Emma Doherty

Emma Doherty is a partner and a member of the US Business and Inward Investment Groups at Matheson. Emma practises corporate law and regularly spends time in the US with her clients. She works with international companies on the establishment, expansion and operation of their businesses in Ireland. Emma also advises clients on the complex legal issues that can arise on international transactions involving Irish subsidiaries of foreign companies, including advising on a broad range of corporate reorganisations. Emma regularly leads group-wide multi-jurisdictional international restructuring projects. Emma also advises corporate clients on a broad range of contract, corporate governance and business-related issues, including directors' duties and compliance matters. In addition, she provides ongoing corporate advice and strategic counselling to clients, including advice in relation to distributions and complex cash repatriation strategies. Emma is a member of the Company Law Review Group, the statutory advisory expert body charged with advising the Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation on the review and development of company law in Ireland. · Matheson LLP

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Emma Doherty is a partner in Matheson's US Business and Inward Investment Groups who advises international companies on establishing, expanding and operating businesses in Ireland and regularly spends time in the US with her clients. She advises on corporate reorganisations and group-wide multi-jurisdictional restructurings, directors' duties and corporate governance, commercial contracts, and complex distributions and cash repatriation strategies, and is a member of the Company Law Review Group.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&AInward InvestmentCross-Border TransactionsRestructuringCorporate GovernanceCommercial Contracts

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Ireland

Matheson LLP · Emma Doherty is a partner and a member of the US Business and Inward Investment Groups at Matheson. Emma practises corporate law and regularly spends time in the US with her clients. She works with international companies on the establishment, expansion and operation of their businesses in Ireland. Emma also advises clients on the complex legal issues that can arise on international transactions involving Irish subsidiaries of foreign companies, including advising on a broad range of corporate reorganisations. Emma regularly leads group-wide multi-jurisdictional international restructuring projects. Emma also advises corporate clients on a broad range of contract, corporate governance and business-related issues, including directors' duties and compliance matters. In addition, she provides ongoing corporate advice and strategic counselling to clients, including advice in relation to distributions and complex cash repatriation strategies. Emma is a member of the Company Law Review Group, the statutory advisory expert body charged with advising the Minister for Business, Enterprise & Innovation on the review and development of company law in Ireland.

Ireland

Expertise

US-facing inbound investmentInternational corporate reorganisationsGroup-wide multi-jurisdictional restructuringsDistributions & cash repatriation strategiesDirectors' duties & corporate governanceHealthcare & Life Sciences

Education

Bachelor of Business and Law (BBLS), University College Dublin

Admissions

Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland
Chartered Tax Advisor, Irish Taxation Institute
Qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales (non-practising)
Associate Member, American Bar Association (ABA)