IRELAND

KEY ECONOMIC DATA

Area: 70,282 sq km
GDP: €161bn
Currency: Euro
GDP per head (PPP): €33,700
Population: 4 million
GDP growth: 4.9 per cent
Inflation: 3.2 per cent
Unemployment: 4.4 per cent

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN IRELAND (2007)

April 6; April 9; May 7; June 4; August 6; October 29; December 25; December 26.

LEGAL PROFESSION

Professional title: Solicitor; Barrister
Number of lawyers: 6,000 (solicitors);
1,539 (barristers)
Female lawyers as a per cent
of the profession: 40 per cent (barristers)

USEFUL ADDRESSES

Local bar associations
The Law Society of Ireland
Blackhall Place
Dublin 7
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 672 4800
Fax: +353 1 672 4801
general@lawsociety.ie
barcouncil@lawlibrary.ie

Bar Council of Ireland
Four Courts
Dublin 7
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 817 5000
Fax: +353 1 817 5150

Corporate and public
sector committee
contact via the Law Society

National justice ministry
Department of Justice
Equality and Law Reform
94 St Stephens Green
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 602 8202
Fax: + 353 1 661 5461
minister@justice.ie
www.justice.ie

EU Commission representative office
European Commission
Representation in Ireland
European Union House
18 Dawson Street
Ireland
Tel: +353 1 634 1111
Fax: +353 1 634 1112
eu-ie-info-request@ec.europa.eu
http://ec.europa.eu/ireland

LAW FIRMS IN DUBLIN

Map Ireland

LAW FIRM LOCATOR

1 Matheson Ormsby Prentice

TRAVEL INFORMATION

Dublin International Airport, located 9km north of Dublin, is only available by road. An average taxi fare is around €15, although this can depend on the number of passengers, luggage and time of day. More than 700 buses also service the airport, some of which run 24 hours per day. The express bus service costs around €7 for a one-way ticket.

WEBSITE

www.dublin-airport.com

MATHESON ORMSBY PRENTICE

mop@mop.iewww.mop.ie

Main office

30 Herbert Street
Dublin 2
IrelandTel: +353 (0) 1 619 9000Fax: +353 (0) 1 619 9010

Other offices

Pinnacle House
23-26 St Dunstan’s Hill
London EC3R 8HN
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7618 6750
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7618 6790

245 Park Avenue
New York NY
10167, USA
Tel: +1 (0) 212 792 4141
Fax: +1 (0) 212 792 4131

228 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto CA
94301, USA
Tel: +1 (0) 650 470 0810

Key personnel

Liam Quirke – Managing partner

Firm headcount

Legal and tax professionals: 250

Firm profile

Matheson Ormsby Prentice is a leading Irish corporate law firm. Established in 1825, the firm currently has 60 partners, more than 250 legal and tax professionals and a total of more than 500 people. We pride ourselves on our record of providing top quality service to our clients, and we number among our clients many of the current Fortune 500 companies, and some of the largest Irish public, private and State owned companies, institutions and bodies. Our principal office is in Dublin and we also have offices in London, New York and Palo Alto, California.

Practice areas

Asset finance
Asset management
Banking
Capital markets
Commercial litigation anddispute resolution
Commercial property
Construction
Corporate and commercial
Corporate restructuring and insolvency
EC, competition and regulatory
Employment pensions andbenefits
Energy and natural resources
Information technology
Insurance
Intellectual property
Inward investment
Life sciences
Media and entertainment
Mergers and acquisitions
Outsourcing
Planning and environmental
Private client
Private equity
Privatisations
Project finance/PPP
Regulatory risk managementand compliance
Retail and leisure
Structured finance,securitisation and repackaging
Tax
Transport and shipping
Venture capital

A&L Goodbody
International Financial Services Centre
North Wall Quay
Dublin 1
Tel: +353 1 649 2000
Fax: +353 1 649 2649
www.algoodbody.ie

Arthur Cox
Earlsfort Centre
Earlsfort Terrace
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 618 0000
Fax: +353 1 618 0618
www.arthurcox.com

BCM Hanby Wallace
88 Harcourt Street
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 4186900
Fax: +353 1 4186901
www.bchw.com

Beauchamps Solicitors
Riverside Two
Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 4180600
Fax: +353 1 4180699
www.beauchamps.ie

Dillon Eustace
33 Sir John Rogerson's Quay
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 667 0022
Fax: +353 1 667 0042
www.dilloneustace.ie

Eugene F. Collins
Temple Chambers
3 Burlington Road
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 202 6400
Fax: +353 1 667 5200
www.efc.ie

Holmes O’Malley Sexton
Bishopsgate
Henry Street
Limerick
Tel: +353 61 313222
Fax: +353 61 310414
www.homs.ie

Ivor Fitzpatrick & Company Solicitors
44-45 St Stephen’s Green
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 678 7000
Fax: +353 1 678 7004
www.ivorfitzpatrick.ie

Lavelle Coleman Solicitors
51-52 Fitzwilliam Square
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 6445800
Fax: +353 1 6614581
www.lavellecoleman.ie

LK Shields Solicitors
39/40 Upper Mount Street
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 6610866
Fax: +353 1 6610883
www.lkshields.ie

Mason Hayes+Curran
South Bank House
Barrow Street
Dublin 4
Tel: +353 1 614 5000
Fax: +353 1 614 5001
www.mhc.ie

McCann FitzGerald
Riverside One
Sir John Rogerson’s Quay
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 8290 000
Fax: +353 1 829 0010
www.mccannfitzgerald.ie

O’Donnell Sweeney Solicitors
One Earlsfort Terrace
Earlsfort Centre
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 664 4200
Fax: +353 1 664 4300
www.odonnellsweeney.ie

O'Flynn Exhams
17 Upper Pembroke Street
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 6611657
Fax: +353 1 6789549
www.oflynnexhams.ie

Ronan Daly Jermyn
12 South Mall
Cork
Tel: +353 21 480 2700
Fax: +353 21 480 2790
www.rdj.ie

Whitneymoore
Wilton Park House
Wilton Place
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 676 0631
Fax: +353 1 676 6462
www.whitneymoore.ie

William Fry Solicitors
Fitzwilton House
Wilton Place
Dublin 2
Tel: +353 1 639 5000
Fax: +353 1 6395333
www.williamfry.ie