Ms Catherine O"Meara > Matheson LLP > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Matheson LLP
70 SIR JOHN ROGERSON'S QUAY
DUBLIN 2
Ireland
Catherine O

Work Department

Partner in Tax Department

Position

Catherine is a partner in the tax department at Matheson.  Catherine has significant experience advising multinational corporations doing business in Ireland on Irish corporate tax.

Catherine primarily advises multinationals on the Irish tax aspects of their operations including tax effective structuring of global reorganisations, IP ownership, inward investment projects and cash repatriation strategies.  Catherine has a particular interest in advising on domestic and cross border tax disputes on transfer pricing matters, including Irish audits, mutual agreement procedure requests, correlative relief claims, advance pricing agreements and advising on the application of EU State aid principles in the context of Irish taxation matters.

Catherine’s clients include many of the leading multinational corporations established in Ireland, primarily in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, ICT and consumer brand sector.

Catherine has published articles in leading tax journals, is co-author on the Ireland section of the Bloomberg BNA TP Forum and is co-author of the Ireland chapter of the International Fiscal Association Cahiers on Cross Border Business Restructuring.

Catherine is a Chartered Tax Advisor and a member of the Law Society of Ireland.  Catherine is currently Chairperson of the International Fiscal Association – Irish branch.

Education

University of Limerick, BA Law and Accounting

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Tax

(Leading partners)

Catherine O’MearaMatheson LLP

Matheson LLP‘s large and extensive tax practice, remains unique in its breadth of advisory, transactional and tax disputes expertise, with the firm consistently positioning itself as a genuine alternative to the Big Four accountancy firms. Its deep specialisation has enabled the firm to further develop its expertise in tax controversy, transfer pricing and indirect taxes. It remains at the forefront of financial services and the migration of fund structures to Ireland. Shane Hogan heads the tax department and has a major focus on inward investment projects, cross-border tax planning and corporate restructurings, while Joe Duffy is a senior name in international restructurings, M&A, tax controversy and transfer pricing. Catherine O’Meara, Aidan Fahy and Gerry Thornton are also senior figures within the team, along with Matthew Broadstock and Tomás Bailey. Olivia Long has joined as head of tax policy from the OECD tax treaty unit.