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 an experienced Evening Legal Secretary to join the Firm. This role is open to both part-time and full-time applicants. Core working hours for this role will be 5:00 pm to 12:00am.

The successful candidate will be responsible for providing secretarial and administrative assistance to multiple Partners and to assist them in providing a professional service to the client. 

In addition, the Legal Secretary may be asked to cover for other secretaries in their teams/groups and to provide relief assistance within the firm.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities for this role include:

• Drafting, amending, preparing correspondence and documentation to a high standard, in accordance with house style and to tight deadlines;
• Editing large scale documents;
• Editing and converting PDF documents;
• Running redlines and processing marked-up documents;
• Scheduling documents;
• Dealing with client queries, ensuring they are handled in a professional, courteous and prompt manner;
• Client invoicing – drafting narratives, preparing reports, and tailoring to client specification through e-billing;
• Maintaining and archiving files – hard and soft copy;
• Dictaphone and copy typing;
• Other secretarial, administrative and ad hoc tasks and projects, as requested.
• Experience, Knowledge & Skills

The successful candidate will have:

• A minimum of 2 years relevant work experience;
• Very strong MS Office skills;
• 65+ wpm typing speed;
• A very high level of accuracy and attention to detail;.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills;
• Ability to exercise sound judgement and decision making;
• Ability to work in pressurised situations and across different time zones; and
• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills; the ability to manage a busy workload and meet client needs on a consistent basis.

Education

The successful candidate will have:

• Secretarial or Legal/Admin course qualification or equivalent experience;

Applications

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

Associate – Corporate (M&A)

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 Associate to join our Corporate Group, with a focus on public company 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 clear path to further career progression.

Key Responsibilities

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:

• Public and Private M&A.
• Shareholder activism and disputes.
• Corporate redomiciliations, reorganisations, schemes of arrangement and restructurings.

Experience, Knowledge & Skills

The successful candidate will have:

• Antything from1-4 PQE in corporate law, ideally with specific experience in public company work.
• Strong document drafting skills.
• Proven communication and analytical skills with 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.

Education

• The successful candidate will:
• Have an excellent academic background.
• Be qualified as a solicitor in Ireland or another common law jurisdiction.

Applications

Applications are made through email and should be accompanied by a full curriculum vitae and sent to denise.ohare@mccannfitzgerald.com or for a confidential discussion on the role, please phone Denise O’Hare on 01-607 1227.

We currently seek to recruit an Associate to join our team of experts in the Dispute Resolution & Litigation Group. The Group acts for a broad spectrum of clients, particularly those in the corporate and financial sectors.  We are often the first port of call for major corporates who find themselves in a dispute or who want advice on a matter that might become contentious.  Understanding legal, commercial and reputational risk we devise optimum strategies that focus on the commercial objectives of clients. With significant large-scale legal and technological resources, McCann FitzGerald is a leader in enabling the fast-tracking of complex commercial disputes through Ireland’s Commercial Court, the dominant force in Irish business litigation.

The successful candidate will become part of a group with a high-performance culture of teamwork and mutual support which maintains a balanced mix of public and private sector clients, giving rise to a diverse range of contentious work.

We would welcome applications from those who have 2 years post qualification experience in dispute resolution and litigation.