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Leman Solicitors have continued to press their international credentials by joining worldwide association of corporate law firms, LawPact. Leman Solicitors were invited to join the renowned association at the AGM in Washington D.C. in April this year.

Free Breakfast Briefing

Friday 24th June 7.30am

Dublin Chamber Clare St., Dublin2

Presented by

Leman Solicitors and Newmarket Partnership

Opportunities in Adversity – Acquiring or selling businesses in difficulty

Leman Solicitors together with Newmarket Partnership will present an exciting seminar on acquisition opportunities from companies...

Gavin Bluett is a graduate of NUI Galway.  He recently completed a Masters in Anti Doping and Athlete rights in Trinity College Dublin.   He has spent several years working as an intern in US and Irish law firms. Gavin is a keen surfer and windsurfer.

Maria Edgeworth is a graduate of University of Limerick. Maria  recently completed a Masters in Financial Models and...

Leman Solicitors together with Newmarket Partnership jointly presented at a South Dublin Chamber of Commerce breakfast seminar at the Louis Fitzgerald on 1 June 2011.  Declan Tormey, head of the corporate and commercial team in Leman Solicitors presented on the ups and downs of buying companies or assets from a liquidator, receiver or examiner and which acquisition strategy...

Larry Fenelon has been invited by IACI to speak at “Going into Practice” CPD course. Larry will talk about risk management for accountants going into practice and how to deal with professional indemnity forms.

Date:        Wednesday 8 June

Time:        7:30am - 9:00am

Location:  8-34 Percy Place, Dublin 4

RSVP:      dtormey@lemansolicitors.com

Liam will show how businesses can utilise their existing intellectual property to add to the value of and open new opportunities for...

Join the High Court Judge, Ms. Justice Elizabeth Dunne who will lead a panel of speakers in discussing Personal Debt & Bankruptcy on Friday, 10^th June 2011.

Director of Consumer Protection at the Central Bank, Mr. Bernard Sheridan, shall address the audience on the topic of mortgage arrears.  Tom Finn, Head of Legal Services at the Financial Services Ombudsman Bureau, will present...

Acquiring businesses - NEW DATE!!

Wed 1st June 7.30am

Presented by

Leman Solicitors and NewmarketPartnership

Opportunities in Adversity – acquiring or selling businesses in difficulty

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This breakfast will focus on key pointers when you are considering selling or acquiring a business...

Sports Law Seminar

Larry Fenelon is invited by the Law Society to speak at its annual Sports Law conference which takes place this Saturday 28 May at Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.  Larry will talk about how sports organisations can avoid internal disputes. 

A wave of personal insolvency is upon us as banks up the pressure on the directors and owners of failed companies who indulged in personal guarantees.  Not a day goes by that the Courts are not granting judgments for astronomical figures against shell shocked borrowers.  Figures of tens or in some cases hundreds  million Euros.  The Courts are simply not entertaining the stock...

We are delighted to announce that Declan Tormey has joined Leman Solicitors as partner designate.  Declan leads our Corporate and commercial unit.   He specialises in the ICT sector.   Declan previously worked as a management consultant in the ICT sector with one of Ireland's leading independent strategy consultancy firms.  Declan has extensive experience as a...

BOUNCING BACK: Leman Solicitors has profited from cutting legal jargon, itemising bills and increasing clients’ access to files.

‘TWO LADS and a laptop,” is how John Hogan of Leman Solicitors describes his 2007 business start-up with solicitor Larry Fenelon. 

In a little mews near the Pepper Canister church these two young gun solicitors decided to...

Leman Solicitors received an award in the FBD Business Excellence Awards 2010 in the "Best use of IT" category. This is recognition of our highly innovative paperless office as we are the first law firm in Ireland to go paperless. This enables our staff and clients to access their files in a secure login forum.

The 2010 Budget removed all stamped duty rates for residential property, including the First Time Buyers exemption and replaced it with a flat rate of 1% for property values up to €1m and 2% in excess of €1m.  Deborah Kearney predicts increased movement in the residential property market in 2011.

Commercial - Irish and European Trademark applications  

Property - Purchased hotel in Northwest

Licensing - secured extra licensing hours for pub/restaurant

Sport - Advised NGB on merger of National Governing Bodies

Litigation - advised broadcaster in defamation action

We are delighted to announce that John Walsh has joined Leman Solicitors as a Trainee. John has a Business & Legal Studies Degree from UCD and a Masters from Smurfit College Dublin. John arrives from London having worked in Banking and has a variety of international work experience. Leman Partner John Hogan will be acting as mentor. 

Commercial 

Acted for private investors in a €700,000 funding round in a clean technology company. 

Acted for the principal shareholder in the management buyout of a financial services company. 

Property 

Lease of new restaurant premises in Dublin City Centre,

Lease of Industrial Unit at Fashion City, Ballymount. 

Employment

Successful negotiation of employee...

In any proposal to transfer the family business to the next generation there are a number of key issues which need to be decided. 

1. Are your children suitable to manage the business? 

Are the children interested in taking on the family business? 

Are they ready to? 

Can your children afford to buy the business? 

 33% of business survive to the...

We are delighted to announce that Orlaith Doorley has joined the firm as  Practice Manager.  The new role strengthens the internal financial, HR and organisational management of the practice.  Orlaith previously worked with Mason Hayes + Curran and has [10] experience in practice management. 

John Hogan, Larry Fenelon and Simon Hollywood were guest speakers at the annual ‘SHOP’ retail conference which took place at the RDS on 28 – 30 September.  This is the largest trade show in Ireland for the food and retail sectors.  The presentations covered topics of recent employment law updates, methods of debt recovery and franchising your business.

As we continue to innovate and expand, Leman Solicitors has opened a sub office in Ballymount, the hub of the  M50 industrial zone.  We are bringing our legal expertise to the business community.  As the only corporate legal practice in the area we believe that we can give local businesses expertise,  professional service as well as convenience saving them management...

Ireland needs clean-break divorce says new research

According to a report on Nullity released by Leman Solicitors today, Ireland would benefit from the introduction of clean-break divorce to combat the applications for nullity which remain steady, despite almost 15 years of divorce legislation.

A decree of civil nullity means that a marriage is invalid and therefore deems that a marriage...

On 19 of May 2010 Deborah Kearney hosted a breakfast seminar interestingly called “How to cheat death and beat the taxman”. The seminar was very well attended, showing that people have a real interest in planning for the future in these uncertain times. Deborah gave attendees food for thought on things they should consider when making their will. Guest speaker, David Moran...

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