We have a strong track record in acting for many early stage and developing businesses from start-up through various funding rounds through to successful trade sales.

We invest time into understanding our clients' businesses and objectives in order to build a long term business partnership with our clients as they grow their businesses. We provide practical and cost effective strategic legal advice focused on our clients' individual business needs.

We can assist businesses entering into foreign markets through our extensive network of correspondent law firms in many jurisdictions across the world.

Our solicitors are regular speakers to Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) Hothouse program and similar groups.

• Advising on and implementing appropriate business structures.
  
  
• Company formation and company secretarial
  compliance.
  
  
• Commercial Contracts.
  
  
• Shareholders' Agreements.
  
  
• Employment agreements, share option and other employee incentive schemes.
  
  
• Intellectual property, technology transfer,
  technology contracts and trademark registration.
  
  
• BES, Enterprise Ireland and seed and later stage
  venture capital funding rounds. For examples of
  our recent experience please click here.
  
  
• Strategic alliances and joint ventures.
  
  
• Acquisitions of/mergers with other businesses.
  
  
• Share and Asset Sales.

Shareholders' Agreements - A Practical Analysis.
An introduction to shareholders' agreements as they apply
to early stage companies.
2011.
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A Guide to Employee Share Schemes in Ireland.
May 2011.
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Guide to Investing and Working in Ireland.
A useful introduction and overview for anyone who is interested in doing business in Ireland.
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Corporation Tax Relief for Start-Up Companies.
Subject to certain conditions, new or start-up companies might be able to avail of an exemption from corporation tax.
April 2011.
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The Business Expansion Scheme (BES):
Relief for Investment in Corporate Trades (RICT).
This is the text of a presentation delivered to DIT Hothouse in October 2010.
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Are You Thinking About Incorporating Your Business?
Sole Traders who are considering incorporating their business because of the current economic conditions should carefully examine the advantages and pitfalls before making their decision. This article was first published in Accountancy Ireland, Volume 42(1), February 2010.
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Practical Aspects of Establishing and Running
a Company.
This paper was delivered to the Project Development Centre's Enterprise Platform Programme in Dublin.
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