Philip Lee, led by George Kennedy and Andreas McConnell, is pleased to have advised on the sale of a majority stake in leading adtech company Snigel Web Services (Snigel) to London based private equity firm, CBPE Capital. Dublin-headquartered Snigel helps online publishers to monetise their website traffic through programmatic advertisement. The investment will support the […]

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 “Act”) we now have a clearer picture of what the Concrete Levy involves. In this article […]

Published in the Irish Examiner, 28 December 2022. 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 recent entry into the forcing of new legislation called the Digital Markets Act, or DMA.  The DMA seeks to […]

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 for a right to reside and work in Ireland for the investor and their immediate family. 2022 saw a significant increase in the number of applications […]

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 specialises in corporate transactions and has extensive experience advising Irish and international clients on M&A, private equity and other investments. Prior to joining […]

Introduction On 30 November 2022, the European Commission published its plans for establishing a Carbon Removal Certification Framework (“CRCF”) to quantify, certify and monitor carbon removals, and outlined how the corresponding governance system will operate.  If approved by the EU Parliament and Member States, the draft regulation establishing a Union certification framework for carbon removals […]

We are delighted to have advised the HSE on a public private partnership for the design, build, finance and maintenance of seven community nursing units across Ireland  (the “CNU PPP Project”) which reached financial close on 7 December 2022. Press release available here. The CNU PPP Project is Ireland’s first public-private partnership for community nursing […]

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 the ESG goals of their stakeholders. The paper sets out the rationale for why lessors should consider this, explains CORSIA, introduces concepts […]

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 Third Country Transactions Bill 2022 is implemented. (Published 14 November 2022). Full practice note available here. Reproduced from […]

Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the UK’s leading supplier of laboratory equipment, chemicals and consumables, has acquired Dublin-based Sparks Lab Supplies, expanding its product and service offering in the Republic of Ireland. Nottingham headquartered SLS has over 30 years of experience supporting the scientific sector and has grown to become the largest independent laboratory supplier in […]