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US Business Group

Ireland has succeeded in attracting some of the world’s largest organisations to establish operations here. This includes some of the most advanced and leading companies in the technology, pharmaceutical, biosciences, manufacturing and financial services sectors.

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There are a number of key reasons:

  • Ireland’s low corporate tax rate – corporation tax on trading profits is 12.5% which does not breach EU or OECD harmful tax competition criteria
  • Regulatory, economic and people infrastructure of a highly-developed OECD jurisdiction
  • Benefits of EU membership and the only English–speaking jurisdiction in the euro-zone
  • As a common law jurisdiction, our legal system is similar to that of the US and the UK
  • Provision of a specific tax credit for research and development activity
  • Very limited transfer pricing rules
  • An extensive and expanding double tax treaty network with 46 countries, including the US
  • We traditionally have had a strong, long-standing relationship with the US

Why Matheson Ormsby Prentice?

Consistently recognised as one of Ireland’s leading corporate law firms, Matheson Ormsby Prentice has a long established history in the US, having been the first European law firm to open an office in California in 1996. We are the only Irish law firm to have two offices in the US with a tax partner based in Palo Alto and a senior lawyer in our New York office. We only practice Irish law although a number of our attorneys are admitted, and have practised, in the US with outside law firms and in-house.

Our practice encompasses all aspects of Irish corporate and business law. We provide a comprehensive service to an international client base. We have a leading corporate practice and have significantly the largest tax practice amongst Irish law firms. We are consistently ranked as the leading tax law firm in Ireland by all the leading journals including the International Tax Review. 

Our US Business Group is a leader in its field, advising many leading US corporations and institutions on the legal and tax aspects of doing business in and through Ireland.

We have extensive experience in dealing with the government agencies and authorities which have a role to play in the establishment, taxation and regulation of different types of operations in Ireland. We have advised both the Industrial Development Agency of Ireland (IDA) and the Department of Finance on various matters concerning the legal and tax aspects of Ireland’s inward investment infrastructure. We have also assisted these government agencies in the drafting of appropriate legislation to this end.

We are a full service corporate law firm covering every aspect of corporate, financial and business law. We have the resources to successfully manage and implement transactions according to our client’s requirements thereby helping our clients achieve their business objectives. We are committed to providing clients with advice and assistance of the highest calibre. Our approach in supporting in-house counsel of companies doing business in Ireland, is to ensure accessibility and support at short notice with a particular emphasis on efficient same day response where practicable.  We also have offices in London, New York and Palo Alto, California and the interaction between those offices allows us to service the needs of clients across most major time-zones on a real time basis.

Our dedicated US Business Group and our Irish qualified lawyers in the US co-ordinate all of the firm’s US activities.

Practice Areas

The US Business Group is multi-disciplinary, drawing on the expertise of all relevant practice areas including corporate and commercial law, tax law, competition law, employment law, pensions law, property law, construction law, planning and environmental law, intellectual property and information technology law and banking and financial services law. The Group primarily advises on:

  • Legal and tax aspects of doing business in and through Ireland
  • Legal and tax aspects of restructurings and reorganisation projects involving Irish entities or assets
  • Establishment of operations and related structures in and from Ireland
  • Corporate and Regulatory compliance services for international clients.

What Others Say About Us

“Dynamic and commercially focused" and importantly "ready availability and responsiveness is a constant feature of service".
Chambers Global 2009

 “Excellent firm. If a similar quality were available in all markets, my life would be much easier."
International Law Office, Client Choice Award 2008 - Ireland

“Incredibly responsive.  I wish more of my outside counsel were like them.”
International Law Office, Client Choice Award 2007 - Ireland

“Head and shoulders above the rest and it is still going forward.”
Chambers Global 2007

“Of all the law firms in Dublin, Matheson Ormsby Prentice is the best - merely in dealing with the challenges we face.”
Chambers Client Report, May 2006

“Matheson Ormsby Prentice can always deliver on the big transactions.”
IFLR1000 2006

Contacts

Robert O’Shea E: robert.oshea@mop.ie 
John Ryan E: john.ryan@mop.ie  
Liam Quirke E: liam.quirke@mop.ie  
Pat English E: pat.english@mop.ie  
Mark O’Sullivan E: mark.osullivan@mop.ie
Shane Hogan E: shane.hogan@mop.ie
Alan Connell E: alan.connell@mop.ie
Deirdre Dunne  E: deirdre.dunne@mop.ie