The Irish legal market is being significantly reshaped by an unprecedented influx of international operators. So, who are they and what will it mean for the established players?
Niamh O'Mara is the latest senior hire for Johnson Hana, which offers legal services with a twist for its lawyers. The newly appointed COO talks about her new role and why she took a chance on an old-friend she met in the King's Inn.
Pay cuts and slashed bonuses are the order of the day at Ireland's blue-chip law firms. But so is resilience. They survived the last recession. Now they are preparing to weather the uncertain times ahead.
Eavan Saunders cut her teeth as a corporate lawyer in an elite London firm. With global giant Dentons, she plans to disrupt the Irish market by building an A-list practice that delivers for business.
Former Taoiseach John Bruton fears 2020 could be a bruising and divisive year for Europe as Brexit talks gear up again. No matter. He is on a trade mission to champion Ireland as a legal services hub and to exploit the spoils of the UK’s withdrawal.
Ireland, soon to be the largest English speaking, common law country in the EU, has shown a striking degree of indolence in trying to grab a slice of the high-value legal work potentially on offer.
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