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Liam is highly regarded both nationally and internationally for his legal expertise and for his business acumen. He is consistently ranked by the financial and business press, international legal directories and best practice lists as an influential business leader and one of the leading international tax lawyers in Ireland. Liam Quirke is “a very impressive character who stands out from the crowd. He sees the big picture.”
Chambers Global
“He is extraordinarily responsive, unbelievably diligent and very service orientated.”
Chambers Europe
“Liam Quirke is, almost without exception, praised highly by competitors”.
International Tax Review
Clients consider Liam Quirke to be“one of the finest tax lawyers in Dublin.”
European Legal 500
He is “able to deliver solutions before problems arise”.
Tax Directors Handbook
Expertise
Liam Quirke is the Managing Partner at Matheson Ormsby Prentice.
Liam has been with the firm for nearly 20 years, 14 of them as a partner and seven as Managing Partner. Liam is also the chair of the firm's tax practice which is widely acknowledged as the pre-eminent law firm tax practice in Ireland. He has wide transactional experience advising Fortune 500, FT Global 500 and FT Euro 500 companies and financial institutions doing business in and through Ireland, with a particular emphasis on structured and international finance, banking and financial services taxation, cross-border tax planning, foreign direct investment and transfer pricing controversies. As head of the firm's market leading foreign direct investment practice, he was the driving force behind the establishment and development of the firm's two offices in the United States, in New York and in Silicon Valley.
Liam is a former chairman of the Irish Branch of the International Fiscal Association. He is also a former member of the Irish Prime Minister's Committee on International Banking and Treasury and was at the forefront in the construction of the statutory framework to facilitate international securitisation and repackaging transactions in Ireland. He is a member of the Council of New York University's International Tax Program. Liam is a regular speaker and writer on international tax matters.
Education
University College Dublin
Law Society of Ireland
Institute of Taxation of Ireland
