights, pension law, and handling contentious disputes, as well as mediation proceedings.

Walkers' employment practice is led by Dermot Casserly, who joined the team in early 2025 from DWF. Casserly advises on all aspects of employment law, and is ably supported by fellow recruit Alison Martin, who joined in late 2025.