Since the establishment of the firm in 1988, employment law has been one of the firm’s core services.
Our success is due to the strength of the relationships we develop with our clients, combined with the quality of our lawyers. Our lawyers comprise a strongly motivated team with a practical ‘hands-on’ and commercial approach, which we believe sets us apart. This translates into accessible and decisive input and client focused solutions.
Our team advises domestic and multinational large-scale employers on all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious. We advise on all aspects of employment from recruitment to the termination of the employment relationship. Our employment team also regularly provides support to the firm’s business department in mergers and acquisitions and corporate restructurings.
Our team has acted in a large number of employment disputes involving directors and shareholders and has featured in many contentious employment matters, including litigation related to unfair/wrongful dismissal, redundancy, employment injunctions, restrictive covenants, discrimination, harassment and work-related stress claims.
We act for many prestigious Irish and international clients in all industry sectors and continue to feature in many high-profile employment, pensions and employee benefit matters.
Pensions and Employee Benefits
The firm provides expert advice on all aspects of the law and practice of pensions and employee benefits in Ireland including providing advice on establishing and running pension schemes, advising trustees of pension schemes on the exercise of their discretions and fiduciary duties, designing benefit arrangements and exit mechanisms and establishing share plans that are capable of operating in a global context. In addition, we are well respected in the resolution of all contentious aspects of pensions and employee benefits including acting in pensions and employee benefits related litigation.
For more information on Employment contact Aoife Bradley.
Articles by the Employment, Pensions and Employee Benefits team regularly feature on Legal-Island’s Employment Law Hub.
abradley@lkshields.ie
+ 353 1 637 1583
Recommended for Pensions and Employee Benefits.
‘Excellent client service. Comprehensive coverage of all areas relating to employment law matters. Highly regarded legal practice in Irish market. Very experienced team working in employment and pension issues division.’ Recommended for Employment.
"Their performance is excellent, they always give thorough advice and outline the implications."
"The experience and skills are of the highest quality I have encountered They have huge patience dealing with an often very difficult client and maintaining genuine, firm guidance in extremely challenging conditions. I believe many practices would have underachieved in such circumstances, but LK Shields overachieved." Recommended for Employment and Pensions and Employee Benefits.
"They are very skilled negotiators with a lot of experience; they know how the other side is going to react." Recommended for Employment.
'There is no chance the team will be swayed by ill-informed client demands in return for a quiet life and short term favour – the team always has the long term benefit of the client, not themselves, as the goal.' Recommended for Employment.
Recommended for Pensions and Employee Benefits.
Recommended for Employment. Clients describe the team as "very easy to deal with. We are always given sound advice and very clear support and guidance."
"Established commercial firm with notable strength in transactional, contentious and day-to-day employment issues" Recommended for Employment.
"Excellent at building that trusting rapport from the outset, thereby giving clients the feeling that they are ‘working with the right people" Recommended for Employment.
The ‘very efficient team’ are recommended for Employment.
Recommended for Employment.
Recommended for Employment.
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