Ciara Fulton
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Band 1 : Employment
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About
Provided by Ciara Fulton
Practice Areas
Ciara is a partner in Lewis Silkin’s Employment, Immigration and Reward division based in Belfast where she manages the office and a growing employment team. Ciara is dual qualified, having trained and worked in Dublin before returning to Northern Ireland.
She has significant experience of advising clients on all manner of employment issues including complex disciplinary and grievance issues, bullying and harassment matters, equality matters, including equal pay claims, large scale redundancies and reorganisations as well as sensitive executive severances and enforcing restrictive covenants.
Ciara also advises on TUPE in the context of business transfers, insourcing and outsourcing and provide guidance and support to the HR team through the consultation process and on negotiating warranties and indemnities.
Career
Partner at Tughans for 8 years - 2007-2014
Partner and Head of employment at C & H Jefferson for 3 years - 2015-2017
Partner at DWF for 1 year - 2016-2017
Senior Partner at Jones Cassidy Brett for 4 years - 2017-2021
Partner and head of Belfast office at Lewis Silkin since August 2021
Professional Memberships
Ciara is a member of the Employment Lawyers Group and was the first NI Representative for the Employment Lawyers Association from 2017. She is also a member of Legally Able and a legally qualified chairperson of the Appeals Tribunals NI.
Chambers Review
UK
Ciara Fulton handles TUPE matters and general employment advisory work, as well as disciplinary and grievance issues. She leads the employment team and is head of Lewis Silkin's Belfast office.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ciara is excellent in all regards. She is responsive, brilliant, erudite and reliable. Ciara explains complex legal matters in a sophisticated yet accessible manner."
"Her professional expertise and knowledge coupled with her engaging and supportive approach are fundamental to our organisation's ability to promptly and effectively respond to challenges."
"Ciara is excellent in all regards. She is responsive, brilliant, erudite and reliable. Ciara explains complex legal matters in a sophisticated yet accessible manner."
"Her professional expertise and knowledge coupled with her engaging and supportive approach are fundamental to our organisation's ability to promptly and effectively respond to challenges."
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