Retail and Leisure
About the Group
Our Retail and Leisure Group is a unique concept. We have built a team around the expertise of dedicated lawyers who act for, and advise, a wide range of clients across the retail and leisure sectors. Matheson Ormsby Prentice has more than 30 years local and international experience in the retail and leisure area. In this time, we have worked with and acted for some of Ireland’s leading blue-chip retail and leisure brands. Our unique integrated service is a one-stop shop designed to cater for every aspect of your business.
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We provide advice on all relevant areas of the law, including:
- Advertising/Marketing/Branding
- Commercial Property
- Consumer Law
- Corporate/Mergers and Acquisitions
- Dispute Resolution and Commercial Litigation
- Employment
- Environmental Law
- Franchising
- Hotels and Leisure
- Insurance/Risk Minimisation
- Intellectual Property
- Liquor Licensing
- Planning Law
- Promotions/Competitions
- Tax
Representative Transactions
- represented a major retailer in the first unregistered design case in the fashion industry to be heard in Europe
- successfully represented a major retailer in a shopping centre case involving service charge issues
- advised in relation to a potential dispute between two large corporations over a comparative advertising campaign
- advised in relation to the acquisition of Arnotts Department Store Group and is providing ongoing legal advice to the successful purchaser
- advising a major UK Department Store in relation to the establishment of their first Irish store. We are also giving ongoing advice on all legal issues arising, including adapting documentation / contracts / websites and promotions to meet Irish legal requirements
- we provide a full range of legal services for a number of department stores with multiple branches countrywide including Dunnes Stores and the Brown Thomas Group and Arnotts
- advising numerous UK chain stores in relation to the establishment of their Irish operations. In addition to advising in relation to property acquisitions, we also provide ongoing advice on all operational issues such as employment law, litigation, consumer law, intellectual property and advertising and branding
- providing a dedicated licensing service to the franchisees of the "Carry-Out" off-licence chain
- advising numerous UK plcs in relation to the establishment of their Irish operations and providing ongoing operational advice
- a major UK hotel chain has retained Matheson Ormsby Prentice to provide advice in relation to a number of their Irish properties and on a number of key issues, including franchising
- a large UK leisure group wishing to establish leisure centres in Ireland made us their number one choice for legal advice. Post set-up, we continue to advise them on operational issues
deliver a broad range of commercial advice to a major fast-food chain, with particular emphasis on franchising - successfully invoked the ICANN procedure for an Irish department store in respect of a domain name dispute and achieved the return of a domain name from a cyber-squatter
a number of leading UK and Irish manufacturers regularly consult us in relation to product promotions, competitions and instant wins in the Irish market - we are employed by one of Ireland's largest independent off-licence and pub chains. In addition to licensing new outlets we advise on renewal of licences, legislative compliance and staff training
- a full liquor licensing advisory service is provided to one of Ireland's largest retailers, which operates countrywide
- consulted on an ongoing basis by a large number of manufacturers and brand owners in relation to trademark issues and infringement of brands and logos
- acted in many of the landmark intellectual property cases in the Irish courts and we continue to advise domestic and international bodies on all aspects of intellectual property