Updated
Updated · Business Eye · Jun 15
A&L Goodbody Names Emma-Jane Flannery Belfast Employment Head After 22 Years in Law
Updated
Updated · Business Eye · Jun 15

A&L Goodbody Names Emma-Jane Flannery Belfast Employment Head After 22 Years in Law

2 articles · Updated · Business Eye · Jun 15

Summary

  • Emma-Jane Flannery has joined A&L Goodbody as head of employment law in Belfast, taking a senior role in the firm’s Northern Ireland practice.
  • Flannery arrives after 4 years as in-house senior legal counsel at a global FMCG company and brings more than 22 years advising domestic and international employers.
  • ALG said she will work alongside employment partner Gareth Walls to expand its eight-lawyer employment team, which the firm describes as the largest specialist team of its size in the local market.
  • Her appointment comes as employers face a fast-changing legal landscape, including the proposed Good Jobs Bill, workplace AI issues and rising data subject access requests.

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