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IRELAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Philip Tully, Emma Doherty, Alice Duffy, Simon Shinkwin and Marie McGinley, Matheson LLP

Matheson LLP is the law firm of choice for interna - tionally focused companies and financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland. Established in 1825 in Dublin, Ireland, Matheson LLP celebrates its 200-year anniversary in 2025. The firm has offices in Dublin, Cork, London, New York, Palo Alto and San Francisco, almost 900 people work across the firm’s six offices, including 127 partners and tax principals

and over 600 legal, tax and digital services profes - sionals. The firm’s expertise is spread across more than 30 practice groups. Its clients include over half of the world’s 50 largest banks, seven of the world’s ten largest asset managers and seven of the top ten global technology brands, and it has advised the ma - jority of the Fortune 100 companies.

Authors

Philip Tully is a partner in Matheson’s tax department and is a member of the firm’s international business group and US business group. He advises multinational corporations doing business in and from Ireland on all

Alice Duffy is a partner in the employment, pensions and benefits group at Matheson, with substantial experience in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. Alice has extensive

aspects of corporate tax. His main focus is on cross-border reorganisations, inward investment projects and cross-border tax transactions, as well as transfer pricing matters and tax disputes. He is a member of the Law Society of Ireland, the Irish Tax Institute and the International Bar Association.

experience providing strategic, practical advice on all aspects of employment law to international and domestic companies, including employee relations issues, contracts, cross-border M&A, redundancies, outsourcings, AI, gender pay gap reporting, fitness and probity, senior executive appointments, diversity and inclusion. She also has substantial WRC and High Court experience, including employment injunctions. Alice is particularly experienced in supporting multi-national companies on international people-related projects including global workforce expansion and restructuring.

Emma Doherty is a corporate partner at Matheson and works with international companies to establish, expand and operate their businesses in Ireland. She advises clients on complex legal issues arising in

Simon Shinkwin is a partner in the competition and regulation group at Matheson. His practice focuses on heavily regulated sectors and clients, particularly on merger control and foreign investment screening,

international transactions involving Irish subsidiaries of foreign companies. She regularly leads group- wide multi-jurisdictional international restructuring projects and provides ongoing corporate advice and strategic counselling to clients. She is a member of the Company Law Review Group, an expert body that advises on the review and development of company law in Ireland. She is also a member of the Law Society of Ireland and the Irish Tax Institute.

behavioural competition issues and sectoral regulation. As part of his regulated sector practice, he advises on regulatory compliance, investigations and all aspects of the product life cycle within the telecommunications, media, technology, life sciences, food and beverage and FMCG sectors.

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