Knowledge Management at Matheson
Matheson’s Knowledge Management team provides research support and information services for staff and clients, ensuring access to current legal developments and resources. As part of our services we provide legal horizon scanning, current awareness, bespoke research in specialized areas, and information support across the firm’s practice areas. Our Knowledge Hub provides a platform for webinars and podcasts on a range of topics.
Our Head of Knowledge Management is Dr. Irene Lynch Fannon, leading both the Knowledge Team and Professional Support Lawyer ("PSL") Faculty in supporting the firm. The Knowledge team includes Dr. Juliette Casey, Knowledge Management Lawyer, Ruth Fegan, Library and Information Services Manager, Annika Tomson, Knowledge Management Administrator and Laura Hyland, Document Automaton Lawyer.
The KM team works with the PSL Faculty in achieving central firm objectives including:
- Monitoring of Irish and EU legal and regulatory developments;
- Producing client focussed thought leadership and horizon tracking reflecting cross practice collaboration and specialist, sectoral expertise in the firm;
- Strategic management of modern internal know how processes including the smart use of technological solutions;
- Contributing bespoke support in relation to knowledge and knowledge management to Strategic Clients;
- Producing excellent Matheson training supporting Learning and Development at Matheson.
Dr. Irene Lynch Fannon - Head of Knowledge Management
Irene joined Matheson as Head of Knowledge Management from the School of Law at University College Cork where she was a Professor specialising in corporate insolvency and rescue law, and corporate law theory. She is a Solicitor and holds law degrees from University College Dublin, Oxford University and a Doctorate of Juridical Science from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA.
She manages the Knowledge Management ("KM") Team at Matheson which includes Library and Information Services and Legal Research and Training.
Visit Our Knowledge HubThe Professional Support Lawyer Faculty
The Faculty brings together our Professional Support Lawyers ("PSLs") from practice areas across the firm to enhance a firm wide approach to knowledge sharing, collaboration and innovation at Matheson, supporting our lawyers and our clients. The PSL Faculty is comprised of highly qualified and experienced partners, solicitors and barristers who have many years of first-hand experience managing transactions and client relationships, as well as in-house experience working with global organisations. Their considerable expertise in practise and legal knowledge serves to support the provision of quality advice to our clients.