Anne O'Connell Solicitors

Anne O’Connell Solicitors, also known as AOC Solicitors, is a leading and award-winning Irish specialist employment law firm. Established in 2017 by Principal, Anne O’Connell, the firm was ranked by The Legal 500 as a ‘Leading Employment Law Firm’ in Ireland in its first year and has been elevated in ranking each year.

The firm offers a full suite of employment law services including advice and representation in respect of all contentious and non-contentious employment related issues, providing a strategic approach to employment law issues focusing on advising clients on the best solution to achieve their objectives while meeting their commercial needs and business requirements. The team is fully focused on what its clients want to achieve.

The firm advises large multi-national companies, semi-state companies, small and start-up businesses. It also advises individual high-level employees facing employment law disputes, particularly executives and directors.

The firm strongly believes in being an accessible and a dependable resource for its clients. AOC Solicitors places a high value on being available 24/7 to avoid claims and therefore offers employer clients an Employment Law Hotline to encourage such clients to contact the firm with issues as they arise. AOC Solicitors prides itself on keeping its clients abreast of all employment law updates, producing a monthly e-Newsletter with the latest legislative amendments, superior court, and relevant WRC/Labour Court decisions.

Anne was honoured to receive the Lawyer ‘Monthly Women in Law 2020 Award for Employment Law’ in Ireland for the second year running. Anne acquired in-depth experience from every angle in employment law through the various firms in which she has practised, and this has given her a high-calibre strategic and practical approach to employment law issues.

Anne is an active member of the Law Society Employment Law Committee and the Employment Law Section of the International Bar Association. Anne lectures and tutors for the Law Society and also speaks extensively at HR and legal conferences on employment law issues. Over the past two decades Anne has built up a well-earned reputation as being a stand-out leader in the field of employment law in Ireland.

Drawing on extensive and dedicated experience in the employment law sphere, the team is well placed and known for representing clients with high levels of quality and passion, proving to be a truly invaluable asset to any client. Ultimately, the success of Anne and the team is down to their stand-out ability to offer clear, up-to-date advice and concise guidance in employment law issues together with their amazing work ethics with results in unrivalled quick turnaround times. The difference between AOC Solicitors and other employment law firms is that the entire team love what they do, becoming invested in clients’ employment law issues which results in an excellent service provided to all their clients.