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Strike out for want of prosecution and the balance of justice
Key Contact: Clare Cashin - Partner | Michael Cahill - Senior Associate In the case of Barrett v Traymount Construction Ltd & Others [2022] IEHC 502, the High Court had to consider an application by the first defendant (Traymount Construction Limited – the...

Global warming: the real enemy
Key Contact: Alice Whittaker - Partner | Lev Gantly - Partner | Maeve Delargy - Senior Associate Published in Eolas Magazine, 16 February 2023. Alice Whittaker, Lev Gantly and Maeve Delargy feature in the Offshore Wind Report in the latest Eolas Magazine, discussing...

“The heat is on” – District heating in Ireland
Key Contact: Hugh Cummins - Partner Ireland’s heating sector currently faces major decarbonisation challenges given its reliance on fossil fuels. Swift and decisive action is required if the sector is to meet its share of reductions to achieve the target of halving...

Five female-founded firms selected for new scale-up programme by Endeavor Ireland and Philip Lee LLP
Key Contact: Anna Hickey - Partner | Ita O'Sullivan - Consultant | Mary Hennessy - Senior Associate Five women founded companies have been selected to take part in Endeavor Ireland’s Scale Up Programme for Women Entrepreneurs, supported by Philip Lee. This unique...

Philip Lee Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Life Science Update Q4 2022
Key Contact: Ronan Dunne - Partner | Marie Kinsella - Partner Welcome to the latest update from the Philip Lee Healthcare, Pharmaceutical and Life Science group in respect of the fourth quarter of 2022.This update covers a range of topics: General Regulatory –...

Defective Concrete Products Levy – the ‘concrete information’ you need to know
Key Contact: Angelyn Rowan- Partner In September 2022 the Minister for Finance announced the introduction of a defective concrete products levy (the “Concrete Levy”) as part of Budget 2023. With the signing into law of the Finance Act 2022 on 15 December 2022 (the...

Big role for Ireland as EU takes aim at tech titans
Published in the Irish Examiner, 28 December 2022. Key Contact: Ronan Dunne - Partner The long-running saga that is European Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager’s campaign against Big Tech looks set to ratchet up a notch in 2023. This follows the EU’s...

Ireland’s Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP): Changes on the horizon?
Key Contact: Anna Hickey - Partner | Cian Moriarty - Senior Associate Introduced by the Irish Government in 2012, the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) enables investors from outside the European Economic Area make an investment or donation in Ireland in exchange...

Philip Lee appoints George Kennedy as new corporate partner, bringing the number of M&A partners in the firm to 10
Key Contact: George Kennedy | Andreas McConnell As published on Irishtimes.com, 16 December 2022. Leading M&A legal advisor Philip Lee LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of George Kennedy as a partner in its fast-growing corporate group. George...

EU signals importance of carbon dioxide removals with new draft regulation
Key Contact: Philip Lee - Partner and Executive Chairman | Alice Whittaker - Partner | Lev Gantly On 30 November 2022, the European Commission published its plans for establishing a Carbon Removal Certification Framework (“CRCF”) to quantify, certify and monitor...

The aircraft leasing community and the carbon markets
Key Contact: Lev Gantly - Partner This paper, written in collaboration with Vedder Price, explores how aircraft lessors can engage with the carbon market to support their airline customers with their emission reduction commitments and obligations while also meeting...

Regulation of foreign investment in Ireland
Key Contact: Ronan Dunne - Partner Partner and head of EU and competition, Ronan Dunne, was pleased to contribute a practice note to Thomson Reuters Practical Law setting out the proposed legal regime for governing foreign investment in Ireland once the Screening of...