Arthur Cox LLP

🎇Summer Intern Spotlight🎇 What are your plans this summer?☀ Our past intern, Mary Igbinigun, speaks of her experience, describing it as an “overall enriching experience.” Interested?🤔 To learn more and to apply, click here: https://lnkd.in/eT8Tu25P Set a reminder! Applications close at 5:30pm on Monday, 27 January, 2025. #SummerIntern2025

Our Tax Group has published their update for January 2025, providing a look back at notable transactions, legal developments and team expansion that kept the Group busy in 2024. The Update also references how the Group has advised its clients on complex and novel issues arising from the Irish implementation of the EU Directive ensuring a global minimum level of taxation for multinational enterprise groups and large-scale domestic groups (“Pillar Two”) . For more, please click here: https://lnkd.in/etn3_wa5

Ruth Lillis, Partner, Fintan Kerins, Senior Associate, will attend the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Global Conference taking place from the 12-15 January 2025 in Dublin. The conference features insightful sessions, networking opportunities and hosts the Aviation 100 Global Leaders Awards. It brings together global decision-makers from leading airlines, MROs, financial sectors and asset managers. To learn more, visit their website here: https://lnkd.in/eQsTFWjR

Don’t miss out! Our Access AC event will take place next Thursday, 16 January.🚨 This is your opportunity to learn all about the Summer Intern Programme. Meet the Graduate Recruitment team, hear from our interviewers and get top tips for the interview process. Plus, enjoy a Q&A session with our trainees who will share their experiences and insights. Date: Thursday, 16 January Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm Location: Arthur Cox LLP, Ten Earlsfort Terrace, D02 T380 (also streamed live) Stick around for a networking session from 3:30pm – 4:30pm with our partners and trainees. Register by 5:30pm on Monday, 13 January using the following link: https://lnkd.in/eTVDm4Dv #SummerIntern2025

We are pleased to announce that we have topped the Mergermarket league table for deal value in Ireland for 2024. Our firm advised on 46 announced deals, with a total value exceeding $19 billion. This follows on from the firm being named Ireland Legal Adviser of the Year 2024 at the Mergermarket European M&A Awards. Commenting on the rankings, Cian McCourt, Partner and Head of Corporate and M&A, said: “We are very proud to have received this further recognition from Mergermarket, which is testament to the hard work and dedication of our team, as well as the trust our clients place in us. It is recognition of our strategic goal, namely being the leading legal adviser in Ireland on the most significant, strategically important and high value M&A transactions in the market. We have dedicated market leading specialists bringing insight to all key sectors of the Irish economy and, added to a diversified client base of sponsors, PLCs, large private companies, and financial institutions, we look forward to 2025 from a position of strength and confidence. We look forward to continuing to deliver exceptional market insight, service and innovative M&A solutions to our clients in 2025.” For more, please click here: https://lnkd.in/eiYRZGsh #Corporate

We advised Grant Thornton Advisors LLC and New Mountain Capital on Irish and Northern Irish audit regulatory matters in connection with the combination of Grant Thornton Advisors with Grant Thornton Ireland’s advisory and tax businesses. Our team was led by Lesley-Ann Perera, Maeve Moran and David Kilty and included Colm Honan, Conor White, Aaron Tangney working alongside our colleagues in Belfast Lynsey Mallon, Megan Ryans and Reuben Kane. This transaction underscores Arthur Cox’s leading practice in Irish and Northern Irish audit regulatory matters. We have deep expertise across all relevant regulations, and we regularly advise a wide range of Irish and international professional services firms, private capital investors, and accountancy bodies on both regulatory and compliance issues and transactional matters. We have advised on the major transactions in this area in recent years. To learn more, please visit our website here: https://lnkd.in/eB2yFzpq

We are sponsoring the National Pensions Summit 2025, presented by the Business Post, taking place in Croke Park in Dublin on 30 January. This year's event will focus on the theme, 'Cutting through the Noise: Pension Attention in a Disrupted World', and will provide a unique opportunity for employers and businesses to hear from experts in the pension community about the Irish pension landscape in 2025 and beyond. Sarah McCague and Daniel Watters, Partners in our Pensions and Employee Benefits Group, will both participate in a fireside chat at the summit with host Claire Brock, covering the most prominent legal topics coming up in 2025 such as Auto-Enrolment, DORA as well as other key legislative updates. For more, visit our website: https://lnkd.in/e3Hx_a5Z #Pensions

We are sponsoring the Wind Energy Ireland Annual Conference 2025, taking place from 16 – 17 January 2025 at Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road. This year's conference is focused on the theme, “Accelerate to Net-Zero”, focusing on the part the wind energy industry plays in Ireland’s zero-carbon energy system. Danielle Conaghan, Partner and Head of Environment and Planning, and Niamh McGovern, Partner in Energy will be attending the conference and look forward to seeing you there. For more information, please click here: https://lnkd.in/exbF4_c3 #WEIConference2025

The 14th Annual London Finance and Capital Markets Conference, organised by the International Bar Association (IBA) Taxes Committee, will take place from 20-21 January 2025, at One Great George Street, London. At the conference, Ailish Finnerty, Partner in our Tax Group, will speak on a panel discussing cross-border finance. The session will cover key topics such as anti-tax haven relevance, tax aspects of direct lending funds, anti-hybrid rules and beneficial ownership in equities transactions. To learn more about the conference, click here: https://lnkd.in/e3Zfr8pR

📢 Event Announcement 📢 Join us for our Access AC event to learn all about our Summer Intern Programme!☀   Meet the Graduate Recruitment team, hear from our interviewers and get top tips for the interview process. Plus, enjoy a Q&A session with our trainees who will share their experiences and insights.   Date: Thursday, 16 January Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm Location: Arthur Cox LLP, Ten Earlsfort Terrace, D02 T380 (also streamed live)   Stick around for a networking session from 3:30pm – 4:30pm with our partners and trainees.   Don’t miss out! Register by 5:30pm on Monday, 13 January using the following link: https://lnkd.in/eTVDm4Dv   Places are on a first-come, first-served basis. #SummerIntern2025