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, […]

AI company Webio has announced that it has raised €1.5 million in investment in a pre-Series A funding round. Founded in 2016, Webio assists clients in the financial services, insurance and other sectors to communicate with their customers on sensitive subjects such as credit, collections and payments. The company intend the funding to go towards […]

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 […]

Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company and HealthBeacon Limited, a leading developer of smart tools for managing injectable medications at home, have entered into a strategic partnership to provide a smart Injection Care Management System  (ICMS) in the U.S. and Canada under the new brand name Hamilton […]

Published in the Irish Independent, June 6 2021. Article written by Jonathan Keane. Head of cryptocurrency and blockchain, Andrew Tzialli, features in Sunday’s Irish Independent discussing the evolving regulatory landscape in Ireland and the UK for virtual asset service providers. Full article available here. (Behind paywall).

As published in Ireland’s Housing Magazine 2021. An increasingly diverse range of large-scale investors have been moving into Irish social housing at an accelerating pace over the past 24 – 36 months.  It’s perceived to be “a hot space” because of the potential to achieve what are deemed by the market to be attractive long-term […]

Introduction An overview of the recent guidelines published in relation to the Regulation of Commercial Institutional Investment in Housing. As a follow up to our article on the Government’s much publicised changes to stamp duty, we are seeing how the planning code is being shaped to further ringfence residential units for first time buyers.  Whilst every […]

As part of Blockchain Ireland Week 2021, Andrew Tzialli will be participating in a virtual panel discussion on the emergence of real estate tokenisation. Andrew will be addressing the legal considerations. Also speaking will be Brian Elders and Alexander Rapatz (Black Manta Capital Partners), Mahesh Harilela (LABS Group), Peter Augustin (Tigris Property) and Pete Townsend […]