• Life Sciences
• Technology
• Energy
• Built Environment
• Financial Services

• Company law
• Corporate governance and compliance
• Corporate reorganisations
• ESG

Education

• Law Society of Ireland
• University College Cork (LL.M)
• University College Cork (BCL)

Professional Memberships

• Law Society of Ireland

Engagements and Authorships

• Emer has lectured and tutored on the Law Society of Ireland’s professional training and diploma courses on corporate governance and corporate transactions.

• Emer has also authored practice notes and legal updates on Practical Law and Lexology.

• Advising clients on the applicability of, and legal obligations under, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.

• Advising a leading global life sciences group on a complex pre-sale reorganisation to hive out part of its business in preparation for a €2.45bn divestiture.

• Advising on all Irish aspects of the restructuring of a large UK-headquartered hotel group for the purpose of putting in place a new Irish holding company.

• Advising a medical devices company on a c.€10 million venture capital investment, including drafting and negotiating the terms of a Subscription and Shareholders’ Agreement and related constitution.

• Advising a start-up technology company on the terms of a joint venture between a number of high-profile Irish entities, including drafting and advising on the terms of the Subscription and Shareholders’ Agreement.

• Providing ongoing advices to clients across a broad range of sectors on discrete company law issues, including share issues and redemptions, share capital reductions, directors’ duties, dividends and other distributions, financial assistance and transactions with directors and connected persons.

• Providing bespoke training sessions to various boards of directors on (i) directors’ duties to ensure directors are familiar with their fiduciary and other key statutory duties and obligations as directors of Irish companies and (ii) incoming legislation on corporate sustainability reporting and corporate sustainability due diligence.