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ByrneWallace LLP Offices

ByrneWallace LLP
88 Harcourt Street
Saint Kevin's
DO2 DK18
Ireland
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Ms Lorraine Smyth

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+353 1 691 5619 lsmyth@byrnewallace.com View profile

Work Department

Employment Law

Position

Partner, Employment Law

Career

Lorraine is a Partner in the ByrneWallace LLP Employment Team and joined the firm in 2000 after having worked in the insurance industry for a number of years.

Lorraine has extensive experience in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. She has particular expertise in advising clients on all aspects of change management and business transfers and has advised numerous national and international clients through outsourcing, restructuring, redundancy and collective redundancy processes. She also has represented numerous defence and plaintiff clients in restraint of trade litigation. In additional she has established expertise in the areas of data protection legislation.

Lorraine regularly speaks on employment law issues at seminars and has provided in-house training on employment topics to businesses in diverse sectors of industry. Lorraine was a co-author of the Law Society’s e-book on Employment Law and she has lectured and tutored on the Employment Law Module of the Law Society Professional Practice Course.

Memberships

  • Law Society of Ireland
  • Dublin Solicitors Bar Association

Education

  • Business and Legal Studies degree (BBLS), University College Dublin, 1995
  • Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in 2004

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Employment

The practice at ByrneWallace LLP provides comprehensive coverage across the full range of employment matters, acting for a varied client roster of major domestic and multinational corporations, trade unions and public authorities. Michelle Ní Longáin heads the practice, regularly assisting public bodies with administrative and equality related employment matters. Michael Kennedy is particularly well regarded for handling trade disputes and TUPE-related matters, while Lorraine Smyth assists clients with outsourcing, restructuring and redundancy processes. Other key names of note include immigration expert Emmet Whelan and industrial dispute expert Loughlin Deegan who regularly represents blue-chip clients on contentious and non-contentious matters.

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