Corporate Advisory and Governance

We don’t just identify the risk, we create the solution.

We advise companies (from start-ups to established multinationals), government departments, state bodies, the not-for-profit sector and charities on legal and governance matters.

As well as being experienced lawyers, senior members of our corporate group sit on the boards of various organisations including hospitals, charities, state bodies and private businesses. We understand that legal advice must be capable of practical implementation.

Benefiting from the international focus of our business, through our offices (in Dublin, London and San Francisco) and membership of Multilaw, we can provide you with access to the very latest international corporate developments and to thought leaders.

Our solutions strike an appropriate balance between securing stakeholder, investor and regulatory confidence and facilitating commercial objectives and operations. We help board members and senior executives to function efficiently within the applicable legal and regulatory parameters.

Clients seek our advice in the following legal areas:

Directors’ duties and responsibilities
Shareholder rights and actions
Company law and compliance
Company secretarial matters
Board structure
Director governance training
Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies
Ethics in Public Office legislation
Company and shareholder disputes

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Recent Work

To give you a flavour of the diverse nature of our work, a sample of our recent work includes:

Advising FDI clients entering EU on appropriate Irish governance structures
Advising several public sector bodies on the preparation of a Code of Business Conduct, in accordance with the requirements of the Code of Practice for Governance of State Bodies
Advising a hybrid public-private organisation on appropriate measures to secure board compliance with governance policies and legislative non-disclosure requirements
Assisting a government department to carry out a review of governance standards within a sector it regulates and to recommend alternative governance structures
Advising a well-known private company in relation to a shareholder dispute
Provision of full induction and governance training to the board of directors of a private company
Advising a corporate body established by royal charter on its corporate governance obligations
Provision of corporate secretarial assistance to many of our commercial clients