About Ireland - Commercial
As a commercial lawyer, you have to cover a lot of ground. Today, you might be drawing up agreements for suppliers. Tomorrow, you might be dealing with a query on intellectual property. When you're wearing so many hats, sometimes the real challenge is
simply knowing where to start. Whatever the challenge, Lexis+ Ireland - Commercial is the only place you need to look.
We address commercial contract essentials, entity-specific execution, and offer resources on IP, confidentiality, data protection.
We also provide insights on digital trade, supply, and consumer protection.
Contract
Practice notes and precedents covering contract formation, execution, interpretation and variation in Ireland to help you confidently negotiate, execute and manage robust commercial agreements.
Digital trade
Practical information on the issues and legal considerations arising for businesses trading and operating online including guidance on the legal requirements applicable to websites and online platforms.
Confidential information and intellectual property
An overview of the laws protecting confidential information and trade secrets in Ireland including practical guidance on key issues to consider when negotiating confidentiality agreements.
Key developments and horizon scanning
Our legislation, cases, initiatives and progress trackers keep you up to date with all the latest developments affecting commercial lawyers in Ireland.
Latest Ireland - Commercial News
MLex: Ireland's media regulator, the Coimisiún na Meán, has said the creation of a diverse, creative and trusted media landscape are part of its...
MLex: TikTok owner ByteDance will face a potential fine as soon as next week from Ireland’s Data Protection Commission following an investigation into...
MLex: The new procedure for reaching settlements as part of antitrust probes in Ireland (published today by the Competition and Consumer Protection...
MLex: A legal challenge by Google Ireland against the European Commission over the Digital Services Act’s (DSA) supervisory fee has been issued by the...
MLex: The acquisition of Pelco Holdings by Ard Services, a unit of Circle K, could reduce competition in the retail motor fuel sector, the Irish...
Latest Ireland - Commercial Practice Notes
UK GDPR enforcement by the Information Commissioner’s Office—trackerThis Practice Note tracks enforcement actions in the UK by the UK Information...
EU consumer protection—trackerThis document tracks and summarises key new and upcoming EU legislation (regulations and directives), guidance, and...
Ireland—FDI controlA conversation with Cormac Little SC, partner and head of the Competition & Regulation Unit, at Irish law firm William Fry on key...
Ireland—Commercial horizon scanner 2025This Practice Note provides a summary of the key legal developments that are expected to impact Irish...
The EU Digital Services ActThis Practice Note summarises Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and...
Latest Ireland - Commercial Precedents
This Precedent is a governing law clause, sometimes known as an applicable law clause or a choice of law clause. The governing law clause is...
This Precedent is an agency agreement for use where the principal supplies services and authorises an agent to market and procure orders on behalf of...
This Precedent request for consent to assignment is intended to be used where a commercial contract expressly prohibits assignment, or specifies that...
Ireland—Execution clause—partnership—contractThis Precedent execution clause is for use by a partner on behalf of the partnership when entering into a...
Ireland—Contract cover sheetThis Precedent is a template contract cover sheet to accompany a contract. It is not a legally binding contract document...
Featured Ireland - Commercial content
UK GDPR enforcement by the Information Commissioner’s Office—tracker
UK GDPR enforcement by the Information Commissioner’s Office—trackerThis Practice Note tracks enforcement actions in the UK by the UK Information...
EU consumer protection—tracker
EU consumer protection—trackerThis document tracks and summarises key new and upcoming EU legislation (regulations and directives), guidance, and...
Ireland—Governing law clause
This Precedent is a governing law clause, sometimes known as an applicable law clause or a choice of law clause. The governing law clause is...
Ireland—Sales and marketing agency agreement for services—exclusive—pro-principal
This Precedent is an agency agreement for use where the principal supplies services and authorises an agent to market and procure orders on behalf of...
Ireland—Request for consent to assignment
This Precedent request for consent to assignment is intended to be used where a commercial contract expressly prohibits assignment, or specifies that...
Ireland—Execution clause—partnership—contract
Ireland—Execution clause—partnership—contractThis Precedent execution clause is for use by a partner on behalf of the partnership when entering into a...
Ireland—Contract cover sheet
Ireland—Contract cover sheetThis Precedent is a template contract cover sheet to accompany a contract. It is not a legally binding contract document...
Ireland—Sub-contract agreement
This Precedent sub-contract agreement (also referred to as a back to back agreement) is for use where a contractor party under a main or prime...
Ireland—EU GDPR—2021 standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to third countries—module one—controller to controller
Ireland—EU GDPR—2021 standard contractual clauses (SCCs) for the transfer of personal data to third countries—module one—controller to controllerThis...
Ireland—Execution clause—limited partnership—contract
Ireland—Execution clause—limited partnership—contractIreland—Execution clause—limited partnership—contract—Drafting NotesThese precedent execution...
Ireland—Execution clause—limited partnership—deed
Ireland—Execution clause—limited partnership—deedExecution clause—limited partnership (Ireland)—Deed (drafting notes)These precedent execution clauses...
Ireland—Deed of assignment
Ireland—Deed of assignmentThis Deed is made on [date]PartiesThe parties clause should clearly and unambiguously identify the parties to the agreement....
Ireland—Deed of variation
Ireland—Deed of variationThis Deed is made on [date]PartiesWhen deciding which persons are needed as signatories to this deed, consider if any third...
Ireland—Notice of assignment of contract—from assignee
Ireland—Notice of assignment of contract—from assigneeThis Precedent is a notice to be issued by the assignee to the original contractual counterparty...
Ireland—FDI control
Ireland—FDI controlA conversation with Cormac Little SC, partner and head of the Competition & Regulation Unit, at Irish law firm William Fry on...
Ireland—Commercial horizon scanner 2025
Ireland—Commercial horizon scanner 2025This Practice Note provides a summary of the key legal developments that are expected to impact Irish...
The EU Digital Services Act
The EU Digital Services ActThis Practice Note summarises Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of 19 October 2022 on a Single Market For Digital Services and...
EU Digital Markets Act—progress tracker
EU Digital Markets Act—progress trackerThis Practice Note tracks all developments in relation to Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 of the European Parliament...
Associated legal terms
Chatline
A service which allows more than two persons simultaneously to conduct a telephone conversation with one another and where the persons concerned are normally strangers to each other to begin with.
Dormant Company
A company is dormant when it has no significant accounting transaction.
Whole turnover agreement
A receivables purchase agreement under which all of the client's receivables, present and future, are assigned to the receivables purchaser on the commencement date.
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