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:
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- 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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Related Sectors
Related Services
Recent work
To give you a flavour of the diverse nature of our work, a sample of our recent work includes:
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- 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
Key Contacts
Key Contacts
News and insights
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...
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...