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Recent significant experience includes advising:

  • On the establishment of a philanthropic structure to finance the Parnell Square Cultural Quarter.
  • On the administration of the largest and most complex Irish estates, dealing with significant debt issues and cross-border arrangements.
  • On the establishment and re-organisation of offshore structures including private trust companies, foundations and purpose trusts.
  • On the taxation of offshore trust structures with Irish connections dealing with issues such as domicile status, discretionary trust tax and related tax issues.

Our expertise includes:

  • Succession law including the preparation of wills and the administration of estates
  • Trust law including the establishment, administration and break up of onshore or offshore trusts
  • Asset management and protection
  • Family partnerships
  • Pre-marriage planning and pre-nuptial agreements
  • The law of capacity, enduring powers of attorney and advanced healthcare directives
  • Philanthropy on a national and international basis
  • Charity law including the establishment, regulation and reorganisation of charities
  • Inheritance tax and all taxation issues affecting estates and trusts