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Linda Hynes

Linda Hynes

Work Department

Employment

Position

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.

Career

Trainee solicitor at Landwell Solicitors until 2009. Legal counsel at European Refreshments (part of the Coca-Cola business system) from 2009 - 2011. Senior Associate at Leman Solicitors until 2018 before joining Lewis Silkin as a Managing Associate. Became Partner in 2019.

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