Seven Promotions and Two New Hires bring the number of partners and tax principals to 125
Matheson LLP is delighted to announce the appointment of nine new partners - six female and three male - across seven different practice areas.  The appointments include seven internal promotions, effective from 1 January, as well as the recent arrival of Muireann Hernon from another large Irish law firm and the return to Matheson of Gearóid Murphy from an international law firm in London.

These new appointments will bring the total number of Matheson partners and tax principals to 125.

The newly promoted partners are;

Owen Collins (Energy and Infrastructure)
Aishlinn Gannon (Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution)
Maeve Lochrie (Private Client)
Seóna O'Donnellan (International Business Group)
Sarah O'Meara (Asset Management)
Simon Shinkwin (Competition and Regulation)
Lisa Tait (Finance and Capital Markets)
In addition, Matheson is delighted to have been joined recently by Muireann Hernon who recently joined the firm’s Finance and Capital Markets team from another large Irish law firm, where she had been a partner since 2022.  The Finance and Capital Markets team will also be joined in January by Gearóid Murphy, who will join the firm as a partner from an international law firm in London.

Matheson Managing Partner, Michael Jackson said; “2024 has been another year of significant growth for Matheson, with continued market-leading performances across the firm. Our people strategy is driven by the attraction, engagement and development of the market’s best legal talent.  I am very pleased to see seven of our senior associates being promoted to partner across such a wide range of practice areas.  I am also delighted to welcome the arrival of Muireann and Gearóid to our Finance and Capital Markets team, and I look forward to working with each of them over the coming years.”

This news story was originally published on the firm’s website.