Established in 1825, Matheson LLP is an Irish law firm, headquartered in Dublin and with offices in Cork, London, New York, Palo Alto and San Francisco. It employs 775 people across six offices, including 105 partners and tax principals and over 530 legal, tax and digital services professionals.
Matheson’s clients include the majority of the Fortune 100 companies and it advises 7 of the top 10 global technology brands, 7 of the world’s 10 largest asset managers, and over half of the world’s 50 largest banks.
Matheson's expertise spans more than 20 distinct practice areas. including:
- Asset Management and Investment Funds
- Aviation and Asset Finance
- Banking and Financial services
- Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions
- Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution
- Corporate Healthcare
- FinTech
- Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- International Business
- Structured Finance and Tax
This broad spread of expertise and legal know-how allows the firm to provide best-in-class advice to clients on all facets of the law.
In February 2022, and for the second year in a row, Matheson was named Ireland's largest law firm by the Law Society of Ireland. In June 2002, its female / male partner gender ratio was ranked the third most gender diverse in Europe and the most gender diverse in Ireland by The Lawyer in its European 100 report 2022.
As a result of its clear D&I focus and practices, in 2020 the Irish Centre for Diversity awarded Matheson its Investors in Diversity Gold Standard. Matheson was the first organisation in Ireland to receive this award and is the only law firm in Ireland to hold D&I Gold accreditation. In March 2022, Matheson became the only organisation in Ireland to retain the Investors in Diversity Gold Standard. No other law firm in Ireland has been awarded it, and no other organisation in Ireland - of any type - has retained it.
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‘An excellent legal partner, they look at every assignment from the client's perspective.'
International Law Office
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Recent awards and accolades
Ranked Ireland’s Leading Funds Practice by assets under management (for the eleventh consecutive year)
Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report, March 2022
Ranked #1 M&A Legal Adviser in Ireland (by deal volume) for 2021
Mergermarket, January 2022
Employer of the Year
Irish Women in Finance Awards, December 2021
Diversity & Inclusion Law Firm of the Year
Irish Law Awards 2021, December 2021
Irish Tax Team of the Year and Irish Transfer Pricing Team of the Year (for the 2nd year in a row)
ITR European Tax Awards, September 2021
Ireland Law Firm of the Year
Chambers Europe Awards, April 2021
