Practice Areas

French Desk

The main aim of the French Desk is to provide optimum solutions to French businesses and francophone clients located in Ireland and to those looking to set up or expand here. Mason Hayes & Curran has created a French desk staffed by Irish and French lawyers who have expertise in all core business legal fields.

Our French Desk is an integrated unit of our International Practice Section, benefiting from a perfect bi-cultural approach while advising on a large number of transnational commercial operations.

Jérôme Dupuy will be your main contact. He advises on all aspects of investing and doing business in Ireland and will give you first line advice in relation to your corporate and commercial queries. Jérôme will also liaise with our teams of specialists, French-speaking lawyers of Mason Hayes & Curran in order to fully assist you in:

• Corporate structure and tax optimisation
• Company incorporation and ongoing company secretarial requirements
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Negotiation of grant agreement with relevant development agency
• Employment law and employee benefits
• Negotiations and drafting of commercial contracts and terms and conditions of trade
• Agency and distribution agreements
• Intellectual Property and Information Technology
• Protection and Exploitation of IP rights
• Commercial Litigation and debt recovery matters
• Regulatory and Competition Law
• Commercial real estate

Our clients

We advise many leading French corporations as well as numerous important smaller companies including SMEs/SMIs, start-ups and entrepreneurs.
Our clients are particularly active in the following sectors:

• IT and telecommunications;
• Software
• Chemical industry and petroleum
• Energy and the environment
• E-Commerce
• Retail
• International services such as insurances, financial services, outsourcing and contracted services.

Département Français / French Desk

Contact

For further information, please contact Jérôme Dupuy, who will be happy to discuss your particular business requirements on request.

Our People

• Jérôme Dupuy
  European Lawyer
• Ronnie Neville
  Partner
• Mary Casey
  Senior Associate