Head of employment, Patrick Walshe, was pleased to contribute the Ireland chapter of Multilaw’s “How to Hire and Fire: A Global Guide 2021”. This guide has been put together by international employment law experts from over 55 countries to assist in answering cross-border employment law questions. The Ireland chapter can be viewed on the Multilaw […]

This year marks 10 years since the MUDs Act came into operation.  The MUDs Act introduced a limited statutory regime to manage multi-unit developments and regulate the ownership and management of common areas for the benefit of all residents through an Owners’ Management Company (“OMC”).  An OMC is defined in the Act as “a company […]

Corporate partner Eoghan Doyle was pleased to contribute a practice note to Thomson Reuters Practical Law on structuring and drafting a completion accounts and a locked box mechanism in the context of a share or asset purchase transaction in Ireland. Full practice note available here.   Reproduced from Practical Law with the permission of the […]

As published in The Business Post, June 27 2021. The courts and statutory tribunals tend to take a zero-tolerance approach to any infringement of an employee’s rights in this situation. Maternity leave is very much in the news right now. For the first time in the history of the state, a serving cabinet minister has […]

Partner and head of EU, Competition and State Aid, Ronan Dunne, joined Gavin McLoughlin on Sunday’s Taking Stock show to discuss the latest competition law/antitrust developments concerning Big Tech in the EU and USA. Listen back to Ronan’s interview here.    

Dublin’s energy agency Codema has announced that it will lead a €1.2M project to test and develop a ‘one-stop-shop’ project implementation unit for energy-efficient and renewable energy projects in Dublin. The DeliveREE project (Delivery of Renewable and Energy Efficiency project), which will be funded through the EU Horizon 2020 programme, will support more than €20m […]

Philip Lee is pleased to announce that partner Rachel Minch has been granted a Patent of Precedence by the Government, allowing her to use the title of Senior Counsel. Rachel is one of 29 solicitors who have been appointed as Senior Counsel in Ireland to date, a designation that was traditionally awarded to barristers who […]

Published in The Irish Times Top 1000 Magazine, 11 June 2021. Article by Charlie Taylor. In the latest Irish Times Top 1000 Magazine published today, corporate partners Andrew Tzialli and Eoghan Doyle discuss M&A deal trends following the onset of the Covid crisis. Read the full article here.

Published in The Irish Times, 10 June 2021. Article by Charlie Taylor and Ciara O’Brien. Head of employment, Patrick Walshe, features in The Irish Times commenting on the implications for companies from an employment law perspective following Facebook’s decision to allow employees at its Irish office to work from abroad. To read the full article, […]

Virtual asset service providers (“VASPs”) operating in Ireland are now subject to Ireland’s AML/CFT framework following the commencement of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Act 2021 with all new market entrants required to register with the Central Bank of Ireland (“CBI”) before commencing trade. Existing VASPs were given a grace period […]