Arthur Cox

Chair: Orla O’Connor

Managing Partner: Geoff Moore

Number of partners: 100

Number of legal staff: 530

Languages: English, French, German, Spanish

Firm Overview:

For more than 100 years, Arthur Cox has been at the forefront of developments in the legal profession in Ireland. An international firm encompassing all aspects of corporate and business law, the firm provides a comprehensive service to a diverse domestic and international client base.

Main Areas of Practice:

■ Asset Management & Investment Funds

■ Aviation

■ Banking & Finance

■ Capital Markets

■ Charities

■ Commercial Contracts

■ Competition & Regulated Markets

■ Construction and Engineering

■ Corporate and M&A

■ Crisis Management

■ Dawn Raid Response Unit

■ Digital Infrastructure

■ Education

■ Employment

■ Energy

■ Environment and Planning

■ Financial Regulation

■ Financial Services

■ FinTech

■ Food and Agri

■ Health and Safety

■ Healthcare

■ Individual Accountability and SEAR

■ Insurance

■ Intellectual Property

■ International

■ Legal Tech Services

■ Life Sciences

■ Listings

■ Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations

■ Media, Entertainment and Sport

■ Pensions and Employee Benefits

■ PPP and PFI

■ Privacy, Data Protection and Information Management

■ Private Capital

■ Public Law

■ Public Sector

■ Real Estate

■ Restructuring and Insolvency

■ Sanctions and Export Controls

■ Structured Finance and Securitisation

■ Tax

■ Technology and Innovation

■ Transport

Asset Management and Investment Funds: Our Asset Management and Investment Funds Group is a market leader, advising on all aspects of investment management issues and the establishment and ongoing operation of investment funds in Ireland.

Aviation: Our Aviation and Asset Finance Group is led by partners who have market-leading knowledge and experience. We are a full service law firm with the capability to provide a 360 Irish law service to all participants in the aviation industry on all aspects of their business.

Banking and Finance: Our Banking and Finance Group is consistently involved in executing the most innovative transactions. We act for financial institutions, institutional investors, alternative lenders and other market participants, both domestic and international, as well as for a wide range of borrowers, including investment grade and other corporates, and private banking clients.

Capital Markets: Our market-leading lawyers advise on a full range of capital markets activity including debt and equity transactions, IPOs, share buy-backs, structured finance transactions, securitisations, derivatives and repos.

Charities: We have a long history of involvement in the community and voluntary sector in general, and with charities in particular.

Commercial Contracts: We have one of the leading commercial contracts teams in Ireland. Our market leading team is comprised of lawyers from our technology, corporate, intellectual property, digital infrastructure, financial regulation, construction and engineering, and life sciences practices that all have a wealth of experience advising on the full spectrum of commercial arrangements and activities.

Competition and Regulated Markets:Our Competition and Regulated Markets Group is widely-recognised as a leader in its field in Ireland. We are at the forefront of developments in competition and regulated markets law and are involved on an ongoing basis in the most high-profile and complex cases in Ireland.

Construction and Engineering: We are one of the few Irish law firms to have a dedicated team of construction and engineering law specialists, offering expert advice to all parties involved in construction and engineering projects in both Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Corporate and M&A: We have the leading practice in Ireland in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and corporate finance. Our general corporate and commercial experience in Ireland is unsurpassed and our Corporate and M&A Group is a dynamic player in Irish business.

Crisis Management: We strive to develop a deep understanding of our clients’ business and build a strong working relationship with them. We also recognise that preparation is key in managing crises and reputation management in this fast-paced and increasingly regulated world. Our dedicated multi-disciplinary team work seamlessly together to quickly and effectively assist in navigating all elements and stages of the crisis management journey.

Dawn Raid Response Unit: Helping your business to prepare for and manage unannounced inspections by regulators.

Digital Infrastructure: We have one of the leading digital infrastructure practices in Ireland, covering all aspects of telecoms and physical infrastructure for digital communications including data storage and transfer. We advise on a range of issues from telecoms regulation and enforcement to network sharing, infrastructure investments and tower asset acquisitions.

Education: We act for a wide variety of clients including private companies, plcs, State agencies and public sector companies, Government departments, multi-nationals, start-up enterprises, hospitals, schools, universities and other third level institutions, State and statutory bodies.

Employment: We have Ireland’s largest Employment Group and we provide an extensive range of legal services to clients on all aspects of employment and industrial relations law, whether it is a problem relating to an individual employee or a complex issue affecting your entire workforce.

Energy: Our Energy Group is widely recognised as the premier all-island energy, renewables and resources practice. We have a client base, track record and depth of specialist resources that are the envy of the market.

Environment and Planning: We are widely acknowledged as one of Ireland’s leading environment and planning practices. Our practice spans all sectors, including water and wastewater, waste management, biologics, chemicals, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, energy, renewables and natural resources, the circular economy, transport and food and agribusiness.

Financial Regulation: Our Financial Regulation Group advises on a wide variety of EU and Irish regulatory and compliance matters relevant to the financial services industry. We act for a wide range of Irish and international credit institutions, investment firms, asset managers, payment institutions, non-bank lenders and other financial institutions.

Financial Services: We develop specialist industry knowledge to offer comprehensive services to our clients. We provide targeted advice to banks, financial institutions and new players emerging in the financial services sector. Our approach demands the highest levels of knowledge and technical skill to provide accurate, reliable and timely advice.

FinTech: The adoption of new technologies in the financial services sector has progressed at a rapid pace in recent years.These new technologies present significant opportunities for established and new players in the financial services sector, but can also present challenges and risks.

