A&L Goodbody LLP (ALG) has appointed Aisling Muldowney as a partner in its employment group.

She rejoins the firm from Google, where she was employment counsel in the technology firm’s European, Middle East and Africa region for three years.

Muldowney had previously trained with ALG, spending 12 years in its IP/IT and employment teams.

She advises domestic and international clients on all aspects of employment law and specialises in advising clients on 'atypical' workers, such as fixed-term employees, agency workers and contractors.

‘Valuable experience’

ALG’s employment-law practice is led by Duncan Inverarity, alongside partners Michael Doyle, Noeleen Meehan and Bríd Nic Suibhne in Dublin, and Gareth Walls and Aisling Byrne in Belfast.

David Widger (ALG managing partner) said that Muldowney would add valuable experience to the firm’s employment team.

“With increasing regulation and focus on employment conditions and workers' rights, employment law is really important to our clients,” he said, adding that ESG and diversity issues also brought additional challenges for companies.