Even the strongest employment practices encounter matters they cannot comfortably handle, whether due to conflicts of interest, the sensitivity of the issue, or the client's need for an independent assessment.

That is where O'Callaghan Advisory steps in.  Chris acts as an external employment adviser to commercial law firms on discrete, high-consequence matters, protecting your broader relationship with your client.

O'Callaghan Advisory is here to support, not compete.  It does not take over mandates, duplicate your team's work, or expand a single instruction into a wider engagement. Your firm remains at the centre of the client relationship.

Chris O'Callaghan accepts a limited number of matters and deals with them personally.

The model is deliberately simple: no competing corporate practice, no large employment team and no expectation that a discrete referral should become a broader engagement.

Just experienced employment law assistance, brought in when the circumstances require it.

• A Conflict Arises: If a key individual has an existing tie to your firm, Chris O'Callaghan can handle the discrete employment issue while you continue to manage their broader legal interests.
• Independence is Key: When a board or General Counsel requires an entirely independent second opinion on litigation strategy or significant risk.
• Separation is Required: For highly sensitive matters that benefit from being managed entirely separate from the principal legal team.
• Matter requires concentrated attention: Your firm may have the resources to manage the matter but not necessarily the need to devote an entire team to a discrete employment issue.
• Mediation: An independent employment mediator for your client. Chris O'Callaghan can be retained as an independent mediator for significant employment disputes, particularly those involving senior executives, directors or sensitive workplace issues.