Food and Agri: We are one of the few Irish law firms to have a specialist, multidisciplinary Food & Agri Group, comprising lawyers from key practice groups within the firm. The group advises food, drink and agribusiness companies on the manufacture, promotion and sale of their products in Ireland. We regularly advise some of the largest Irish food, drink and agribusiness companies on complex M&A transactions and restructurings.

Health and Safety: We are unique amongst Irish law firms in having a specialist Health and Safety Group, drawing together solicitors from different practice areas, namely construction, employment, environmental, and litigation, each with experience and expertise in advising on various aspects of health and safety law through their specialised practices.

Healthcare: Our Healthcare Group is a multi-disciplinary team which brings together lawyers from a wide range of practice areas in the firm to advise our clients in the healthcare sector.

Individual Accountability and SEAR: Culture and conduct are at the heart of the Central Bank of Ireland’s supervisory agenda, and at the core of the new Individual Accountability Framework (IAF). Our experienced, multidisciplinary team is focused on guiding clients through the implementation of the IAF and, in particular, the Senior Executive Accountability Regime (SEAR).

Insurance: Our corporate insurance group is recognised as a market leader in Ireland. We are a trusted adviser to some of the world’s leading (re)insurance groups on complex transactions and regulatory matters.

Intellectual Property: Our Intellectual Property Group is comprised of lawyers who have a deep level of expertise and experience in handling intellectual property mandates and who have acted in a number of high profile and complex matters in recent years.

International: We advise a large number of international clients doing business in and from Ireland. We also advise our Irish clients on their activities and operations abroad. We can assist you anywhere in the world.

Legal Tech Services: Technology is rapidly changing how legal services can be delivered. Our Legal Tech team focuses on delivering large scale, labour-intensive projects in an efficient and cost-effective manner by leveraging the latest digital technologies.

Life Sciences: We are a market leader in the provision of legal services to the Life Sciences industry, with a multi-disciplinary practice group combining the very best of the firm’s corporate, commercial, transactional, regulatory, competition and intellectual property expertise to serve Ireland’s pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical devices, food and cosmetics industries.

Listings: We provide listing services through Arthur Cox Listing Services, which was approved by the Irish Stock Exchange, now Euronext Dublin, as an authorised sponsor in early 2004 to provide listing services for Debt Securities and Investment Funds including Exchange Traded Funds.

Litigation, Dispute Resolution and Investigations:We are recognised for our expertise in complex, high-value cases heard in the Commercial List of the High Court and our experienced investigations practice. We represent corporates, financial institutions and insurance bodies, government entities and state bodies, professional organisations, and private individuals, and work with the most prominent firms from around the world.

Media, Entertainment and Sport: Our Media, Entertainment and Sports Group is a leading practice in the area of media, entertainment and sports law in Ireland and complements the firm’s client base, ensuring that we continue to provide the full range of legal services to our clients.

Pensions and Employee Benefits: Our Pensions Group is one of the leading specialist teams in the Irish pensions sector. The Group has considerable experience providing advice on all aspects of pensions law to a wide range of corporate clients, public sector and former public sector clients, pension scheme trustees and scheme members.

PPP and PFI: Our PPP and PFI Group delivers an end to end service for contracting authorities, sponsors, funders, sub-contractors and design teams on all aspects of delivering PPPs/PFIs.

Privacy, Data Protection and Information Management: Our Privacy, Data Protection and Information Management Group are consistently ranked as the market leading data protection group in Ireland.

Private Capital: We are the leading Irish law firm advising participants in the private capital industry, including investment managers, private funds, investment banks and end-investors.

Public Law: Our Public Law Group advises the Government of Ireland, Departments, agencies, regulatory authorities and public bodies on their day to day legal administrative functions as well as advising on matters of interpretation of public general law, including the Constitution of Ireland and the transposition of European Communities Law in the area.

Public Sector: Our Public Sector Team has been the leading adviser to public sector bodies since the firm was established in 1920, giving us a unique understanding of the environment in which they operate.

Real Estate: Our Real Estate Group is widely acknowledged as the leading all-Ireland practice on property law. Our comprehensive range of services has ensured that we continue to advise on the largest and most innovative real estate transactions in Ireland, including acquisitions, disposals, leasing, development and funding.

Restructuring and Insolvency: Our market-leading Restructuring and Insolvency Group has built an excellent reputation for client service in relation to all aspects of Irish restructuring and insolvency law and procedures, distressed M&A and related special situations and transactions.

Sanctions and Export Controls: Our Sanctions and Export Controls Group monitors EU sanctions frameworks and advises clients on related matters, as well as helping businesses comply with export control regulations.

Structured Finance and Securitisation: As the leading structured finance and securitisation practice in Ireland, our receivables and asset finance practice offers expertise in structuring and documenting structured finance and asset finance transactions of all types including sustainability-linked finance.

Tax: Our Group is one of the leading tax law practices in Ireland. We provide fully comprehensive and commercial tax advice to a broad range of domestic and international clients operating in all sectors of the Irish economy.

Technology and Innovation: Our Technology and Innovation Group is the largest legal team in Ireland dedicated to specialist data protection, IT and intellectual property law. Our practice is market leading in our key focus areas and we are continually building our range of skills and resources to meet the specialist requirements of our clients.

Transport:We have a leading transport practice that brings together a unique combination of experience, extending not only to the successful delivery of some of the most significant transport infrastructure North and South but also an in-depth understanding of the regulatory framework governing the sector.