Mary advised on all aspects of the employment relationship from recruitment to termination.
She works with public and private sector clients on contentious and non-contentious employment issues to deliver on the business needs of our clients.
She advises HR, legal and business teams on a multitude of day-to-day and strategic issues such as disciplinary, grievance, performance management, equality, data protection, TUPE and termination of employment matters.
Mary is a strategic advisor to both multinational organisations and leading Irish and UK companies.
She manages both collective and individual redundancies processes to ensure compliance with legislation to include pre-consultation advice, ensuring employee representative engagement, drafting responses to queries raised during the consultation process, troubleshooting issues and drafting severance agreements.
Mary advises HR teams and C-Suite with regards to board and senior employee issues and exits, and assists regulated employers with the reorganisation of regulated roles.
As well as advising in relation to employment law, Mary also supports clients regarding trade unions and industrial relations.
Latest Insights
- Recognised as a “Key Lawyer” in Legal 500
- Legal Island – Mock Adjudication Hearing 2025, 2024, 2023
- Lecturer on Law Society’s Diploma in Employment Law on Age Discrimination – 2018-2020
- Co-author of IEL’s Guide to Workplace investigations
- Member of Law Society of Ireland
- Member of Law Society of Northern Ireland
- 2013 – Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland
- 2014 – Diploma in Employment Law, Law Society of Ireland
- 2007 – Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Northern Ireland
- 2005 -2007 – Certificate in Professional Legal Studies, Queen’s University Belfast
- 2002-2003 – Master of Social Science, Queen’s University Belfast
- 1998-2002 – Bachelor of Business and Legal Studies, University College Dublin