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
Ireland—Commercial and Corporate analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s EU, Competition & Procurement Team. It reviews two significant...
Law360, London: Claims are increasing under insurance policies designed to protect dealmakers from unexpected liabilities identified after corporate...
A round-up of EU competition law developments, including (amongst other things) the latest EUMR developments....
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a call for evidence (CfE) presenting a data-driven analysis of the evolution of...
EU Law Analysis: On 26 February 2025, the Commission published the first of its omnibus simplification packages containing a proposal to substantially...
Latest Ireland - Corporate Practice Notes
The below tracks live European Commission merger investigations.For information on completed investigations see EU phase I mergers—closed cases...
The table lists completed European Commission phase I merger investigations since 13 June 2013.For information on ongoing Commission merger...
This Practice Note discusses the role and importance of defined terms in an agreement. It identifies the defined terms that most commonly appear in...
For a checklist with guidance on how to determine whether an Irish court has jurisdiction to deal with the specific civil disputes, see:...
This Practice Note looks at the principal options for enforcement of foreign civil and commercial judgements in Ireland. It considers the EU framework...
Latest Ireland - Corporate Precedents
Holding Company•This Precedent contains a definition for the term ‘holding company’, which is a term commonly used in agreements, to be included in...
Subsidiary•This is a Precedent definitions for the term ‘subsidiary’, which is a term commonly used in agreements. It will not be appropriate to...
This Precedent is a definition for the term ‘group company’, which is a term commonly used in agreements, to be included in the definitions and...
This Precedent is an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of a limited company having a share capital that is proposing to consolidate its shares...
This Precedent is an ordinary resolution of the shareholders of a limited company having a share capital that is proposing to sub-divide its shares...
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
Funded unapproved retirement benefits scheme (FURBS)
A pre-6 April 2006 scheme that falls outside the scope of HMRC tax approval for retirement benefit schemes. Funded unapproved retirement benefits scheme in existence on 6 April 2006 became employer financed retirement benefit schemes.
Public charitable collections
Public charitable collections are charitable appeals which are made in any public place, or by means of visits to houses or business premises (or both).
Renvoi
A concept of conflict of laws or private international law (PIL) rules. Broadly, it means that a reference to a law of a country includes its conflict of laws rules.
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