The Role

At McCann FitzGerald, we are a group of committed and passionate people who together create the strength of our firm. We combine world-class legal thinking with a human approach, to create advantage and unlock potential for our clients.

We work collaboratively, bringing the best people and teams together to solve complex issues, seize opportunities, and create better outcomes for clients.

The expectations of our clients, the competitive marketplace and our own ambitions have grown consistently over recent years.  To ensure that we have the right structures in place to support the achievement of our goals we are currently recruiting for an Associate to join our Corporate Group, with a focus on public company (PLC) matters.

The Team advises a significant number of listed Irish PLCs on an ongoing basis and is regularly involved on the most high-profile corporate transactions in Ireland (including advising Abbvie on its $63 billion acquisition of Allergan and WestRock on its $20 billion combination with Smurfit Kappa).

This is an opportunity to grow your career in a firm with a culture of teamwork and mutual support and offers a path to further career progression.

The successful candidate will form part of a high performing team which advises on the full range of corporate transactions and arrangements, but with a particular focus on the following:

Key Responsibilities

  • Public and private M&A.
  • Shareholder activism and disputes.
  • Corporate redomiciliations, reorganisations, schemes of arrangement and restructurings.
  • This role can either be based in Dublin or London.

Requirements

The successful candidate will have:

  • 1-5 years post qualification experience in corporate law, ideally with specific experience in public company work
  • Be qualified as a solicitor in Ireland or another common law jurisdiction
  • An excellent academic background
  • Strong document drafting skills
  • Excellent communication and analytical skills
  • A high degree of commercial awareness
  • Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills; the ability to manage a busy workload and client needs on a consistent basis

Our Offer

  • Competitive salary
  • Excellent bonus potential
  • Hybrid working options
  • Pension and healthcare contributions
  • Life assurance and income protection cover
  • Relocation assistance (for those joining from overseas)
  • A great working environment
  • A lively sports and social club

Applications:

To apply for this role, please email careers@mccannfitzgerald.com with your CV and, for a confidential discussion or for more information, please contact Eimear Power (Recruitment Manager) on +353 1 607 12 92

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The Role

At McCann FitzGerald, we are a group of committed and passionate people who together create the strength of our firm. We combine world-class legal thinking with a human approach, to create advantage and unlock potential for our clients.

We work collaboratively, bringing the best people and teams together to solve complex issues, seize opportunities, and create better outcomes for clients.

The expectations of our clients, the competitive marketplace and our own ambitions have grown consistently over recent years.  To ensure that we have the right structures in place to support the achievement of our goals we are currently recruiting for a Legal Executive to join our pre-eminent Residential Sales Team within our Real Estate Group.

The Group, which is renowned nationally and internationally, advises across the complete spectrum of property-related matters. Our Residential Sales Team acts for developer clients in the sale of new houses and apartments

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

The successful candidate will have:

  • Legal executive registration experience, ideally with a leading or property orientated law firm
  • Experience in dealing with Land Registry dealings
  • A strong interest in residential sales
  • Ability to work autonomously and using own initiative
  • Able to analyse and solve problems
  • Good IT skills and experience working with case management systems
  • Discretion when dealing with confidential information
  • Good interpersonal and communications skills
  • Ability to exercise sound judgement and decision making
  • Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
  • A high level of accuracy and attention to detail
  • A positive attitude and be a team player

Our Offer

  • Competitive salary
  • Hybrid working options
  • Pension contributions
  • Life assurance and income protection cover
  • A great working environment
  • A lively sports and social club

Applications:

To apply for this role, please email careers@mccannfitzgerald.com with your CV and, for a confidential discussion or for more information, please contact Eimear Power (Recruitment Manager) on +353 1 607 12 92

Apply Now

At McCann FitzGerald, we are a group of committed and passionate people who together create the strength of our firm. We combine world-class legal thinking with a human approach, to create advantage and unlock potential for our clients.

We work collaboratively, bringing the best people and teams together to solve complex issues, seize opportunities, and create better outcomes for clients.

We are currently recruiting an Accounts Executive to join our Accounts department. This role will be responsible for ensuring the timely and accurate processing of financial transactions.

