Mr Ger Connolly > Mason Hayes & Curran LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
BARROW STREET
DUBLIN 4
D04 TR29
Ireland
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Work Department

Employment Law & Benefits Department.

Position

Ger is a partner in Mason Hayes & Curran’s Employment Law & Benefits team. He advises employers in the public and private sector on all employment law and industrial relations issues. Ger acts for clients in various employment claims such as unfair dismissal, equality/discrimination, occupational stress, fixed-term and part-time work, restraint of trade, strikes and picketing.

Ger has extensive experience in advising on all aspects of the termination of employment including redundancy and collective redundancy, unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and constructive dismissal. He provides expert support to the firm’s corporate clients on the various employment law issues arising in the context of mergers and acquisitions. This includes in-depth due diligence exercises, compliance reviews, negotiating employee-related indemnities and warranties and advising on the applicability of the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003.

Memberships

Member of the International Labor Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA); Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA); Member of the Association of Employment Lawyers Ireland (ELAI).

Education

University College Dublin, BCL; University College Dublin, Diploma Employment Law; Member, Law Society of Ireland.

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Employment

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP’s team of employment law specialists advise a wide variety of private and public sector employers across the full gamut of contentious and non-contentious matters. The group routinely represents clients in unfair dismissal, termination of employment, disciplinary proceedings and other employment litigation litigation before the High Court and Workplace Relations Commission. Practice head Melanie Crowley assists clients with workplace issues, drafting bespoke employment contracts and HR policies, with a strong focus the technology sector. Ger Connolly advises clients on a wide range of employment issues, with particular expertise in employment-related immigration and TUPE. Ronnie Neville focuses on restructuring, while Elizabeth Ryan is noted for her employee investigations work.