Mr Marc Fitzgibbon > Lavelle Partners > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile
Lavelle Partners Offices
ST JAMES' HOUSE
ADELAIDE ROAD
DUBLIN 2
Ireland
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Mr Marc Fitzgibbon
Work Department
Employment; Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner, Head of Employment
Career
Marc is a Senior Partner and Head of the Lavelle Partners Employment Team. He has over 30 years’ experience in advising clients in both private and commercial disputes. His areas of expertise include the employment, financial, healthcare, property, insurance and construction sectors. Marc has a proven record of successful dispute resolution in the courts, the Workplace Relations Commission and other specialist tribunals and commissions.
Marc is an employment law expert and has considerable experience advising both employers and employees across a wide range of areas including; wrongful & unfair dismissal, redundancies, business acquisitions, transfer of undertakings, service agreements, collective redundancies, redundancy packages, discrimination, bullying and harassment and stress at work.
He is an experienced practitioner at the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court and represents both employers and employees in the wide range of employment forums. Marc is experienced in negotiating exit arrangements and severance packages for high earning executives and is a CEDR qualified Mediator with extensive mediation experience.
Industry Recognition
Marc is ranked in Band 2 in the Chambers and Partners Europe Guide 2024 for Employment: Mainly Plaintiff.
Recent Experience
- Advising financial institutions in relation to the employment law issues encountered in responding to the Covid-19 emergency. This includes pay cuts, lay off, short-time, redundancy and the application of the temporary wage subsidy scheme.
- Acting for a group of over 40 retirees who engaged in High Court litigation against their former employer in relation to pension entitlements.
- Advising employer in relation to application of Transfer of Undertakings Regulation 2003 (TUPE) on the merger of two leading auto industry entities in Ireland and subsequent post-merger collective redundancies of approximately 70 employees.
- Acting for substantial transport and logistics company in relation to a High Court injunction seeking restraining orders and damages against a former shareholder/director and employee for breach of restrictive covenants in establishing completing business.
- Advising significant UK based charity in relation to exit by way of redundancy of a senior employee – National Director, Ireland.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Law Society of Ireland
- European Lawyers Association
- Law Society of Ireland’s Employment & Equality Law Committee
- Employment Law Association of Ireland
- European Employment Lawyers Association
- Consulegis
Education
- LLB (TCD), 1984
- Diploma in Legal Studies (College of Commerce, Rathmines), 1985
- Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland, Law Society, 1986
- Qualified Mediator (CEDR), 2006
- Diploma in Employment Law, Law Society, 2009
- Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors (England & Wales), 2010
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Employment
Lavelle Partners handles the full spectrum of employment law matters, including employment contracts, HR operations, disciplinary processes and unfair dismissal claims. The team has sector-specific experience in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries, with a focus on protected disclosures. Marc Fitzgibbon heads the team, advising domestic and global clients on employment rights and pension law, while Nikita Kelly is an expert in equality, bullying and harassment claims.