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Trinity College Dublin law student Omotolani Sogbetun has been awarded the 2025 Matheson Cara Scholarship. The scholarship, delivered as part of Matheson's impactful business programme, is named in honour of the firm's late partner, Cara O'Hagan.

Matheson partners Darren Maher and Joe Beashel consider the potential Irish implications of a UK ruling on motor finance lending and consumer protection. Following a much-anticipated judgment handed down by the UK Supreme Court on Friday 1 August 2025, motor car finance lenders in the UK market like

Law student Tara Grattan has been named by Matheson as winner of the 2025 Tim Scanlon corporate law bursary. Now in its fourth year, the annual bursary honours the memory of late Matheson partner Tim Scanlon and is delivered as part of Matheson's impactful business programme. It is open to undergrad

Matheson partner Mark O'Sullivan and solicitor Cormac Phelan examine an important Irish court ruling on the tax residence of a US company. The Court of Appeal recently affirmed a previous decision of the High Court, ruling that a disregarded US LLC was not a resident of the US for the purposes of th

Alternative legal services provider Johnson Hana has been acquired by US-headquartered Eudia. Johnson Hana was founded in 2017 by former barrister Dan Fox and now counts Citibank, Stripe, Airbnb, X and OpenAI among its clients.

Matheson has acted for global crypto platform Kraken in its successful application to the Central Bank to become Ireland's first authorised crypto-asset service provider. Having secured authorisation under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), Kraken can now offer fully-regulated crypto s

Matheson partners have unanimously elected Darren Maher to succeed Michael Jackson as managing partner next year. Mr Jackson, who has led the firm since 2016, will hand over at the beginning of 2026 to Mr Maher, head of the firm's financial institutions group and co-head of its corporate depart

Matheson and University College Dublin have announced a new collaboration to support UCD Sutherland School of Law in the teaching and research of corporate governance and related law. The new corporate partnership will see the appointment of a new Matheson assistant professor in corporate governance

More than 200 Matheson lawyers have attended the University of Cambridge's business school over the course of a partnership launched 10 years ago.

Matheson has announced plans to mark the firm's 200th anniversary throughout 2025. The firm traces back its "family tree" to Richard Alexander Walker and Matthew Anderson, two solicitors practising in Georgian Dublin in 1825.

Matheson LLP has appointed Julie Murray as its new head of knowledge management. It marks Ms Murray's return to Matheson, where she began her legal career as an associate in corporate M&A, before moving to London to further her career with another international law firm.

Matheson tax partners Matthew Broadstock and Dara Higgins, head of tax policy Olivia Long and senior associate Bernadine Dooley consider the EU response to Trump's trade policy and the impact on Ireland. Early into 2025 and the second Trump administration, tariffs are playing a major role in Preside

Matheson and A&L Goodbody are tied as Ireland's largest legal workplace, with both having 371 practising solicitors at the end of 2024. Both firms were considerably ahead of Arthur Cox on 333, Mason Hayes & Curran on 313 and McCann FItzGerald on 290, according to figures published today in t

Matheson has opened applications for the 2025 Tim Scanlon Corporate Law Bursary. Established in 2022, the bursary honours late Matheson partner and former chairperson Tim Scanlon and is open to undergraduate and postgraduate law students.

Matheson is advising Irish-domiciled funds with total assets under management of more than $1.33 trillion, according to a new report. The firm's asset management and investment funds department has been ranked in the latest Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report as Ireland's leading practice by assets