Catherine Jane O'Rourke - Senior 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
'Catherine Jane O’Rourke's extensive knowledge, professionalism, and approachable demeanour have made our interactions both pleasant and productive.’