Solicitors

Martin McKiernan -

Martin works within the Employment Law team and qualified in Northern Ireland in September 2020, after training with one of the region’s top commercial law firms.

Since qualification, Martin has gained experience in advising a wide variety of clients, across different sectors on a variety of contentious and non-contentious HR and employment law matters.

In March 2025, Martin moved to Dublin and joined the team at Hayes and advises both employers and employees on litigation, transactional and advisory issues.

  • Expertise 
    • Martin has worked in the Employment Law team at Hayes since March 2025.
    • Martin qualified in September 2020 completed his training contract with one of Ireland’s largest law firms.
    • Post qualification, Martin worked at an all-Ireland business advisory practice before working in the employment team at one of Northern Ireland biggest commercial firms.
  • Experience
    • Since qualification, Martin has gained experience in advising a wide variety of clients, across different sectors on issues such as discrimination, unfair dismissal, redundancy projects and company reorganisations.
    • Martin advises on all areas of contentious and non-contentious employment law.
  • Qualifications/Education
    • Certificate of Higher Education | Queen Mary University of London| 2015
    • Law LLB Hons | Ulster University| 2018
    • Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Legal Studies | Queen’s University Belfast | 2020
  • Memberships
    • Employment Lawyers Association of Ireland