The employment and pensions team at Arthur Cox Belfast has a long track record of in providing clients with advice regarding senior terminations, departures, employee relations, and employment-related matters arising from M&A transactions. Practice head Rosemary Lundy has over thirty years of experience in defending clients in employment tribunals and court cases. Chris Fullerton supports Lundy on various litigations, including matters of unfair dismissal, breaches of working time, and unlawful deduction from wages. At the associate level, Madison Bowyer is a key individual to note.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Rosemary Lundy is extremely hands-on and offers exceptional partner engagement.'

  • 'Rosemary Lundy offers genuine empathy, energy and expertise.’

  • ‘Excellent employment law knowledge with a commercial, pragmatic and practical approach when advising on employment queries.’

  • ‘Chris Fullerton provides an exceptional level of quality and service. His legal advice is always pragmatic, practical and always client-centric. Chris is very responsive and always has a very calm demeanour when problem-solving. ’

  • ‘As our company has grown, the matters that have governed our employees and their relationship to the business has taken on new levels of applied practice. We've needed Arthur Cox's experience several times in dealing with small matters to maintain a functioning business.’

  • ‘Chris Fullerton has been fantastic in liaising with HR, operations and external parties to help our company keep within the operating rails. ’

Key clients

  • Workiva UK Limited
  • Commission for Victims & Survivors
  • Azzurri Group
  • Schneider Geospacial Holdings LLC
  • Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA)
  • Diageo plc
  • Americold
  • Orica Limited
  • Sonrai Analytics
  • Musgrave Group

Work highlights

  • Assisted Workiva to set up a hub in Northern Ireland and issue locally based employees with contracts compliant with the law in Northern Ireland.
  • Instructed by CVSNI in June 2023 to defend litigation in this jurisdiction, taken by employees who are members of the NILGOS pension scheme, who considered that they had been discriminated against.
  • Acted for Azzurri in the acquisition of a controlling interest in the Irish fast-casual Mexican restaurant brand Boojum from Renatus Capital Limited.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Lynsey Mallon

Other key lawyers

Chris Fullerton, Rosemary Lundy