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Arthur Cox Offices

Arthur Cox
10 EARLSFORT TERRACE
DUBLIN 2
D02 T380
Ireland
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Ms Louise O'Byrne

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+353 1 920 1185 louise.obyrne@arthurcox.com View profile

Work Department

Employment / Health and Safety

Position

Louise has a broad advisory, litigation and transactional practice covering all aspects of employment law both contentious and non-contentious.

Louise provides commercial and solutions focussed advice to a wide range of clients to include clients in the financial services, manufacturing, retail, technology, energy, pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. Louise advises and represents employers in all types of employment disputes, including unfair dismissal, employment injunctions, occupational stress and bullying claims, transfer of undertakings, fixed-term and part-time work and discrimination claims. She regularly appears for clients in the Workplace Relations Commission, the Circuit Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. Louise has particular expertise in advising on the employment aspects of corporate transactions and outsourcings.

Career

Admitted as Solicitor England and Wales (2010)
Admitted as Solicitor (2010)

Memberships

Chartered Institute of Personnel Development
Employment Lawyers Association of Ireland
European Employment Lawyers Association
Health and Safety Lawyers Association of Ireland
Women’s Executive Network (WXN)

Education

BCL, UCC 2002 – 2005
Diploma in Commercial Litigation, Law Society of Ireland 2007 – 2008
Diploma in Corporate Law and Governance, Law Society of Ireland, 2008 – 2009
Diploma in Employment Law, UCD, 2010 – 2011
CEDR, Accredited Mediator, 2016

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Employment

(Next Generation Partners)

Louise O’Byrne – Arthur Cox

The diverse offering at Arthur Cox routinely provides advice on the full spectrum of employment mandates, including day-to-day HR issues, protected disclosures, whistleblowing and employment litigation. The group acts for a diverse client base of universities and well-known global companies. Practice head Kevin Langford is active in handling unfair dismissal, discrimination and other employment disputes before Labour Courts, civil courts and the Workplace Relations Commission. Séamus Given is noted for his expansive knowledge of crisis management and whistleblowing, and protected disclosures. Employer-trade union relationship expert Cian Beecher and corporate transaction and outsourcing specialist Louise O’Byrne are key names of note within the team.

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