Terence advises employers on all aspects of employment, equality and industrial relations law and has extensive experience dealing with employment cases before the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), Labour Court and the courts including employment injunctions and litigation. Terence gives strategic advice to Boards on disputes and issues arising with senior executives. He also carries out reviews and investigations for Boards and delivers Reports. Terence advises on whistleblowing related issues and the application of Protected Disclosures legislation to whistleblowing incidents for organisations. Also, all aspects of the Digital Workplace and its relevance to social media policies and forensic workplace investigations. Terence is a leading commentator on employment law issues and gives the keynote legal overview on all employment law developments in Ireland at the Annual Industrial Relations News (IRN) Conference. He is a CEDR accredited mediator and has participated in mediations and acted as a Mediator.
McCann FitzGerald LLP
McCann FitzGerald LLP represents clients in a wide range of employment related matters, including data privacy, pension and regulatory mandates. Outside of transactional work, the team handles workplace and corporate investigations, regularly appearing before the Labour Court, High Court and WRC in employment disputes. Mary Brassil leads the team, with a focus on employment and industrial relation issues arising from corporate restructurings, cross-border mergers and redundancies. Terence McCrann maintains a strong reputation for conducting workplace investigations and mediations concerning partnership disputes. Donal Hamilton assists with TUPE and disciplinary proceedings, while Stephen Holst is active in contentious matters.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘David McCauley is very responsive and supportive in his approach to supporting us with all legal matters - he works to understand our business to ensure our approach is aligned to any custom & practice.’
- ‘The MCF team have good advice on employment issues. I have never felt that I am not getting solid advice on employment issues.’
- ‘Donal Hamilton is always available to be contacted when industrial relations matters arise, which is important in the cut and thrust of disputes. He is always confident in his advice.’
- ‘This is a strong employment team that has looked after the needs of many of our clients in the Republic of Ireland over many years.’
- ‘Mary Brassil and Stephen Holst are both very prompt, thorough and great with clients.’
- ‘There is a huge depth of knowledge within the practice and great ease of access to professionals within other specialisms to supplement the employment team.’
- ‘The people and office are excellent.’
- ‘The uniqueness of this legal practice's service lies in the blend of expertise, personalised attention and a commitment to achieving the best outcomes for clients.’
Key clients
- Aer Lingus
- Roche Pharmaceuticals
- Boston Scientific
- Merck Sharpe and Dohme
- National Transport Authority
- VHI
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
- Sanofi
- Science Foundation Ireland
- CHC Helicopters
Work highlights
- Advised Boliden Tara Mines on the employment and industrial relations aspects of the high-profile temporary cessation of operations at its facility in Tara.
- Advised Roche on a six day hearing before the Workplace Relations Commission concerning claims of penalisation and unfair dismissal by a former employee under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014.
- Advised Workhuman on the employment law aspects of a high-profile tech-sector collective redundancy process.
Lawyers
Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Next Generation Partners
Stephen is our Managing Partner. Before commencing as Managing Partner, Stephen had many years’ experience as a strategic adviser at the highest level in client organisations, guiding them on the people aspects of their significant corporate transactions, organisational change and most critical disputes. Stephen has specialist skills in whistleblowing and investigations into protected disclosures and white-collar crime. He has significant expertise in the employment and industrial relations aspects of acquisitions, mergers, outsourcings, procurement and restructurings; including on redundancy law, union issues, consultation and TUPE. He is one of the leading experts in the Irish market in whistleblowing investigations, with expertise in the highest level investigations across different industries, economic sectors and different legal issues. Stephen is co-author of the chapter on Ireland in the International Comparative Legal Guide to Employment & Labour Law 2018 published by the Global Legal Group and was educated in UCD and DePaul University in Chicago.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mary Brassil