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Dorit McCann

Dorit McCann

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Dorit is a Partner in the Competition & Antitrust and Public Procurement teams at Mason Hayes & Curran. Dorit possesses extensive experience advising on all aspects of EU competition and procurement law. She regularly advises clients on the competition law implications of commercial contracts, merger control, antitrust investigations, abuse of a dominant position, compliance and enforcement issues, State aid as well as competition litigation. She also advises clients on state aid matters and the impending Irish foreign direct investment screening regime. In addition, Dorit has an excellent track record of advising public and private sector clients in the public and utilities sectors on a wide range of procurement issues, including advising on procurement strategy and execution, drafting procurement documentation, advising on selection and award criteria, evaluation methodology and scoring matrix, debrief requirements and defending or initiating a legal challenge. Dorit is known for her keen eye for detail and pragmatic and solution-focused advice. She has practised law in England, Northern Ireland and Ireland for 25 years and is used to advising clients on cross-jurisdictional issues. Her experience allows her to draw on the practice in these jurisdictions and to develop strategies and solutions to difficult issues.

Elizabeth Ryan

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Elizabeth (‘Liz’) is a partner in the Employment & Benefits team. She supports employers in both the private and public sectors across a wide range of organisations. Liz has considerable experience in working with employers who are effecting change in the workplace. Liz provides non-contentious employment law advice to clients ranging from the practical application of employment statute to assisting clients in drafting employment contracts and policies. Liz also has considerable experience in acting for clients in contentious employment litigation before employment law fora and civil courts.Liz has advised on complex employee investigations to include those which have been instigated under an employer’s disciplinary, grievance, bullying and harassment and protected disclosures policies.

Ger Connolly

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Ger is a partner in Mason Hayes & Curran's Employment Law & Benefits team. He advises employers in the public and private sector on all employment law and industrial relations issues. Ger acts for clients in various employment claims such as unfair dismissal, equality/discrimination, occupational stress, fixed-term and part-time work, restraint of trade, strikes and picketing. Ger has extensive experience in advising on all aspects of the termination of employment including redundancy and collective redundancy, unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and constructive dismissal. He provides expert support to the firm’s corporate clients on the various employment law issues arising in the context of mergers and acquisitions. This includes in-depth due diligence exercises, compliance reviews, negotiating employee-related indemnities and warranties and advising on the applicability of the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003.

Jamie Fitzmaurice

Jamie Fitzmaurice

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Jamie is a partner in the Real Estate team. He has significant cross border experience and specialises in portfolio acquisitions and dispositions for private equity buyers and REITs. Jamie regularly advises on the buying, selling and financing of large scale multi-family, PRS and BTR developments and has significant experience in forward fund and purchase structures. He is also a member of the our Retail team and has acquired specialist knowledge in landlord and tenant law particularly for prominent multinational and domestic retailers. A commercially intelligent and pragmatic approach are the hall marks of his advice. Translating complex issues into easily digestible advice that make decisions easier for clients is a core part of his practice.

Kevin Power

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Kevin leads the Healthcare and Medical Law team at Mason Hayes & Curran LLP, specialising in healthcare and life sciences law & regulation. He is a former practising medical doctor, which gives him a particular insight into the issues and challenges facing the healthcare sector.He advises a number of Ireland’s major obstetric, general and psychiatric hospitals in both public and private sectors, for the Clinical Indemnity Scheme, and for a number of leading Irish & multinational pharmaceutical, medical device, food companies and laboratories. He has particular expertise in the defence of complex high value clinical negligence cases, advocacy and product liability litigation. Kevin also advises a wide range of clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors on various regulatory issues including advertising, product safety & recall and regulatory enforcement.

Niall Michel

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Niall is a litigation partner in the Public, Regulatory & Investigations team at Mason Hayes & Curran LLP.Amongst other things, he shares his industry-leading experience with clients in the regulatory sphere. A large part of his practice is in the areas of sectoral and professional regulation, professional discipline and judicial review. In particular, he advises clients extensively in the areas of financial services, utilities, aviation and legal services regulation, navigating complex issues, including compliance, regulation, supervision, investigation and enforcement. He advises clients in the proper conduct of investigations and inquiries. This includes guiding clients on the exercise of regulatory powers, the procedures to be followed, and the respective parties’ rights and obligations. Niall is also an expert in information-provision, access and disclosure generally, such as in regulatory and dispute-resolution contexts - including confidentiality and privilege – as well as in Freedom of Information. Niall conducts all related dispute-resolution, as well as being active in judicial review and public procurement litigation generally.

Robert Rooney

Mason Hayes & Curran LLP

Robert's practice includes contentious and non-contentious construction work.  Robert leads on contentious matters in the commercial court as well as arbitration, conciliation and mediation, usually with a construction or public procurement focus.  On the non-contentious side, Robert advises on infrastructure, development and pharmaceutical contracts.  He provides mid-stream advice on high value construction projects, keeping the focus on successful project delivery and avoiding formal dispute resolution processes.  Robert has particular expertise in the Irish Public Works Contracts, having worked with them since their introduction in 2007.