As published in the Business Post, September 13th 2020. The current situation, where millions of employees are working from home, looks unlikely to change any time soon. So what steps can employers take to plan for this new long-term reality? What a difference a year makes. This time 12 months ago, employers and employees alike […]

2019 Law firm of the Year, Philip Lee, has announced the appointment of Jonathan Kelly as its new managing partner. He takes over the position from Philip Lee, founder of the eponymous firm who will remain as a senior partner in its regulatory, government and infrastructure practices. Established by Philip Lee in 1993 with one […]

We are delighted to be early signatories to the Law Society’s recent Gender Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (GEDI) Charter.  This is very much in keeping with the culture of inclusion that we aspire to as a firm.  The charter signatories will ‘treat all individuals and groups of individuals fairly and equally and no less favourably, […]

As published in The Irish Independent, August 29 2020. OneCoin garnered billions in investment before its leader disappeared. Tanya Sweeney writes about the hunt for the ‘Missing Cryptoqueen’, featuring head of our cryptocurrency and blockchain group, Andrew Tzialli. Article available here.

As published in the Business Post, August 16th 2020. COVID-19 may have dominated the workplace agenda in recent months – but employers in Ireland can’t lose sight of any of the other issues arising in the course of the employer-employee relationship. Of these, one of the most challenging is the subject of retirement age.  We […]

As published in The Sunday Times, June 21st 2020. The programme for government, which was published last week, includes proposals on the right of employees to disconnect from work. Colin Coyle of The Sunday Times discusses, featuring head of employment law, Patrick Walshe. Full article available here.

Managing Partner, Philip Lee, features in the latest edition of Business Plus Magazine, ‘Law Firms Who’s Who’, where he discusses the firm’s recent development and growth. Read more here.

Leading commercial law firms Philip Lee and McEvoy Corporate Law are pleased to announce the merger of both firms. The merger is due to complete over the coming weeks. McEvoy Corporate Law will be part of Philip Lee and will operate from Philip Lee’s head office at 7/8 Wilton Terrace, Dublin 2. The combined firm […]

As published in The Currency, 27 April 2020. Philip Lee knows more than most about working in challenging circumstances. As a young lawyer, he worked in Honduras and Latin America in the late 1980s and early 1990s as Irish firm Fyffes was trying to gain a foothold in the banana market there. At the time, […]

As published in The Irish Times, April 13th 2020. Corporate Partners John Given and Andreas McConnell speak to journalist Eoin Burke-Kennedy on the call for government to make temporary changes to insolvency laws for coronavirus-hit companies. To read the full article, please click here.