Key Areas of Responsibility

  • Updating client and matter records in the practice management system
  • Adjusting and writing off time entries
  • Posting of bills
  • Posting of search and courier fees to the practice management system
  • Posting of disbursement accounts
  • Filing of all Accounts documents e.g. bank statements, cheques etc.
  • Opening and distributing post received by the Accounts department
  • Cover for other Accounts staff during holiday periods etc.
  • Such other duties as may reasonably be required from time to time

Key Requirements

  • Ideally have experience in an accounts function in a professional services environment
  • Be able to work effectively as part of a team
  • Ability to work to deadlines
  • Experience with Excel and Outlook
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Strong numerical skills

Applications

Applications are made through email and should be accompanied by a full curriculum vitae and sent to careers@mccannfitzgerald.com 

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The Role

McCann FitzGerald LLP is one of Ireland’s premier law firms employing approximately 600 people. We provide the highest quality legal advice and representation to Irish and overseas clients. Our clients are principally in the corporate, financial and business sectors and we also advise government entities and many state bodies, pension funds, and educational institutions.

We currently seek to recruit a Receptionist to join our reception team. This is a part-time role, Monday to Friday, afternoon to evening. This role will report to the Front of House Manager

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

The successful candidate will have:

  • Good telephone skills and manner
  • Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively in a professional manner with all levels of the business
  • Strong verbal communication
  • Microsoft Office skills
  • Professional and polished
  • Customer focused
  • Enthusiasm to contribute to team efforts but can also work alongside others
  • Conscientious
  • Works well under pressure
  • Previous experience within a professional services firm or similar would be advantageous

Education

The successful candidate will:

  • Leaving Certificate
  • Receptionist/Secretarial Course or similar

Applications:

Applications are made through email and should be accompanied by a full curriculum vitae and sent to careers@mccannfitzgerald.com

The Role

McCann FitzGerald LLP is one of Ireland’s premier law firms, employing more than 600 people. We provide the highest quality legal advice and representation to Irish and overseas clients. Our clients are principally in the corporate, financial and business 

We are recruiting for an experienced knowledge lawyer to work principally with our Dispute Resolution Group. The successful candidate will work closely with other knowledge lawyers throughout the Firm and will report directly to the Head of the Firm’s Knowledge Team. To the extent consistent with a principal focus on litigation and dispute resolution, the person appointed to this role may also work in other practice areas as the Firm may require.

Key Responsibilities

  • Developing, maintaining and updating the Firm’s template documents and precedents (court-related and otherwise).
  • Monitoring on-going developments in law, regulation and practice relevant to the Firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice.
  • Delivering timely updates and briefings, and undertaking and facilitating training (including workshops, lectures and Law Society-accredited events) to trainees and other practitioners within the Group and within the wider Firm, and to clients, on law, practice and procedure and on relevant legal, practice, procedural and regulatory developments.
  • Contributing to, and supporting the management and development of, the Firm’s overall knowledge resources.
  • Assisting practitioners in researching legal queries that arise and in formulating advice to clients in difficult or complex legal and regulatory matters.
  • Drafting notes and other material for Knowledge Hub, the Firm’s online legal and regulatory current awareness service for practitioners within the Firm and for selected clients.
  • Preparing client briefings and other public-domain publications (such as articles and chapters for books and journals) on relevant topics, to help to maintain a strong market profile for the Firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practice.
  • Leading and contributing to client presentations.
  • Working, as required, on specific knowledge projects related to legal resources, legal research, knowhow and legal education and training.

