Edel has 10 years’ experience advising employers on all aspects of the employment relationship and with respect to equality law, in contentious and non-contentious matters. She handles a multitude of complex and commercially sensitive matters for both international and domestic employers across a variety of sectors. Edel provides practical and commercially focused employment law advice to HR managers and in house counsel to help them navigate through commercially sensitive employment law matters. Edel has been recommended as a “Key Lawyer” by the Legal 500. 

Edel has significant experience advising on employment issues arising from internal investigations and processes, whistleblowing allegations, capability, sickness absence, unfair dismissal claims, corporate restructurings and redundancies. Edel has successfully represented employers before the civil courts and the Workplace Relations Commission and also negotiated a number of high profile exits of senior employees. Edel regularly gives employment law presentations at events and training to clients.

Kate is a Partner in the AG employment law team and part of the wider Disputes Group.  Kate has extensive experience advising employers on all aspects of the employment relationship. This includes both non-contentious and contentious matters.

Kate predominantly advises commercial clients, mainly international organisations, on a full range of employment law issues including workplace investigations, capability issues, unfair dismissal, discrimination, TUPE, senior executive exits, business reorganisation involving redundancy and collective redundancy processes.

Kate has a particular interest in workplace investigations and specifically in advising clients on complex workplace investigations including investigations involving protected disclosures. Kate regularly speaks on employment law topics at firm events and external training events.

Kate is currently advising clients on a number of complex cases involving capability and reasonable accommodation issues.