Karen Killalea

Karen is head of Maples and Calder's Employment team in the Maples Group's Dublin office. She has over 18 years’ experience advising clients on all aspects of employment law including contractual matters, sensitive investigations, employee privacy issues, GDPR, gender pay gap preparation, TUPE, HR aspects of corporate re-structuring and asset disposals, industrial relations, working time, equality issues, executive compensation, removal of directors and senior executives and the protection of confidential information. Karen’s recent cases include securing court orders to prevent the theft of confidential information, restraining a team move and defending a High Court challenge to the suspension and investigation of a senior employee. She regularly represents clients before the WRC and the courts and has extensive experience of successful mediation and dispute resolution. · Maples Group

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Head of Maples and Calder's Employment team in the Maples Group's Dublin office with over 18 years of experience. Advises on all aspects of employment law, including contractual matters, sensitive investigations, employee privacy, GDPR, gender pay gap preparation, TUPE, HR aspects of corporate restructuring and asset disposals, industrial relations, working time, equality issues, executive compensation, removal of directors and senior executives, and protection of confidential information. Recent cases include securing court orders to prevent theft of confidential information, restraining a team move, and defending a High Court challenge to a senior employee's suspension and investigation. Regularly represents clients before the WRC and courts, with extensive mediation and dispute resolution experience. Joined Maples Group as Partner and Head of Employment in 2019, previously a partner at a large Irish corporate law firm, and before that worked at Linklaters in Rome. Ranked and recommended by independent legal directories such as The Legal 500 EMEA and Chambers Europe.

Practice areas

Employment LawGDPRData PrivacyEmployee PrivacyGender Pay GapTUPECorporate RestructuringIndustrial RelationsWorking TimeEquality LawExecutive CompensationDirector RemovalConfidential Information ProtectionLitigationMediationDispute Resolution

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Ireland

Maples Group · Karen is head of Maples and Calder's Employment team in the Maples Group's Dublin office. She has over 18 years’ experience advising clients on all aspects of employment law including contractual matters, sensitive investigations, employee privacy issues, GDPR, gender pay gap preparation, TUPE, HR aspects of corporate re-structuring and asset disposals, industrial relations, working time, equality issues, executive compensation, removal of directors and senior executives and the protection of confidential information. Karen’s recent cases include securing court orders to prevent the theft of confidential information, restraining a team move and defending a High Court challenge to the suspension and investigation of a senior employee. She regularly represents clients before the WRC and the courts and has extensive experience of successful mediation and dispute resolution.

Ireland

Expertise

Employment LawContractual mattersSensitive investigationsData privacyGDPRGender pay gap preparationTUPEHR aspects of corporate restructuringAsset disposalsIndustrial relationsWorking timeEquality issuesExecutive compensationRemoval of directors and senior executivesProtection of confidential informationLitigationMediationDispute resolution

Education

LL.M, University of Edinburgh, 1995-1996
LL.B, Trinity College Dublin, 1990-1994
Erasmus, Université de Poitiers, France, 1992-1993

Languages

Italian