Cross-Border Law for International Companies
Burke Legal acts as lead Irish counsel to international corporations across the breadth of corporate law, from governance and directors' duties through disputes and enforcement to special situations. The four areas below set out the work in more detail. Each links to its own page.
Corporate and governance
Irish company law advice for international groups, their boards and their overseas counsel: the advice that keeps decisions properly authorised and authority clear, whether the matter is routine or time-critical.
- Directors' duties, conflicts of interest and board process
- Constitutional and shareholder matters, including share rights and class consents
- Governance and regulation of artificial intelligence, including the EU AI Act
- Ongoing and in-house counsel support, and Irish-law opinions for overseas counsel
Jurisdiction and cross-border strategy
Where proceedings should be brought, how steps in different jurisdictions should be sequenced, and how foreign judgments, awards and proceedings may be given effect in Ireland.
- Forum selection, jurisdictional access and COMI analysis
- Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, awards and insolvency proceedings
- Sequencing of Irish steps alongside UK, EU, US and offshore processes
- Ireland and the United Kingdom after Brexit
Disputes and enforcement
Corporate and commercial disputes before the Irish courts, and enforcement and recovery for creditors, investors and counterparties, including where the underlying judgment, award or process originates elsewhere.
- Shareholder and corporate disputes, including deadlock and claims against directors
- Commercial disputes, injunctive and interlocutory relief
- Court applications in support of international arbitration
- Enforcement of judgments, awards and security against Irish assets
Special situations
Advice to companies, boards, creditors and investors where financial difficulty or a planned exit calls for decisive and well-sequenced action, from out-of-court liquidity solutions to in-court restructuring proceedings.
- Out-of-court liquidity solutions and consensual restructurings
- Schemes of arrangement, examinership and SCARP
- Solvent wind-ups and orderly exit
- Liquidations, receiverships and the enforcement of security
Typical mandates
Burke Legal acts for:
- international groups with Irish subsidiaries, holding companies or financing vehicles
- boards and directors facing contested decisions, conflicts or financial pressure
- shareholders and investors in governance questions and corporate disputes
- creditors, funds and counterparties assessing Irish enforcement, recovery or restructuring options
- office-holders and insolvency practitioners
- international law firms requiring specialist Irish input on a cross-border matter
Approach
The practice is deliberately senior-led and selective. Matters are handled with a focus on technical precision, procedural strategy and commercial outcomes. Burke Legal works closely with foreign counsel, financial advisers and insolvency practitioners to deliver integrated advice across jurisdictions.
To discuss a matter, please contact the firm.