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
The Council of the European Union (Council of the EU) has adopted its position on the proposed Regulation establishing the EU Inc 28th regime...
Ireland—Corporate analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s Disputes & Investigations Team. The Companies Registration Office (CRO) has...
Ireland-Banking & Financial Services analysis: This article was written by A&L Goodbody’s Asset Management & Investment Funds Team. On 21 April 2026,...
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...
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 discusses the role and importance of defined terms in an agreement. It identifies the defined terms that most commonly appear in...
This Practice Note identifies the property elements of the disclosure exercise that is carried out by a seller in connection with the sale of shares...
UK statusSince 31 January 2020 (exit day) the UK is no longer an EU Member State. For a time, under the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK was in an...
Latest Ireland - Corporate Precedents
COMPANY NUMBER: [insert number][insert company name] LIMITEDMinutes of a meeting of the board of directors (the Meeting) of [insert full name of...
This Agreement is made on [insert date]PartiesCheck that the parties named in the contract are correct. If there is more than one company in a...
GeneralThis environment, health and safety (EHS) due diligence questionnaire will help obtain key EHS information about the Properties and/or...
This is a precedent set of minutes of the first board meeting of the directors of a bespoke private company limited by shares. This Precedent should...
Strictly private and confidentialTo: [Insert potential seller name][Insert potential seller address]FAO: [insert name of relevant contact at the...
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
Employer's agent
Also known as the employer's representative or project manager. In traditional contracts, this role is often fulfilled by the architect or contract administrator but under some design and build contracts, an employer's agent is appointed to act on behalf of the employer (referred to as a Project manager in the NEC3/NEC4 suite) to carry out contract administration and/or certification duties.
Kingman review
An independent review commissioned by the UK government and led by Sir John Kingman, to examine the role and powers of the FRC. The outcome of the review was published in December 2018 and in March 2019 the government published a consultation paper seeking views on the recommendations made in the review.
Pleadings
Pleadings, or statements of case, are formal court documents setting out a party's case. They include the claim form, particulars of claim, defence, Part 20 claim, reply to defence and further information under Part 18 of the CPR.
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