Legal firm William Fry has announced five senior appointments, including two new partners in its litigation & dispute resolution and tax departments and three consultants across its professional development, employment & benefits and real estate departments.
Mary Cooney, who specialises in healthcare law and regulation with particular expertise in the defence of complex clinical negligence cases, the defence of multi-party product liability claims and advising clients on healthcare regulatory compliance, has been appointed as a partner in litigation & dispute resolution.
Anne Tobin, who has over 16 years' experience providing tax advisory services to international financial services companies and who advises on transactions across all financial services sectors including investment management, structured finance, banking and insurance, has been appointed as a partner in William Fry's tax department.
Elsewhere, Sinead Kelly, Ciara McLoughlin, Ruth Sheridan have been appointed as consultants in the professional development, employment & benefits, and real estate departments, respectively.
Kelly has responsibility for the professional development of all William Fry employees, while McLoughlin is experienced in pensions law and advises both employers and trustees on occupational pension schemes, and Sheridan specialises in the acquisition and disposal of commercial property and lease negotiation.
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Owen O'Sullivan, managing partner of William Fry, said the appointments reflected the company's desire to "support female representation across senior levels within the firm."
"I am delighted to announce these new appointments in the firm and wish each of them every success in the next phase of their careers," O'Sullivan said.
"Each of these individuals has earned their progression through demonstrating talent, commitment and collegiality and are go-to advisors for key clients.
"In addition, these promotions reflect our continued desire to support female representation across senior levels within the firm."
William Fry has a staff of 470 people and operates across offices in Dublin, Cork, London, New York, San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
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