Melanie is a partner and head of our Employment Law & Benefits team. Her diverse practice covers the full range of employment law issues as an advisor to clients on complex non-contentious workplace issues and as an experienced litigator before all employment-related fora.

Melanie is the go-to employment lawyer for some of Ireland’s biggest domestic and multi-national companies and employers including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Salesforce, Synopsys, arvato, Accenture and Western Union.

Melanie has advised many large companies either entering the Irish market for the first time or increasing their market presence and on all matters relating to their workforces, often involving thousands of employees. She assists clients in drafting bespoke employment contracts, agreements and HR policies and procedures. Melanie also provides on-going support to HR managers in relation to the management of day to day disciplinary issues, the handling of employee-related complaints, internal reorganisations and rationalisations, terminations (particularly at senior level) and transfer of undertakings to include large scale outsourcing transactions.

Melanie was recognised as a “Leading Individual” by Who’s Who Legal Labour and Employment 2018. Most notably, Melanie is the only Irish lawyer to be awarded this status.