Philip Lee LLP

The firm: Philip Lee is one of Ireland’s leading commercial practices with offices in Dublin, San Francisco and London. It has built a team of top tier lawyers who can advise on every aspect of business, at home and internationally. Its partners are recognised leaders in several areas of law, including corporate and M&A, real estate and planning, construction, PPP, procurement, environmental, energy, competition, data, employment, EU, intellectual property, IT, immigration and tax. We act for companies across all industry sectors and we are recognised for our ability to work through complex challenges and provide innovative solutions. Philip Lee is the sole Irish member of Multilaw, a consortium network of over 10,000 lawyers in 100 countries worldwide.

Main practice areas
Banking and finance: The banking and finance team assists Irish and international banks, as well as non-bank specialist lenders, on a wide range of financial transactions and advisory matters. The firm is especially strong in the areas of project finance and property finance.

Corporate: The corporate group acts for businesses ranging from high potential early stage ventures to market leading global multinationals – including many cutting edge technology companies. The firm’s areas of expertise include corporate restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, tax structuring, corporate finance and joint ventures. The team regularly advises on foreign direct investment and its international focus is bolstered by the firm’s overseas offices.

Construction, projects and PPP: The firm has advised public and private bodies on major projects, among which are some of the largest infrastructure projects undertaken in Ireland. The highly skilled lawyers in their team have a particular expertise in the area of public private partnerships.

Dispute resolution and litigation: The firm has a very active litigation group that advises on data protection, construction disputes, employment, media and telecoms issues. It represents clients in contentious issues in intellectual property, technology and in the pharmaceuticals area. Philip Lee continues to be recognised for its advice on judicial reviews and statutory appeals in the public sector.

Employment, pensions and immigration: The firm’s employment and pensions group advises on all aspects of employment, pensions and equality law and acts for some of the largest employers operating in Ireland. International clients regularly seek the firm’s advice when setting up their Irish operations. The firm’s immigration group works closely with the employment and corporate departments, advising on all corporate immigration matters.

Energy: Energy covers a wide range of matters from the traditional sources of coal, oil and gas to the various forms of renewable energy, including developments in energy efficiency and storage. The firm has vast experience in each of these areas.

Environment and climate: Clients turn to Philip Lee not only for its legal skills, but also its deep understanding of the ever-changing legislative and policy environments in which its clients operate. The firm devises highly successful consenting strategies for a rich variety of environmental and infrastructure projects. It provides representation at oral hearings, consultations and in Court proceedings, including contract disputes, legal challenges to consent decisions and enforcement litigation. The firm provides transactional support through our robust environmental due diligence processes.

EU, competition and state aid: The firm advises on cutting edge competition issues and regulatory law to a wide range of organisations and businesses in the energy, telecommunications and construction sectors. This expert group advises public and private bodies on competition law enforcement and on state aid. It represents clients nationally in the commercial court and internationally before the European Commission and in the European Courts of Justice.

Insolvency and restructuring: The team advises public and private bodies on insolvency law issues and in particular on the impact of liquidation, receivership, examinership, schemes of arrangement on corporate contracts, bonds and security arrangements.

Intellectual property, technology and data protection:  The firm’s intellectual property and technology group continues to be recognised in international rankings as one of Ireland’s leading intellectual property practices. They advise many of the world’s leading brand owners and regularly put structures in place to ease clients through complex issues of commercialisation and exploitation. The firm is a leading advisor on all significant data protection issues in Ireland.

Media and entertainment:  Philip Lee’s film and television practice is recognised as the largest and most active in the Irish market. The firm has been engaged in connection with almost every feature film, major television drama and animation series produced in Ireland in recent years.

Procurement: Philip Lee has been to the forefront of public procurement for over two decades and has advised public bodies in over 500 public procurement processes. There has never been a successful challenge, or even a legal challenge to a process where we have been retained at an early stage to advise. Equally, we have advised hundreds of private sector companies seeking to tender or who have been unsuccessful in tenders. We have represented clients before domestic courts, the European Commission and before the European Court of Justice.

Real estate: The Philip Lee real estate group represents a diverse range of clients, including investors, private developers, public sector bodies, regulatory bodies and financial institutions. The firm advises on all aspects of commercial property and landlord and tenant law.

Tax:  The tax group provides specialist advice to Irish and international clients on the establishment of headquarters in Ireland, tax aspects of M&A transactions, corporate finance and re-structuring,inward investment, property transactions and revenue related issues.