Your Skills

The successful candidate will have:

  • a minimum of three years post-qualification experience with a particular focus on litigation or other forms of dispute resolution, ideally with a leading Irish or international law firm or in independent practice in the Law Library;
  • strong proficiency in drafting legal materials;
  • a strong technical and academic interest and ability in the highlighted areas;
  • strong interpersonal and communications skills and a keen interest in developing the profile of knowledge services in the relevant practice areas;
  • an ability to exercise sound judgement and decision-making with a proven ability to manage and complete projects;
  • excellent organisational and prioritisation skills;
  • a high level of accuracy and attention to detail;
  • a strong interest in developing, maintaining and sharing (including through training) relevant legal and regulatory knowledge;
  • a strongly positive attitude and will be a good team player;
  • excellent verbal and written communication skills;
  • excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and in a professional manner with all colleagues in the Firm and with clients;
  • excellent problem-solving abilities;
  • excellent time management skills, the ability to manage and prioritise multiple tasks and to meet deadlines on an on-going basis;
  • a high degree of discretion and the ability to work with sensitive and confidential information; and
  • a positive and proactive attitude, a willingness and ability to take ownership and responsibility for the completion of tasks and the ability to take and demonstrate initiative.

Education

The successful candidate will:

  • have an excellent academic background;
  • hold at least a 2.1 honours degree in any discipline; and
  • be qualified as a solicitor or barrister in Ireland, Northern Ireland or England and Wales.

Application

Applications should be accompanied by a full curriculum vitae and emailed to careers@mccannfitzgerald.com

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About the role

Further your career with McCann FitzGerald. We are looking to recruit an experienced executive to work in our tenders and bids team. This role will have responsibility for delivering tenders, bid documents and other supporting collateral to the highest standard across a broad range of legal practice areas.

Recognising that tender responses need to be considered strategically from the outset, this position will work with partners and the Head of Business Development to develop a value proposition suitable for the client in our tender response.

As part of a broader Business Development team, the successful candidate will also contribute to the development and implementation of other client and referral partner strategies, bringing the insights gained from their work on bids and tenders to the process.

The role reports to the Head of Clients & Business Development while working directly with Partners and other members of the wider Clients & Business Development team.

Key Responsibilities 

  • Strategically evaluate each tender with a view to developing with partners and the Head of BD an appropriate value proposition for the client or prospect concerned;
  • Conceptualisation and design of on-brand client proposals that are compelling and visual, bringing our key messages to life;
  • Project manage the various elements of the submission process including communication and coordination of activities across the firm for each submission process;
  • Draft text and other content for inclusion in submission documents - this may be based on existing precedent or require original drafting (note that legal content will be written by our lawyers);
  • Collaborate with our graphic design team to originate visual supports for inclusion;
  • Post-submission, ensure that a full review and learnings from the process take place including the capture of new content and any other market intelligence;
  • Provide input to the development and implementation of other client and referral partner strategies, bringing the insights gained from your work on bids and tenders into the process; and
  • Manage a central content management system.

This role will also assist with the submission process for key legal directories.

Knowledge, Experience & Skills

  • A strategic thinker who understands the critical importance of bids and tenders to the firm and its broader role in client management;
  • 3+ years’ experience in a similar role, ideally but not necessarily in professional services;
  • Strong writing and editing skills to create compelling and clear communications;
  • Solid project management experience and an ability to manage multiple projects to deadline;
  • Ability to work to deadlines, manage multiple projects and deliver under pressure to a high standard;
  • Attention to detail even when working in a fast-paced, demanding environment;
  • Ability to effectively engage with and influence diverse teams of senior individuals;
  • Ability to work on own initiative, proactive and committed to assignment completion and relationship building;
  • Proficiency in MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook) is essential. Experience using Adobe Indesign a bonus;
  • Experience using Microsoft Dynamics or other CRM systems would be beneficial to track proposals.

Education

Educated to primary degree level

Applications

Applications are made through email and should be accompanied by a full curriculum vitae and sent to careers@mccannfitzgerald.com.

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McCann FitzGerald LLP is one of Ireland’s premier law firms employing approximately 600 people. We provide the highest quality, specialist legal advice and representation to Irish and overseas clients. Our clients include those in the corporate, financial and business sectors as well as a range of government entities and state and statutory bodies.

At McCann FitzGerald, we are a group of committed and passionate people who together create the strength of our firm. We combine world-class legal thinking with a human approach, to create advantage and unlock potential for our clients.

McCann FitzGerald LLP’s Employment Law Group is ranked Tier 1 by Legal 500 and advises on the full range of employment, equality and industrial relations law issues. The Group works with senior management and human resources professionals in major employers, advising on the most complex issues in the Irish market and internationally, including whistleblowing, complex investigations, restrictive covenants and team moves, employment litigation, and corporate transactions.

