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.
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.
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.
Core content for practitioners dealing with public or private mergers and acquisitions, including practice notes and precedents.
Law360, London: Primary Health Properties said that its planned £1.79bn takeover of rival NHS landlord Assura PLC has gained foreign direct investment...
Law360, London: Irish hotel group Dalata said 15 July 2025 that it has backed an increased €1.4bn cash offer from a Scandinavian consortium of...
Law360, London: Three Irish subsidiaries cannot benefit from the US-Ireland tax treaty's provision of equally favorable treatment between US and Irish...
Law360, London: Grafton Group plc, a building materials and construction products business, said 3 June 2025 that it has completed its acquisition of...
Law360, London: Dalata Hotel Group said late 3 June 2025 it has spurned a consortium's attempted application to buy the Irish hospitality giant in a...
Execution of deeds—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out the requirements for executing deeds in various international jurisdictions. The table...
Execution of contracts—jurisdictional guideThis guide sets out the requirements for executing simple contracts in various international jurisdictions....
Ireland—Directors’ duties: companies in financial difficultiesGeneral fiduciary duties of directors under the Companies Act 2014The principal...
Ireland—Small companies administrative rescue process (SCARP)What is the small company administrative rescue process?The Small Company Administrative...
Ireland—Key environmental issues on corporate transactionsLegal advice in relation to environmental issues, where it is given on a corporate...
A resolution approving a prohibited arrangement must be accompanied by a copy of the directors’ declaration made within the required time period as...
Ireland—EHS due diligence questionnaire—asset purchaseGeneralThis environment, health and safety (EHS) due diligence questionnaire will help obtain...
Ireland—Material adverse change definitionGeneralThis Precedent is a definition for the term 'material adverse change' (MAC), to be included in the...
Ireland—Board minutes—skeleton—private company limited by sharesCOMPANY NUMBER: [insert number][insert company name] LIMITEDMinutes of a meeting of...
Ireland—Contract cover sheetThis Precedent is a template contract cover sheet to accompany a contract. It is not a legally binding contract document...
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)What is a public company limited by shares?A public company limited by shares (PLC) is a legal entity which is...
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 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 clauseCounterpartsA counterparts clause is a common boilerplate clause which provides that the parties to an agreement may...
Ireland—Company capital and its maintenanceA company’s capital means the sum of share capital and undenominated capital. A company’s share capital...
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)To: The Directors[insert company name][insert company address]Written resolutionsThis Precedent sets out a...
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 procedureRegistrationIn order for the summary approval procedure (SAP) to be valid, a copy of this...
Ireland—Section 110 companies—use and associated tax considerationsIreland’s Section 110 RegimeIreland has established itself as one of the most...
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 transactionThis Precedent contains two alternative resolutions that may be used by a company to...
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 companyThis Precedent sets out standard wording for a form of proxy for a general...
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 sharesThis is a precedent ordinary resolution to appoint a director of a private...
Ireland—Board minutes—summary approval procedureThese precedent minutes of a meeting of the directors of a private company limited by shares are to be...
Initial works which are necessary to enable the main project to be undertaken. These are generally site preparation works, such as demolition, site clearance or creation of access routes.
The European System of Financial Supervision is an institutional construction established to strengthen financial supervision within the Union.
Under the Companies Act 2006 certain companies and associations may not be registered.