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I advise multinational and UK employers on all aspects of UK and Irish employment law. My clients are mainly from the technology, healthcare and financial and professional services sectors. I helped establish our Dublin office in 2018 and I work closely with colleagues in Dublin and Belfast to provide clients with employment law support across the whole of the UK and the island of Ireland. My practice is often international in its scope, and I regularly advise on the employment law aspects of global acquisitions and multi-jurisdictional restructures. My international retainers enable clients to access expert employment law advice in all of the countries in which they operate. I have also been recognised for many years as a leader in the field of employment law by the main legal directories.

Catherine Hayes

I advise and support employers on how to navigate all aspects of Irish employment law from agency workers to zero hours contracts and everything in between. Having worked in Lewis Silkin's London office for 5 years, I have good experience working across jurisdictions, although I now focus exclusively on Irish employment law from our Dublin office. I have over 10 years' experience in employment law and focus on clients' strategic objectives to achieve commercial and pragmatic solutions. I advise multinational and Irish employers across a broad range of sectors, but with a particular focus on technology, life sciences and retail.

I'm an Employment Partner with the Irish team and have worked as an employment lawyer for 16 years with three years working in-house. I am a graduate of NUI Galway where I obtained a Bachelor of Corporate Law and a post-graduate Bachelor of Law. I hold a Diploma in Employment Law from the Law Society of Ireland and I am also qualified as a mediator with the Mediators' Institute of Ireland. I am qualified to practice in Ireland, England & Wales. I am also a certified Data Protection Practitioner with PDP in Ireland. I work with domestic and multinational employers on managing employment law risk and solving workplace problems across a broad range of sectors including tech, retail, hospitality, media & entertainment, pharma and financial and professional services. I advise on both contentious and non-contentious employment law matters including all aspect of recruitment, employee management, disciplinary and dismissal issues, grievances, investigations, TUPE, a-typical working and employment litigation. I also advice on the employment aspects of commercial deals and have significant experience advising on workplace data and privacy matters. I pride myself on being commercial, practical and helpful and understand from my in-house role how important clear, quick and sensible advice is for clients in terms of the bigger picture. I don't sit on the fence. I am known for giving practical solutions to people issues and helping employers reduce employment law risks. I also regularly provide in-house employment law and data protection training to clients and their teams. I sit on the Employment Law Association of Ireland where I previously held the roles of Chair and Vice Chair.

Aisling Parkinson

I have over 14 years experience in employment law working primarily for large multinational and domestic employers who are headquartered in Ireland and put employment matters at the forefront of their operations. I am a passionate employment lawyer and firmly believe that organisations who invest in their processes and their people reap the most reward. I have experience on both sides of the fence, having spent over a year working in-house on a secondment basis early in my career. I advise on all aspects of employment law, in both contentious and non-contentious matters. This work includes advising on all matters arising out of the employer-employee relationship including employee relations issues, restructuring projects and compliance matters to name but a few. I regularly advise employers in terms of future proofing their organisations in respect of upcoming employment laws at a European and Irish level. I advise clients across a broad range of sectors but most regularly in the leading technology, financial services, professional services and retail & hospitality space.

I am Head of the Dublin office of Lewis Silkin Ireland. I have been since we opened, and have been very proud to bring the Lewis Silkin client experience to Ireland. I have over 20 years of experience in advising employers in the employment law arena, and regularly assist international and domestic clients in defending employment litigation. In my advisory practice, I advise SMT's, in-house counsel and HRD's on internal processes like grievance / disciplinary investigations and procedures, along with general employment / HR matters. I have a particular interest in areas of employment law that are evolving in Ireland, like whistleblowing, gender pay gap reporting and Pay Transparency, and European Works Councils. I am a member and current Chair of the Employment Law Committee in the Law Society of Ireland.

Geraint Tilsley

I am a Corporate Partner based in the Cardiff office, but work with clients throughout the UK and internationally. My practice is focused on private M&A with an emphasis on cross-border transactions, venture capital and private equity. A particular specialism of mine is advising US and EU corporates on inbound UK-centred acquisitions.