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Arthur Cox
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DUBLIN 2
D02 T380
Ireland
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Mr Séamus Given

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Work Department

Employment

Position

Séamus is Head of our Employment Group. He has more than 30 years’ experience in advising on all aspects of employment law and industrial relations law and crisis management issues. 

Career

Séamus commenced his career as an in-house employment lawyer in Telecom Éireann (eir) in 1985 and transferred to Arthur Cox in 1992, becoming a partner in 1995. Séamus advises and represents employers in disputes with employees, ex-employees, applicants for employment and trade unions, including in hearings before the WRC, the Labour Court, the Circuit Court, the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court and the CJEU. He advises on bullying/harassment, grievances, discrimination, disciplinary matters, investigations and on dismissals/redundancies.   A particular area of interest is crisis management issues with an employment or industrial relations dimension and whistleblowing/protected disclosures.

Memberships

CEDR Accredited Mediator; Law Society of Ireland; Employment Lawyers Association of Ireland; Employment Lawyers Association (UK); European Employment Lawyers Association

Education

BCL, 1981, LLM, 1985, University College, Cork; Dip EL, 1987, University College, Dublin, CEDR Accredited Mediator; Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland, 1984.

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Employment

(Hall of Fame)

Séamus Given – 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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