Ms Johanna Cunningham > A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP > Belfast, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile

A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP
42-46 FOUNTAIN STREET
BELFAST
BT1 5EF
United Kingdom

Work Department

https://www.algoodbody.com/belfast/our-services/employment-incentives-belfast

Position

Associate

Career

Johanna Cunningham is an Associate in A&L Goodbody’s Employment team in Belfast. Johanna advises public and private sector employers on the full spectrum of employment law issues.

In particular, she has comprehensive experience advising on the employment aspects of mergers and acquisitions, day-to-day employee relations issues, redundancy exercises and reorganisations, and defending claims in the Industrial Tribunals and Fair Employment Tribunal. Johanna recently undertook a secondment to CitiGroup Global Markets Limited to assist the Employee Relations team with investigations in respect of grievances and disciplinary matters.

In addition to core employment expertise, she also has a thorough understanding of data protection law and regularly provides advice and training to employers on handling subject access requests, dealing with data breaches and drafting data protection policies.

Johanna delivers bespoke seminars to clients and corporate organisations, including the Chartered Accountants Ulster Society, Invest NI and the Institute of Directors, on a range of employment and data protection matters.

Lawyer Rankings

Northern Ireland > Employment

A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP‘s large team covers the full scope of employment law, including tribunal litigation, TUPE, immigration issues and industrial relations. The group is highly experienced in cross-jurisdictional work, and is regularly active for clients across the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Team lead Gareth Walls has significant expertise advising on employment law in the financial services industry, and is a thought leader on matters such as hybrid working, modern slavery, and ESG. Aisling Byrne, who joined from Cleaver Fulton Rankin in 2021, handles contentious and non-contentious employment matters, and is a key name for data protection. Of counsel Shirley Blair specialises in complex discrimination matters. Rob Tubman and Johanna Cunningham are prominent names at the associate level.