Eversheds Sutherland is a global top 10 law practice that provides strategic legal advice and solutions to a global client base ranging from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest multinationals.

With over 70 offices across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, our global network of lawyers are available to assist you in every major international market and guide you through transactions in these often complex marketplaces. We often coordinate projects for international companies with an Irish / European establishment or expansion plans, and regularly act as a central point across the Eversheds Sutherland network. Our clients are a combination of indigenous owner-managed companies as well as international and multinational companies, banks, financial institutions, start-ups and public organisations.

The Irish offices, which serves as an important European hub for the firm’s international client base, employ over 300 talented professionals and have a strong tradition and culture of investing in world-class people and nurturing young talent. With offices in Belfast and Dublin, we are Ireland’s only full service international law practice with an all-island and UK presence. Our International Trade and Brexit group is a versatile practice that works with our clients to maximise their international opportunities, helping them successfully navigate what can be a complex framework of international and domestic laws and regulations.

Our FDI Group is multi-disciplinary, drawing on the professional experience of our people across the firm as required, including Corporate, Tax, Employment, Intellectual Property, Banking and Regulatory. Having advised a number of clients on successfully establishing and developing their business in Ireland and helping them gain access to the European market, we are very familiar with IDA Ireland. We frequently partner with the agency on producing client-focused material and hosting FDI related events.

Our FDI Group advises international businesses on all aspects of setting up in Ireland, including:

real estate

tax structures

intellectual property

funding programmes and incentives

establishing in Ireland

corporate re-organizations

merger & acquisitions

investment agreements

employment

Our ability to deliver a high standard of integrated service across all jurisdictions has been tested and proven to work. We deal constantly with large-scale projects involving multiple jurisdictions as well as countless day-to-day activities that help our clients’ manage their operations in real time.