Maura Connolly
Addleshaw GoddardAddleshaw Goddard's employment group assists domestic and foreign clients with a range of individual and collective employment law matters, from day-to-day advice to major corporate transactions to complex employment investigations. The team regularly handles board-level disputes before the Supreme Court, High Court, Labour Court and WRC. Maura Connolly, who specialises in handling contentious and non-contentious employment law aspects, co-heads the practice with David Cantrell, who has vast expertise in assisting multinational employers with immigration issues. Key names within the practice include David Heneghan, who provides support on employment-related immigration matters, and Lorna Osborne, who focuses on pension law matters.
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- ‘Really good advice and support for complex immigration and employment law issues.’
- ‘David Heneghan is exceptional - very good and clear with people whilst also ensuring the quality of the work completed is second to none.’
- ‘Dealing with the team is a pleasure as they make things very easy to understand for the non-legally trained.’
- ‘Maura Connolly is an expert in employment law and commercial decisions. Kate Field was excellent at dealing with a complex issue.’
- ‘The team in Addleshaw Goddard are always very helpful and provides very good employment law advice clearly outlining the potential outcomes with the client.’
- ‘Maura Connolly is extremely helpful and knowledgeable in her field of expertise and will always be available to answer client queries.’
Key clients
- Karshan (Midlands) Limited
- dnata Catering Ireland Limited
- Tifco Group
- Emovis
- Marks & Spencer (Ireland) Ltd
- Welocalize Limited
- SITA
- Colas Teoranta
- Street Sweep Limited
- Dow Chemicals
- Teleperformance
- Danish Embassy
- Canadian Embassy
- Finnish Embassy
- B. Braun Medical Limited
- Q-Park Ireland Limited
- Manulife
- Investec
Work highlights
- Advised Tifco on a number of complex cases, including a sensitive protected disclosure matter relating to their provision of emergency accommodation to refugees under a Government appointed contract.
- Advised Adrian Barbour on a range of disputes, which include claims alleging shareholder oppression, breach of directors’ duties, employment and personal injury matters.
- Represented Karshan (Midlands) Limited, trading as Domino’s Pizza in an appeal to the Supreme Court of the decision of the Court of Appeal on the 'gig economy' relating to delivery drivers.
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Maura Connolly, David Cantrell