
Louise is a Partner in William Fry’s Employment & Benefits team. She specialises in the employment legal aspects of corporate transactions and in employee share incentives and also has expertise in the applicability of transfer of undertakings law (TUPE). Louise is also particularly experienced in advising on employment issues for clients in the regulated financial services sector as well as assisting multinationals investing in Ireland.
Recent experience of note includes advising:
- Wrike Ireland Limited on various employment legal issues
- An Irish company in a regulated sector on the employment legal implications of breakdown between the CEO and other Board members
- Voxpro on the employment legal aspects of its disposal to TELUS International
- Glanbia Co-operative Society on the employment legal (TUPE) aspects of its acquisition of a 60% interest in Glanbia plc’s Dairy Ireland division
- PWC on the employment legal aspects of its global acquisition of GE’s tax advisory team
- International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) on the treatment of employee share incentives in its €1.4bn acquisition of Aer Lingus Group plc
- Innocoll plc, a Nasdaq-listed company, on the treatment of employee share incentives in its takeover by way of a scheme of arrangement by Gurnet Point
- SCOR Global Life on the employment legal aspects of a group reorganisation
- Athora on the employment legal aspects of its acquisition of Aegon Ireland plc
Ranking & Recommendations
2019 Europe Rising Stars Awards
Louise was awarded "Rising Star Ireland" in the employment law category in the Euromoney Legal Media Group‘s Europe Rising Stars Awards 2019.
2018 Legal 500 EMEA
Louise Harrison is "superb" and "has a sharp legal mind"
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Mar 2023
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Mar 2023
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Mar 2023
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Mar 2023
It is time for the regulated financial services industry in Ireland to take action...

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Feb 2023
On 16 February 2023, the Central Bank published a Dear CEO Letter addressing the C...

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Nov 2022
The William Fry, Preparing For Individual Accountability podcast

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Louise Harrison
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Feb 2021
The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) recently found that an employee was const...

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Louise Harrison
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Dec 2020
As part of our Future of How Ireland Works series, our Employment lawyers discuss ...

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