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 & 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...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published its 2025 European Common Enforcement Priorities (ECEP) statement and the results of...
Ireland—Corporate analysis: This article, was written byA&L Goodbody LLP’s Corporate Team. The High Court restricted two directors for five years for...
Latest Ireland - Corporate Practice Notes
EU phase I mergers—closed cases trackerThe table lists completed European Commission phase I merger investigations since 13 June 2013.For information...
EU mergers—ongoing cases trackerThe below tracks live European Commission merger investigations.For information on completed investigations see EU...
Ireland—Virtual closingsThis Practice Note provides practical guidance on how to exchange executed documents properly when one or more parties to a...
Artificial intelligence (AI) resource kitThis resource kit contains a list of the key practical guidance available across Lexis+® UK that deals with...
Ireland—How to execute a contractFor further general guidance on executing simple contracts with links to related content, see:...
Latest Ireland - Corporate Precedents
Ireland—Execution clause—partnership—contractThis Precedent is an execution clause for use by a partner on behalf of the partnership when entering...
Ireland—Execution clause—limited partnership—contractIreland—Execution clause—limited partnership—contract—Drafting NotesThese precedent execution...
Ireland—Statutory auditors resignation letter—abnormal circumstances—s 400(3)(b)This Precedent sets out a form of resignation letter from the...
This indemnity is designed to be given where any of a shareholder’s share certificates have been lost, stolen, mislaid or destroyed (or where a...
This Precedent sets out rules to be used in a share or business sale when potential buyers and their advisers will be granted access to a virtual data...
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
Geostationary satellite
A satellite whose circular and direct orbit lies in the plane of the Earth’s equator and which remains fixed relative to the earth.
Short service refund lump sum
A lump sum benefit paid to a member of an occupational pension scheme because they have stopped accruing benefits under the scheme and have less than two years of pensionable service under the scheme, and which meets the conditions the Finance Act 2004, para 5, Sch 29. It is the new term for a refund of employee contributions.
Summary Only Offence
A criminal offence which is normally tried in a magistrates’ court and which is generally considered to be less serious than other types of offences. The sentencing powers for summary only matters are more limited although there are some which are punishable by way of imprisonment and/or unlimited fines. There are also time limits for commencing summary only proceedings.
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