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ByrneWallace LLP Offices

ByrneWallace LLP
88 Harcourt Street
Saint Kevin's
DO2 DK18
Ireland
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Ms Elaine Kelly

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+353 (0)1 691 5661 ekelly@byrnewallace.com View profile

Work Department

Employment Law

Position

Partner, Employment Law

Career

With over 17 years of experience in employment law, Elaine advises across the full spectrum of employment matters in both contentious and non-contentious issues. Elaine has particular expertise in contentious matters and routinely acts as an advocate on behalf of clients. She has significant experience in advising large domestic and national employers in relation to policy transformation and strategically significant matters. She also advises many public sector clients and has a strong understanding of the unique challenges faced by such clients both at strategic and day to day level.

Elaine has particular expertise in the law pertaining to atypical working and has acted in many of the leading reported cases in this area; authored the chapters on atypical working for the Irish Law Society’s textbook on Employment Law and the Law Society’s online Student Manual and lectures for the Law Society Diploma in Employment Law. She also lectures at many external conferences including for Public Affairs Ireland and Legal Island.

Memberships

  • Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
  • Law Society of Ireland
  • Employment Law Association of Ireland

Education

  • LLB, Trinity College Dublin, 1997
  • Higher Diploma in Business Studies, Michael Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin, 1998
  • Qualified Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland, 2003
  • Mediation and Negotiation Skills, the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR)

Lawyer Rankings

Jersey > Banking and finance

The practice at Walkers advises major international banks and private equity houses on a range of financing arrangements, with particular strength in advising both lenders and buyers on real estate transactions. Beyond this, the firm offers assistance with secured, leveraged acquisition and fund finance, restructuring and Sharia-compliant transactions. Nigel Weston leads the team with a practice which spans the full banking and finance spectrum. Alexandra Corner advises on real estate and funds financing, while Jon Le Rossignol specialises in the financing and restructuring of real estate and private equity holding structures. Senior counsel Elaine Kelly supports clients with matters of general senior and mezzanine secured lending, and acquisition and development finance where Jersey structures are involved. Tristan Maultby is noted for his expertise in Islamic and real estate finance. Senior counsel Christine Fox, who joined from Collas Crill in September 2022, advises on cross-border transactions involving JPUTs, while senior associate Melissa Hellio, who arrived in the same month from Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, handles fund financing arrangements.

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