Barry Walsh | Fieldfisher
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Professional background

Professional background

I have advised a wide range of Irish and multinational corporate, public and institutional clients on all aspects of Irish employment law from recruitment to retirement, including contentious, advisory and transactional work. My clients are spread across a number of industries including technology, media, utilities and professional services. I also advise on industrial relations issues arising from mergers, acquisitions, outsourcing and redundancy situations.

In advising clients, I always seek to communicate the salient issues succinctly and accurately, always offering outcome-focused solutions.

I have lectured and presented widely on employment law issues with bodies such as the Law Society of Ireland, International Bar Association, Employment Law Alliance, Legal Island and CIPD, and have published various articles on HR law issues in mainstream media and specialist publications.

Awards & recognition

Awards & recognition

The Legal 500 - Data Protection, 2018
‘Committed, reliable and practical’, Fieldfisher’s team has ‘a strong ability to consider the business implications’. Tim Van Canneyt is ‘very knowledgeable on complex outsourcing and GDPR’.

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Employment & Immigration
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Navigating the Piecemeal Implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive

07.02.2025
As the deadline for transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive into national law nears, member states are adopting varied approaches to its implementation.Ireland has recently proposed new legislation to implement parts of the Directive, and we may see a trend of piecemeal adoption across the EU. This article explores the implications of such an approach.
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Fieldfisher acts for SigmaRoc on US$1.1bn reverse takeover, £200 million fundraising and re-admission to AIM

23.11.2023
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The EU Whistleblowing Directive: Ireland Q&A

28.11.2022
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Fieldfisher Ireland advises on AFRY acquisition of leading renewable electricity consultancy firm Ionic Consulting.

13.07.2022
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Fieldfisher Ireland supports Sazerac on acquisition of Sligo’s Lough Gill Distillery

29.06.2022
New Orleans-headquartered Sazerac has acquired Irish company Hazelwood Demesne Limited to add Lough Gill Distillery whiskey to its portfolio of world-class beverage products.
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What others say…

The Legal 500 - Data Protection, 2018
‘Committed, reliable and practical’, Fieldfisher’s team has ‘a strong ability to consider the business implications’. Tim Van Canneyt is ‘very knowledgeable on complex outsourcing and GDPR’.