Lorna Osborne > Addleshaw Goddard > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Addleshaw Goddard‘s employment group assists domestic and foreign clients with a range of individual and collective employment law matters, from day-to-day advice to major corporate transactions to complex employment investigations. The team regularly handles board-level disputes before the Supreme Court, High Court, Labour Court and WRC. Maura Connolly, who specialises in handling contentious and non-contentious employment law aspects, co-heads the practice with David Cantrell, who has vast expertise in assisting multinational employers with immigration issues. Key names within the practice include David Heneghan, who provides support on employment-related immigration matters, and Lorna Osborne, who focuses on pension law matters.

Addleshaw Goddard‘s Dublin office is well versed in handling big-ticket corporate and M&A transactions. The team reports an increase in work from clients in the food sector, and continues to handle a high volume of venture capital investments involving medical devices transactions. Leisure, retail, energy, pharmaceuticals and insurance are also key sector strengths for the department. Deborah Kelly leads the corporate practice and brings extensive experience in advising on life sciences, energy and hospitality matters. John Olden, Leonora Malone and Nicola McGrath are highly regarded practitioners in the department. Lorna Osborne made partner in January 2023.