"A broad range of talent and wide knowledge base, and provides excellent client service."
Chambers Global 2011
Our International Business Group provides a full range of Irish corporate law advice and services to overseas clients doing business in Ireland. The Group is comprised of dedicated lawyers within the Corporate Department whose primary focus is advising international clients on the Irish corporate law aspects of doing business in and through Ireland. We also work with many international law firms on the complex legal issues that arise in cross-border re-organisations and integration projects. The lawyers in the Group bring diverse backgrounds and experience in international legal and business matters and have the practical as well as the legal experience to provide solution driven advice and guidance to our clients. In addition we perform a client relationship role for many of the firm’s international clients by coordinating the provision of their legal needs with other parts of the firm. We also have a dedicated company secretarial team for multinational clients.
We are committed to providing overseas clients with advice and assistance of the highest calibre. Our approach is to ensure accessibility, advice and support at short notice with a particular emphasis on efficient response times. Our clients include leading foreign corporations across a range of sectors (from information technology to life sciences), institutions and government agencies.
The Group primarily advises on:
- Intra-group restructuring projects
- Re-organisations
- Pre and post acquisition integrations and spin off transactions
- Cash repatriation strategies, dividend planning and procedures
- Inward Investment, establishment of operations and related structures in and from Ireland
- Commercial Contracts
- General corporate governance advice on Irish board practices and procedures
- Corporate compliance and company secretarial services for international clients
Matheson Ormsby Prentice "sets the benchmark for standards in Ireland".
Corporate and Commercial: European Legal 500 2011
This firm attracts high-profile clients with complex business needs. The group has close links with US multinationals. Sources say: "It has a broad range of talent and wide knowledge base, and provides excellent client service."
Corporate/M&A: Chambers Global 2011
Matheson Ormsby Prentice is a major player in the international arena, fielding a dedicated seven-lawyer international business group that acts for many US corporations in particular, in a range of industry sectors. In addition, the M&A group is able to draw on the firm's market-leading tax practice in order to best structure complex transactions. Sources say: "It is an outstanding law firm with some first-class corporate lawyers and a great book of clients." "The group is incredibly creative, responsive and attentive."
Corporate: Chambers Europe 2010
Matheson Ormsby Prentice attracts praise for "energy and dynamism"
Corporate and Commercial: European Legal 500 2010
"Ready availability and responsiveness is a constant feature of service".
Corporate and Commercial: European Legal 500 2009
Commentators label this outfit "absolutely 10 out of 10 – full of enthusiastic people who look at the whole picture and are willing to work late nights and weekends." The international business group continues to bring benefits to the wider team, generating a large amount of inward investment work. Interviewees referred to the lawyers’ "good grasp of the corporate environment and excellent technical expertise," further highlighting the "excellent continuity between every group."
Corporate / M&A: Chambers Global and Chambers Europe 2009
"Very commercially orientated" and "very good response times".
Corporate/M&A: IFLR1000 2009
This "good all-round" firm’s strategy of targeting international corporates and inward investment clients is paying off with some spectacular instructions. "The team shows great flexibility, will go to the nth degree to win and is willing to put resources into the issues that matter to us."
Corporate / M&A: Chambers Global 2008
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