The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Professional Services 69 - Legal and accounting activities 69.1 - Legal activities 69.1 - Legal activities
125 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 August 2018
Employment effect (start)
1 August 2018
Foreseen end date
Description
Legal firm Fieldfisher has announced that it is to create 125 jobs as it opens new offices in Belfast. The jobs will be in legal and business support services, and it is understood that 10 of the jobs are already in place, though the date by which all the jobs will be filled has not been reported. The jobs are being supported by a GBP 630,000 (€701,000) grant from invest NI. A spokesperson for the development agency commented that it was hoped that these jobs would help to retain graduates from the universities who would have otherwise had to leave Northern Ireland to find suitable employment opportunities.
Sources
Citation
Eurofound (2018), Fieldfisher, Business expansion in United Kingdom, factsheet number 94762, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/94762.
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