Aisling Byrne > A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP > Belfast, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP Offices
42-46 FOUNTAIN STREET
BELFAST
BT1 5EF
United Kingdom
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Aisling Byrne
Work Department
Position
Partner
Career
Aisling Byrne is partner in A&L Goodbody’s Employment & Incentives group in Belfast and has over 20 years’ experience in advising on employment and equality law. Aisling advises on contentious employment litigation, employment aspects of commercial transactions and procurement.
Aisling is qualified to practice in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and she is a qualified mediator. She also specialises in data protection law and she has both Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) and Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) qualifications.
She regularly delivers training to businesses on GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 and she advises on a broad spectrum of data protection issues including data breaches, data protection impact assessments, data subject access requests and data sharing agreements.
Memberships
- Employment Lawyers Group Northern Ireland – Treasurer
- Employment Law Association UK – NI Steering Committee
- Employment Law Association of Ireland – NI Committee member
- International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) – member
- Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce – Council member
Education
- Trinity College Dublin – LLB
- Queens University Belfast – LLM in Discrimination law
- Queens University Belfast – Mediation qualification
- International Association of Privacy Professionals – Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)
Lawyer Rankings
Northern Ireland > Employment
(Leading individuals)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.
Northern Ireland > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP provides advice and representation to those active at the cutting edge of technology, with experience acting for both domestic start-ups and major multinationals. The team is jointly led by litigator Brendan Fox and Mark Thompson, who specialises in non-contentious matters. Ciaran O’Shiel has experience in defamation, privacy, data protection and content related matters, and Aisling Byrne is a key contact for GDPR compliance. Associates Ronan Marlow and Keith Dunn are names to note.
Lawyer Rankings
- Employment Northern Ireland
- IT and telecoms Northern Ireland > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Leading individuals Northern Ireland > Employment
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms