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William Fry LLP

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William Fry LLP is home to a well-balanced advisory and transactional offering, assisting clients in the construction, financial institutions, healthcare and tech industries. Made up of dedicated employment specialists, the team is particularly well known for its handling of corporate restructuring and employment issues, with emphasis on immigration and workplace health and safety. On the contentious side, the team handles matters involving discrimination, unfair dismissals and terminations for senior executives. Practice head Catherine O’Flynn is known for her focus on equality law aspects, while Alicia Compton has longstanding experience in advising companies in the public, technology and retail sectors. Jeffrey Greene is active on handling restructuring, outsourcing and TUPE matters.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The WF employment team has an impressive practice with leading employment lawyers acting for clients from a range of sectors. They have extensive experience in high-end employment disputes and large-scale transactional matters, advising on a vast range of issues.’
  • ‘Louise Harrison brings a very practical and commercial lens to all of the people issues we have managed with her. She takes the time to understand our business, the way we operate and our culture before providing her advice.’
  • ‘The team is unique in their ability to understand the different aspects of each industry and apply such knowledge to their expert practical advice.’
  • ‘Louise Harrison is really on top of her game, and no matter what issue arises, she will provide solid, thorough, but more importantly practical advice.’
  • ‘Jeffrey Greene - a very practical approach to complex matters. Understand there is a business at the end of the advice.’
  • ‘The William Fry employment group has guided us through unique issues about our blockchain company. Their understanding of our unique business is key.’
  • ‘Nuala Clayton is a godsend and is always available. Her astute advice helped us through various tricky litigation matters. Jeffrey Greene also gives sound advice.’
  • ‘The team led by Louise Harrison provide very commercially focused employment law advice. They provide multiple solutions with robust risk assessments.’

Key clients

  • Innovate Dublin Communities Company Limited By Guarantee
  • Integrity360
  • Corporate Fitness Works Inc
  • P.S.K Tech America, Inc
  • Technopath Manufacturing Limited
  • Laminate Solutions Limited
  • Safefood 360°
  • PIPO Europe Limited (TikTok)
  • Wetherspoons
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Tesco
  • B&Q
  • Nordic Aviation Capital DAC
  • Diageo
  • IDOM
  • NAOS
  • The Irish Times
  • SOLAS, The Further Education and Training Authority
  • Boots Retail (Ireland) Limited
  • Kilsaran Concrete
  • Glanbia Co-Operative Society Limited
  • Valeo Foods (Ireland)
  • Sanofi – Aventis
  • Edwards Lifesciences
  • Smurfit Kappa plc
  • NEC Software Solutions Services
  • Mitsubishi Electric
  • J&E Davy
  • Uniphar
  • Sodexo Limited
  • Fineos
  • DCC plc
  • Mincon plc
  • Sky plc
  • Lionbridge
  • Ogletree Deakins

Work highlights

  • Advised UKG Inc on its acquisition of global payroll provider Immedis (part of the CluneTech Group).
  • Advised CBPE Capital LLP on the Irish law aspects of its acquisition of a majority stake in advertising technology company Snigel Web Services.
  • Advised ConsenSys Software & Services Ireland DAC on complex employment litigation, including a novel judicial review application.

Lawyers

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Alicia Compton
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Alicia Compton is a Partner in William Fry’s Employment & Pensions Department. She advises on employment matters with particular experience in advising on the employment aspects of corporate restructuring, the termination of employment and in relation to employment issues in the public sector. Alicia has written extensively on employment law and is the Practice and Procedure contributor to the Irish Employment Law Journal.
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Catherine O'Flynn
William Fry LLP
Catherine is Head of William Fry’s Employment & Benefits Department. She advises on all contentious and non-contentious employment matters with a particular expertise in equality issues. Catherine also has significant experience advising clients in relation to confidentiality, restrictive covenants and severance related matters. Catherine has acted on behalf of a wide range of commercial clients and also regularly advises senior level executives.
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Jeffrey Greene
William Fry LLP
Jeffrey is a Partner in William Fry's Employment & Benefits Department and advises on all contentious and non-contentious employment law matters.  He specialises in advising public and private sector organisations on the employment law aspects of corporate transactions, restructurings, and outsourcings, with a particular expertise in Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE) matters.   He also advises clients on all aspects of employment, employment equality, and industrial relations law, and has acted for clients before all the Irish courts and employment law forums.  He is heavily involved in the firm's FDI focus as well as with start-up companies.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Catherine O'Flynn

Other key lawyers

Alicia Compton, Louise Harrison, Jeffrey Greene, Nuala Clayton

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