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.
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‘The team's excellent technical knowledge, experience and commerciality are second to none. They are extremely responsive and engaged with their clients.’
‘Shane Hogan - excellent technical skills, super responsive and commercially aware. Displays sound judgement and develops strong and lasting relationships with his clients.'
- 'Trevor Glavey - strong technical knowledge and always available to help out.'
‘Technical and super pragmatic.’
‘Both Shane Hogan and Brian Doohan provide an exceptional level of service and will always get answers quickly when needed. They also have a very wide breadth of service in that you can bring them any type of tax issue and they will develop a plan and get the answer to provide the best advice to the client. They are consistently going above and beyond to provide a great service as well as technical expertise. ’
‘It is clear that Matheson takes a holistic view of its clients. Where engagements veer into another area, the addition of the relevant team to the engagement is virtually instantaneous. Internal dialogue between tax teams is evident and where a new team is added to the engagement, this team will invariably have been well briefed and will always come well informed, thereby enhancing productivity of calls. Our experience of Matheson as a team is overwhelmingly positive.’
‘Partners and associates in Matheson’s tax team are highly skilled legal professionals. However, from our perspective, there are two characteristics that make them unique amongst their peers in our experience. Firstly, Matheson’s lawyers have an unparalleled level of expertise in their areas of practice. Secondly, they have a rare ability to communicate that expertise to clients so that complex matters are easily understood.'
Key clients
- AbbVie
- Aon
- Smurfit Westrock
- Winthrop Technologies
- Horizon Therapeutics
- Circle
- ProKidney
- STERIS
- Vermilion Energy
- Vertex
Work highlights
- Advised Smurfit Kappa Group on its combination with US-based WestRock Company to form Smurfit WestRock.
- Advised Aon on its acquisition of NFP.
- Advised Winthrop Technologies, Europe’s leading dedicated turnkey data centre delivery provider, on its strategic partnership with Blackstone.
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Practice head
Shane Hogan
Other key lawyers
Turlough Galvin; Catherine O’Meara; Gerry Thornton; Joe Duffy; Aidan Fahy; Tomás Bailey; Matthew Broadstock; Caroline Austin; Brian Doohan; Olivia Long; Philip Tully; Vahan Tchrakian; Barry McGettrick; Trevor Glavey