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Matheson, in association with Trinity College Dublin (TCD), has announced second year TCD law student, Brendan Giurgila, as the winner of the 2022 Cara Scholarship. Delivered as part of Matheson’s impactful business programme, and named in honour of late partner Cara O'Hagan, the annual schola

Matheson LLP has appointed David Fitzgibbon and Darren Maher as co-heads of its corporate team and Sally Anne Stone as head of its commercial real estate group. In addition to jointly running the corporate group, Mr Fitzgibbon has also taken on the role of head of corporate M&A and Mr Maher has

Brexit has not had a negative impact on the services sectors in Ireland, the UK and the larger EU economies, a webinar hosted by Matheson LLP has heard. Dan O'Brien, chief economist at the Institute for International and European Affairs (IIEA), spoke on the "Brexit Revisited: London Calling" webina

University College Cork (UCC) and Matheson have launched a new "innovation partnership" which will support the creation of a new lectureship and scholarship as well as a series of lectures and collaborative events in the area of law, technology and innovation. The five-year UCC and Matheson Innovati

Matheson partner Rory O'Keeffe and solicitor Samuel Elliott discuss a recent English court ruling and what it means for cryptocurrency developers. In a significant case for investors in, and developers of, cryptocurrencies and other blockchain assets, the English Court of Appeal delivered judgment i

Matheson LLP has promoted 14 lawyers to partner across nine practice areas, bringing the firm's total number of partners and tax principals to 121. The new partners are Robert Barrett, Enda Garvey and Robert Maloney Derham in the corporate M&A team; Conor Blennerhassett in corporate energy and i

A new community space is to be created in the heart of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) in partnership with law firm Matheson. The museum is now showcasing six proposals for the Matheson Creativity Hub in Memory of Tim Scanlon following an architectural competition organised in conjunction with

Matheson partners Brendan Colgan, Kevin Gahan, Julie Murphy-O'Connor and Tony O'Grady look at important changes to the Companies Act 2014, together with guidance provided by the Corporate Enforcement Authority, to assist directors in understanding what their obligations are and when they might be tr

Matheson partner Mark O'Sullivan and senior associate Anna Crowley examine how Ireland is persevering as an attractive destination for foreign direct investment. 2022 was another year when major changes affecting global tax rules were agreed and as a result the tax landscape in Ireland is likely to

Matheson has announced the 2023 launch of the Tim Scanlon Corporate Law Bursary, which honours late Matheson partner and former chairperson Tim Scanlon. Now in its second year, the bursary is delivered as part of Matheson's impactful business programme and is open to undergraduate and postgraduate l

Matheson partners Nicola Dunleavy and April McClements examine upcoming changes to third-party funding of international arbitration. Third-party funding of international commercial arbitration in Ireland was put in question following Supreme Court judgments that third-party funding of Irish court pr

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Horizon Therapeutics plcs, a global biotechnology company headquartered in Dublin, is to be acquired by Amgen Inc. for an enterprise value of $28.3 billion.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Ireland’s electricity grid operator EirGrid and its French counterpart Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) have signed key technical and financial agreements for the C

Matheson LLP has been named as Ireland's Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer European Awards 2022. The prestigious annual awards, which were presented at a ceremony in London last night, recognise and celebrate excellence across the European legal market, and this year attracted entries from over 120

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Bauer Media Group, one of the world's largest privately-owned media businesses with assets worldwide, has agreed to acquire Cork's Red FM 104-106.