Catherine Jane O'Rourke - Associate
Catherine advises both employers and employees, in relation to contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including contracts of employment, workplace policies, workplace investigations, statutory compliance, redundancies and dismissals.
Catherine also has a background in transactional banking, including acquisition finance, property investment finance and development/construction finance. She has significant experience in both domestic and cross-border SME secured lending with a particular focus on multi-jurisdictional transactions.
Catherine joined the firm as a trainee and qualified as a solicitor in 2016.
Catherine advises both employers and employees, in relation to contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including contracts of employment, workplace policies, workplace investigations, statutory compliance, redundancies and dismissals.
Catherine also has a background in transactional banking, including acquisition finance, property investment finance and development/construction finance. She has significant experience in both domestic and cross-border SME secured lending with a particular focus on multi-jurisdictional transactions.
Catherine joined the firm as a trainee and qualified as a solicitor in 2016.
Experience
- Disciplinary and grievance procedures, internal investigations, suspensions, disciplinary hearings and appeals.
- Statutory compliance including maternity, paternity and parental rights, working time, payment of wages, health and safety, notice periods, equality, fixed-term, part-time and agency workers, data protection and protected disclosures.
- Review and drafting of workplace policies and procedures including employee handbooks, disciplinary procedures, bullying and harassment policies, data protection and privacy notices and whistleblowing policies.
- Termination of employment and redundancy scenarios (including collective redundancies).
- Review and drafting of Contracts of Employment.
- Employment disputes and litigation.
Qualifications/Education
- Business Economics and Social Studies (B.E.S.S.), Trinity College Dublin, 2010
- Postgraduate Diploma in law, Dublin Institute of Technology, 2011
- Professional qualification as a solicitor, Law Society of Ireland, 2016
Memberships
- Member of the Law Society of Ireland
- Member of Dublin Solicitors’ Bar Association
- Council Member of the Irish Commercial Mediation Association
- Member of The Networking Hub
- Member of the Irish Women’s Legal Association
Other
- Tutor on the Law Society of Ireland Professional Practice Course I and Professional Practice Course I and II
- Catherine has also been ranked as a rising star by the IFLR Banking & Finance rankings.
Testimonials
"Solicitor Catherine O’Rourke and Michael Hanley are very professional and capable and provide an excellent level of service. They consistently go above and beyond. They are approachable and helpful in all ways and have an incredible depth of knowledge in their field."
Catherine Jane O’Rourke is absolutely fantastic and we find her highly professional and capable in all our dealings with her. She has been consistently excellent and always goes above and beyond expectations in her work.