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Employment

Arthur Cox provides comprehensive employment law advice, covering areas such as gender pay gap reporting, redundancies, crisis management, and employee privacy issues. The team is led by Kevin Langford, who regularly appears before the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court, and the civil courts in employment disputes involving unfair dismissal, discrimination, and occupational stress claims. Séamus Given represents employers in a wide range of disputes with employees, former employees, job applicants, and trade unions. Louise O’Byrne is experienced in contentious employment matters, including claims related to employment injunctions, occupational stress, and issues concerning fixed-term and part-time work.
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  • ‘Séamus Given has been an outstanding adviser to us in this time; his advice is focused, always practical and unfailingly clear in their setting out the potential outcomes of proposed actions, as well as demonstrating a real understanding of our public position as client.'
  • ‘Louise O'Byrne is responsive, highly experienced, knows our business better than we do, assured, fearless yet considered in approach to all matters. First port of call when we have anything troubling to deal with.'
  • 'Daniel Watters is a superb communicator, provides technical pension advice in a timely, concise, straight-forward manner.'
  • ‘The team are very knowledgeable and especially practical. They understand the nuances of being in a corporation, and not everything is black and white. They will offer solutions that fit the company and culture.’
  • ‘I have worked extensively with Declan MacQuillan on employment matters. He is exceptionally relatable, knowledgeable, and provides great commercial advice.’
  • ‘Cian Beecher is a stand out partner. He is pragmatic, while staying cognisant of the parameters that his clients are operating within. He is very good at explaining the practical impact of the legal position and giving a steer on the appropriate course of action. A pleasure to work with.’

Key clients

  • Aer Lingus
  • Blackrock Fund Advisors
  • Greencore
  • Coca-Cola
  • CRH plc
  • Dole Plc
  • Flutter Entertainment
  • Glanbia plc
  • Universities: Dublin City University; Maynooth University; National University of Ireland, Galway; Trinity College Dublin; University College Cork; University College Dublin; University of Limerick
  • Vodafone
  • Wayflyer
  • Greencore

Work highlights

Advising Kerry Group on the first phase of its disposal of Kerry Dairy Holdings (Ireland) Limited to Kerry Co-Operative Creameries Limited.
Advised a US-based investment firm on all employment law aspects of its purchase of the Blanchardstown Centre in Dublin.
Advising Phoenix Tower International on the completion of its acquisition of Cellnex Ireland for approximately €971m.

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Practice head

Kevin Langford

Other key lawyers

Séamus Given; Louise O’Byrne; Cian Beecher; Declan MacQuillan; Daniel Watters