Squire Patton Boggs has hired senior employment lawyer Lisa Shannon to lead and establish its Labour and Employment Practice in Ireland.
Dennis Agnew, managing partner in Ireland, said: “We are delighted to welcome Lisa to the firm. Lisa’s arrival forms part of the strategic expansion of our offering in Ireland, where we’ve added real estate, tax and now employment capabilities to augment our cross-border M&A practice and increase the range of specialist advisory services we provide to our multinational client base.”
Ms. Shannon’s work involves acting for a wide range of domestic and international companies with respect to workplace disputes, disciplinary matters, day-to-day compliance, and mergers and acquisitions, with a particular specialism in employment advice for regulated financial services providers. Ms. Shannon’s recent work highlights include advising the board of a plc on the running of an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing against its CEO, advising on a no-fault termination and associated severance agreement of the CEO of a plc, and advising multiple clients on redundancies or terminations of individuals holding roles regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.
“Lisa is an ambitious, well-regarded lawyer with excellent client management skills and sought-after regulatory experience,” commented Alison Treliving, co-chair of the global Labour & Employment Practice Group. “With our instructions for multijurisdictional projects having doubled over the past year, Lisa will play an important role in expanding our capabilities across Europe, acting for multinational clients on their most complex and challenging mandates.”
“The firm’s comprehensive global platform, its investment in Ireland and its impressive Labour and Employment team drew me to Squire Patton Boggs,” said Ms. Shannon. “I am excited to get started and look forward to developing the firm’s employment law offering in Ireland.”
Since launching in Dublin in May 2023, Squire Patton Boggs’ Ireland team has grown exponentially and moved into expanded premises in Ella House, Merrion Square. The firm appointed Jason O’Donnell to lead its Real Estate practice in Ireland in May, and towards the end of last year André Vermeulen joined to establish its Tax Strategy & Benefits Practice. The firm has been shortlisted as Corporate Law Firm of the Year at the Irish Investor Awards for the past two years.
A recent winner of Investigations Team of the Year at the 2024 International Employment Lawyer Awards, the firm’s global Labour and Employment team has a reputation for its innovative digital tools and services, winning Knowledge Management Innovation of the Year at the 2024 Law.com Legal Innovation Awards. Its award-winning subscription-based product Global Edge and other free digital tools and services are available from the firm’s Global Labor and Employment Resource Hub.