International law firm Maples and Calder (Ireland) LLP, the Maples Group's law firm in Ireland, has announced the appointment of 19 lawyers across all levels within the firm following a period of exceptional growth and activity.
Notably, five senior lawyers were appointed to Partner and Of Counsel positions while 14 trainee lawyers who recently qualified with the firm will be elevated to Associate roles this month.
Richard O'Donoghue (Funds & Investment Management) has been promoted to Partner while Una Killeen (Finance), Rory Beasley (Finance) and Richard O'Mahony (Funds & Investment Management) have been promoted to Of Counsel positions.
These promotions follow the recent appointment of Stephen Gardiner (Finance) who joined the firm in February as a Partner from another domestic law firm.
Speaking on the appointments, Ireland Managing Partner, Peter Stapleton said: “I congratulate Richard, Una, Rory and Richard on their much-deserved success and welcome Stephen to the Maples Group.
“Over the past 20 years ago, the firm has developed an award-winning leadership team through such internal promotions and recruiting the best talent in the market.
“I would also note the success of our Early Careers Programmes which strengthens the depth of expertise across the practices in our Dublin office and supports the firm’s succession planning”.
He continued: “In the last ten years alone, the firm has grown by 35% and I am very proud to say that we now have nearly 250 lawyers and professionals working across our wide range of practice groups with a further 280 professionals in our fund and fiduciary services team.
“These latest appointments strengthen our ability to consistently deliver high-quality and innovative services to our domestic and international clients”.
In Ireland, the Maples Group provides full-service Irish legal services to domestic and international clients in addition to fund and fiduciary services and with over 500 employees.
The firm has grown to become the second-largest office within the Group.
Being part of a global organisation with 15 offices worldwide offers the firm’s lawyers the opportunity to work with international clients on projects of scale in Ireland but also the chance to work in North America, the Caribbean, Europe or Asia, while progressing within the Maples Group.
Photo: Stephen Gardiner, Richard O'Mahony, Una Killeen, Peter Stapleton (managing partner), Richard O'Donoghue and Rory Beasley.
