Louise O\'Byrne

Louise is a partner in our Employment Group and is also Head of the firm’s Commercial Group. She has a broad advisory, litigation and transactional practice covering all aspects of employment law both contentious and non-contentious. Louise specialises in helping her clients navigate the complex and evolving regulatory landscape of employment law. She has particular expertise working with clients on crisis management mandates, advising them on their most challenging and reputationally sensitive issues as they navigate their way through a crisis. Louise also has extensive experience in advising on and litigating employment disputes, as well as supporting corporate transactions and outsourcings. Her typical advisory work includes supporting listed and private companies in relation to executive recruitments and terminations, highly sensitive investigations, grievances and disciplinary matters and executive remuneration and incentives. Louise regularly advises of whistleblowing from creating the right speak up culture through to defending injunctions and penalisation claims. Louise is recognised as a leading individual in employment law by Legal 500 and Chambers as well as the International Employment Lawyer (IEL). She is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association of Ireland, the European Employment Lawyers Association and the Employment and Equality Committee of the Law Society of Ireland. She frequently speaks at conferences and seminars on employment law topics and contributes to publications. Louise is a Board Member for Barretstown, a leading Irish charity that offers free, specially designed camps and programmes for children and their families affected by cancer and other serious illnesses. She also sits on the Rotunda Hospital’s Board Governance Committee. The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin is the oldest continually operating maternity hospital in the world, and one of Europe’s busiest. · Arthur Cox LLP