Ms Melanie Crowley > Mason Hayes & Curran LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP Offices
BARROW STREET
DUBLIN 4
D04 TR29
Ireland
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Ms Melanie Crowley
Work Department
Employment Law & Benefits
Position
Partner, Head of Employment Law & Benefits
Career
Melanie is a partner and head of the Employment Law & Benefits team at Mason Hayes & Curran LLP. Her diverse practice covers the full range of employment law issues as an advisor to clients on complex non-contentious workplace issues and as an experienced litigator before all employment-related fora.
Melanie is the go-to employment lawyer for some of Ireland’s biggest domestic and multi-national companies and employers including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Salesforce and Accenture.
Melanie has advised many large companies either entering the Irish market for the first time or increasing their market presence and on all matters relating to their workforces, often involving thousands of employees. She has a wide range of experience in everything from complex restructuring to boardroom disputes. Melanie has a significant international profile and is the current Co-Chair of the International Labor and Employment Committee of the American Bar Association. She also sits on the Advisory Board of the American Employment Lawyers Council.
Melanie is the External Examiner in Employment Law for the Law Society of Ireland and she and her team are very heavily involved in the training of solicitors in Ireland on all matters employment law related.
Memberships
Co-Chair of the International Labor Law Subcommittee of the Employment Rights and Responsibilities Section of the ABA; International Labor Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA); American Employment Law Council (AELC); UK European Lawyers Association; Association of Employment Lawyers Ireland (ELAI).
Education
University College Dublin (BBLS) Dip Emp Law.
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Employment
(Leading individuals)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.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- EU and competition
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology
- Insolvency and corporate restructuring
- Insurance
- Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment
- Pensions and employee benefits
- Planning and environment
- Public sector
- Real estate
- Telecoms
- White-collar crime