We now seek to recruit a Senior Associate to join the Employment Law Group. This is a unique opportunity to join a team of highly-skilled and experienced advisers in a collegiate and flexible environment and to advise on a wide range of both contentious and non-contentious employment-related matters.

Key Responsibilities

  • Advising on employment contracts, policies and procedures;
  • Advising clients on the full range of HR-related legal queries, including issues such as absence management, performance management, disciplinary and grievance processes, corporate immigration, complaints of bullying and harassment, restructuring and redundancies, restrictive covenants and related litigation, mandatory retirement and termination of employment;
  • Advice on the conduct of investigations including in respect of protected disclosures;
  • Advising on labour-related matters in the context of corporate transactions;
  • Advising clients on the conduct of employment-related litigation before the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court and the civil courts – there will be opportunities for the senior associate to conduct their own advocacy, should they wish to do so;
  • Advising on transfer of undertakings;
  • Preparing and delivering presentations to clients and colleagues on areas of employment law; and
  • Engaging proactively on business development activities.

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

  • 5 + years PQE gained in either Ireland or the UK;
  • Strong experience in all aspects of contentious, advisory and transactional employment law;
  • Excellent interpersonal and communications skills;
  • Ability to exercise sound judgement and decision-making;
  • Ability to multi-task and manage client needs on a consistent basis;
  • A genuine passion for business development;
  • A keen interest in maintaining, developing and sharing relevant legal knowledge; and
  • A positive, ‘team player’ attitude.

Education

The successful candidate will be qualified as a solicitor in Ireland or England & Wales.

Applications

Applications are made through email and should be accompanied by a full curriculum vitae and sent to eimear.power@mccannfitzgerald.com

Apply Now

The Role

McCann FitzGerald is one of Ireland’s premier law firms employing over 600 people. We provide the highest quality legal advice and representation to Irish and overseas clients. Our clients are principally in the corporate, financial and business sectors and we also advise government entities and many state bodies, pension funds, and educational institutions.

We currently seek to recruit an experienced Legal Secretary/PA. The successful incumbent will be responsible for providing secretarial and administrative support to two busy Partners and their teams and to assist them in providing a professional service to the client. In addition, the Legal Secretary/PA may be asked to cover for other secretaries in their teams/groups and to provide relief assistance to any department in the firm. This is a permanent, full time position and we can offer hybrid working for the right person. 

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities for this role include:

  • Creating, amending, preparing legal documents.
  • Schedule meetings and managing calendars.
  • Billing: Drafting narratives from Work In Progress Reports (Aderant Expert) and computing figures. Follow up with relevant Fee Earners to ensure all time is captured. Processing signed off bills with Accounts.
  • Preparing Transaction bills to clients’ specifications.
  • Coordinate events and speaking engagements when required.
  • Administrative support to fee-earners as required, ensuring that documentation and correspondence are produced to a high standard, in accordance with house style and to tight deadlines.
  • Dealing with telephone queries and ensuring that such queries are handled in a professional, courteous and prompt manner.
  • Plan travel, including flights, accommodation and ground transportation.
  • Ensuring electronic and hard copy filing is up to date.
  • Scanning documents to finalise post-closing process on projects.
  • Drafting letters to clients for signing of documents.
  • Other secretarial and administrative tasks and ad hoc projects as requested

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

The successful candidate will have:

  • A minimum of 5 year’s relevant experience.
  • Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills; the ability to manage a busy workload and meet client needs on a consistent basis.
  • Billing process experience; drafting narratives from Work In Progress Reports and computing figures.
  • A very high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Excellent MS Office skills; strong efficiency working with Microsoft Excel.
  • 65+ wpm typing speeds.
  • Strong interpersonal and communications skills.
  • Ability to exercise sound judgement and decision making.
  • Ability to work in pressurised situations.

Education

The successful candidate will have:

  • Secretarial or Legal/Admin course qualification

Applications

Applications are made through email and should be accompanied with full curriculum vitae and sent to Denise.Ohare@McCannFitzGerald.com.