Aoife is Head of Employment, Pensions and Employee Benefits.
Aoife has extensive experience in all aspects of employment law, both contentious and non-contentious.
Aoife provides ongoing support to a range of national and international clients on employment matters and regularly assists clients in developing risk management strategies in respect of employment and litigation issues. She has significant experience in advising on complex and sensitive investigations, employment disputes and negotiating severance arrangements.
Aoife has considerable experience advising employers in respect of unfair dismissal claims, employment injunctions, discrimination claims, redundancy issues, the protection of confidential information, disciplinary investigations and related proceedings. Aoife has also acted in many high-profile employment related disputes involving senior executives and pension and employee benefit related disputes. She regularly represents clients before the Workplace Relations Commission and the courts and has extensive experience of successful mediation and dispute resolution.
Aoife is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences on employment issues. She has had articles published on employment issues in the national and international press and in legal journals.
‘Responsiveness, teamwork, careful work, high-quality. Aoife Bradley has done most of our work.’ Recommended for Employment.
“Aoife is very approachable, understanding and shows empathy at all times. She is super informative and takes a very practical approach.” Recommended for Employment.
“Aoife Bradley is good at delivering measured, balanced input and is great at dealing with difficult matters.” Recommended for Employment.
Recommended for Employment.
Recommended for Employment.
"Aoife Bradley: Very experienced practitioner and regarded very highly in the Irish market for contentious employment and commercial litigation advice. Very client-focused. Consistent advice and follow-up. Very quickly understands the brief ( approachable and a good listener). She is solutions-driven. Her practical approach combined with excellent negotiation skills delivers optimum outcomes for her clients. Best in class service – would highly recommend Aoife and team for employment-related matters."
"She offers practical, sound advice, is an excellent communicator and can break down often complex issues." Recommended for Employment.
"Aoife Bradley and Einde O’Donnell are the finest practitioners I have worked with in 30 years of international business." Recommended for Employment and Pensions and Employee Benefits.
"Solutions-driven, practical and very client-centric." Recommended for Employment.
‘Aoife Bradley is very knowledgeable in all areas of Irish employment law and provides good and responsive advice.’ Recommended for Employment.
Recommended for Pensions and Employee Benefits.
"From a litigation standpoint she is very practical; she drives forward for a result and is able to quickly reach a resolution." Recommended for Employment.
Ranked in the 'Thought Leaders - Global Elite 2019' for Labour, Employment & Benefits
Recommended for Labour, Employment & Benefits
‘Exceptional’ practice head Aoife Bradley is recommended for Employment and Pensions & Employee Benefits
"Her communication is excellent and she is very good with the details." Recommended for Employment.
Recommended for Labour, Employment & Benefits
Recommended for Employment.
"She is always very knowledgeable, and has a good understanding of how the organisation operates and the challenges we face." Recommended for Employment.
Clients say she is "very reassuring and incredibly helpful".
Recommended for her work on adversarial issues, such as senior executive exits. Sources emphasise her client skills and commercial focus.
Aoife Bradley is described as ‘proactive and straight-talking’ and has ‘an excellent grasp of court processes’.
Clients describe her as "available, personable and patient."
She goes beyond what is required to ensure a solid, high-quality job is done.
Recognised as a leading lawyer.
Aoife Bradley is direct, succinct and intelligent. She is a strong litigator with sufficient steel in her to get settlements agreed; she is a realistic negotiator who gets the deal done.
Aoife Bradley gives added value. When you ask for advice she explains it in depth and relates it to case studies.
Recognised as a leading lawyer.
Aoife Bradley is valued by sources as someone “you can talk to in a practical way and with whom you can work out a solution”. Recognised as a Leading Individual for Employment.
She is valued by clients for her thorough approach and talent in court.
Recommended "as a leader in [her] field" for employment.
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