About Ireland - Corporate
Today, you’re advising an entrepreneur on a new start up. Tomorrow, you might be facilitating a fundraising on the financial markets. Whatever the challenge, Lexis+ Ireland - Corporate is the place to start.
Our resources cover Limited Liability
Company obligations and directors under Companies Acts, offering guidance for compliance, EU regulations, and execution methods with practical tools.
Company incorporation and constitution
Practice notes and precedents covering key aspects of setting up a private company limited by shares, including guidance on company and business names, trading disclosures and registered office.
Share capital
Guidance on the allotment and issue of shares, the maintenance of a company’s share capital and the rights that attach to different classes of shares.
Company directors
A range of precedents to assist practitioners on issues ranging from declarations of interests in a transaction and resolving directors’ conflicts through to removal of a director and written resolutions of directors.
Mergers & Acquisitions
Core content for practitioners dealing with public or private mergers and acquisitions, including practice notes and precedents.
Topics We Cover
Latest Ireland - Corporate News
EU Law Analysis: On 26 February 2025, the Commission published the first of its omnibus simplification packages containing a proposal to substantially...
Ireland-Corporate analysis: This article, written by Ciaran Flynn, Head of Governance and Consulting Services, and Emma Hickey, Associate Director,...
Ireland—Commercial & Corporate analysis: This article, written by A&L Goodbody’s EU, Competition & Procurement Team, notes that in a line of recent...
Law360: Ireland's corporate tax receipts in the near term may see a boost after a pharmaceutical group front-loaded exports to the US ahead of...
Ireland—Corporate analysis: This article, was written by A&L Goodbody LLP’s Disputes Team. On 24 July 2025, in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis...
Latest Ireland - Corporate Practice Notes
The table lists completed European Commission phase I merger investigations since 13 June 2013.For information on ongoing Commission merger...
The below tracks live European Commission merger investigations.For information on completed investigations see EU phase I mergers—closed cases...
This Practice Note provides a summary of the recent key legal developments that are expected to impact Irish corporate lawyers during 2026 and...
This Practice Note is a horizon scanner tracking key future developments in the field of corporate law in Ireland. It provides details of key dates...
This resource kit contains a list of the key practical guidance available across Lexis+® UK that deals with artificial intelligence (AI). It is laid...
Latest Ireland - Corporate 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...
RegistrationIn order for the summary approval procedure (SAP) to be valid, a copy of this declaration must be submitted to the Companies Registration...
This Precedent is a sample resignation letter for a director resigning from a private company limited by shares, registered in Ireland.The...
To: The Directors[insert company name][insert company address]Written resolutionsThis Precedent sets out a number of specimen written resolutions of...
Ireland—Letter—consent to act as a directorThis is a precedent consent to act as a director letter from an individual to the company secretary or...
Featured Ireland - Corporate content
Ireland—Designated activity company (DAC)
Ireland—Designated activity company (DAC)What is a designated activity company?A designated activity company (DAC) is provided for by Part 16 of the...
Ireland—Public limited company (PLC)
Ireland—Public limited company (PLC)What is a public company limited by shares?A public company limited by shares (PLC) is a legal entity which is...
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—Written resolutions (sole director)
This precedent provides a simple template for the sole director of a private company limited by shares to pass one or more written resolutions.The...
Ireland—Counterparts clause
Ireland—Counterparts clauseCounterpartsA counterparts clause is a common boilerplate clause which provides that the parties to an agreement may...
Ireland—Company capital and its maintenance
Ireland—Company capital and its maintenanceA company’s capital means the sum of share capital and undenominated capital. A company’s share capital...
Ireland—Letter—resignation from directorship—private company limited by shares
This Precedent is a sample resignation letter for a director resigning from a private company limited by shares, registered in Ireland.The...
Ireland—Written resolutions (directors)
Ireland—Written resolutions (directors)To: The Directors[insert company name][insert company address]Written resolutionsThis Precedent sets out a...
Ireland—Letter to act as a director
Ireland—Letter to act as a directorIreland—Letter—consent to act as a directorThis is a precedent consent to act as a director letter from an...
Ireland—Directors’ declaration—summary approval procedure
Ireland—Directors’ declaration—summary approval procedureRegistrationIn order for the summary approval procedure (SAP) to be valid, a copy of this...
Ireland—Section 110 companies—use and associated tax considerations
Ireland—Section 110 companies—use and associated tax considerationsIreland’s Section 110 RegimeIreland has established itself as one of the most...
Ireland—Domino’s pizza to buy Irish franchisee in €92m deal
The UK arm of Domino's said that it has signed a binding agreement to acquire the remaining 85% that it does now own in Shorecal Ltd, the largest...
Ireland—Resolution to approve substantial property transaction
Ireland—Resolution to approve substantial property transactionThis Precedent contains two alternative resolutions that may be used by a company to...
Ireland—Substantial transactions in respect of non-cash assets
Ireland—Substantial transactions in respect of non-cash assetsSection 238—backgroundThe Companies Act 2014 (Ireland) (CA 2014 (IRL)) contains...
Ireland—Form of proxy for a general meeting of a private limited company
Ireland—Form of proxy for a general meeting of a private limited companyThis Precedent sets out standard wording for a form of proxy for a general...
Corlytics acquires Deloitte UK RegTech platform
As part of the acquisition, Deloitte UK partner and head of RegTech Kent Mackenzie is joining Corlytics as its chief operating officer.'The Corlytics...
Ireland—Resolution—appointment of director—private company limited by shares
Ireland—Resolution—appointment of director—private company limited by sharesThis is a precedent ordinary resolution to appoint a director of a private...
Ireland—Board minutes—summary approval procedure
Ireland—Board minutes—summary approval procedureThese precedent minutes of a meeting of the directors of a private company limited by shares are to be...
Associated legal terms
Award
Generally, a final, binding decision of the arbitral tribunal on the substantive dispute between the parties. Arbitral awards may also be interim (ie they have temporary, not final, effect) and partial (ie deciding one or more, but not all, of the issues in the dispute on a final, binding basis).
Elected mayor
An individual elected for a four year term as mayor of the authority by the local government electors for the authority's area in accordance with provisions made by or under Part II of the Local Government Act 2000 (see in particular sections 11(2) and 39 of and Schedule 1 to the 2000 Act).
Prima facie
At first sight, or on the face of it, or as it appears without investigation.
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