About Ireland - Commercial
As a commercial lawyer, you have to cover a lot of ground. Today, you might be drawing up agreements for suppliers. Tomorrow, you might be dealing with a query on intellectual property. When you're wearing so many hats, sometimes the real challenge is
simply knowing where to start. Whatever the challenge, Lexis+ Ireland - Commercial is the only place you need to look.
We address commercial contract essentials, entity-specific execution, and offer resources on IP, confidentiality, data protection.
We also provide insights on digital trade, supply, and consumer protection.
Contract
Practice notes and precedents covering contract formation, execution, interpretation and variation in Ireland to help you confidently negotiate, execute and manage robust commercial agreements.
Digital trade
Practical information on the issues and legal considerations arising for businesses trading and operating online including guidance on the legal requirements applicable to websites and online platforms.
Confidential information and intellectual property
An overview of the laws protecting confidential information and trade secrets in Ireland including practical guidance on key issues to consider when negotiating confidentiality agreements.
Key developments and horizon scanning
Our legislation, cases, initiatives and progress trackers keep you up to date with all the latest developments affecting commercial lawyers in Ireland.
Our Ireland - Commercial Experts
Eoin Brereton
Ronan Dunne
Kasturi Moodaliyar
Karl Shirran
Róisín Haughey
Latest Ireland - Commercial News
MLex: The revision of the EU’s Cybersecurity Act is set to move into a new phase in early June 2026, with Cyprus expected to present a compromise text...
EU Law analysis: The EU Commission has now approved the new EU Designs Implementing Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2026/138), setting out a number of...
MLex: A revamp of the EU’s telecom rules won’t weaken ‘open internet’ principles that ensure that network traffic is treated equally by service...
MLex: Google, Amazon and Microsoft are facing another delay in the EU’s legislative proposal on cloud and AI development, marking another setback for...
Law360, London: The Court of Justice held on 12 May 2026 that national laws allowing news publishers to demand fair payment in negotiations with...
Latest Ireland - Commercial Practice Notes
The EU consumer protection cases tracker is intended to track key cases related to consumer law. It includes relevant cases (opinions and judgements)...
This Practice Note considers the steps which a business can take to review its commercial contracts with a view to extracting maximum value and...
This Practice Note tracks the enforcement actions taken by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland under the EU’s General Data Protection...
This Practice Note is a horizon scanner tracking key future developments in the field of commercial law in Ireland for 2026. It provides details of...
What is an assignment?An assignment is an immediate transfer of an existing proprietary right, vested or contingent from one party to another. In...
Latest Ireland - Commercial Precedents
This Precedent short form distribution agreement is for use by a UK based manufacturer, wholesaler or reseller who wishes to appoint a non-exclusive...
This Deed is made on [date]PartiesWhen deciding which persons are needed as signatories to this deed, consider if any third party rights or interests...
This Precedent is a template contract cover sheet to accompany a contract. It is not a legally binding contract document and does not form part of the...
This Precedent is an agency agreement for use where the principal supplies services and authorises an agent to market and procure orders on behalf of...
This is a precedent arbitration clause for future disputes, which can be used for international and domestic arbitrations and includes optional...
Featured Ireland - Commercial content
Ireland—The relationship between Irish and English contract law
Ireland—The relationship between Irish and English contract lawThis Practice Note provides an overview of the general application and interpretation...
Ireland—Executing simple contracts and deeds
Ireland—Executing simple contracts and deedsThis Practice Note summarises the law, guidance and practice relating to the execution of simple contracts...
Ireland—Third party rights—the common law doctrine of privity of contract
Ireland—Third party rights—the common law doctrine of privity of contractThis Practice Note discusses the common law doctrine of privity of contract,...
Ireland—Exclusion and limitation of liability
Ireland—Exclusion and limitation of liabilityThis Practice Note provides guidance on the common law and statutory controls affecting exclusion and...
Ireland—Assigning rights under contracts
Ireland—Assigning rights under contractsWhat is an assignment?An assignment is an immediate transfer of an existing proprietary right, vested or...
Ireland—Protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights
Ireland—Protecting and enforcing intellectual property rightsIntroductionIrish law protects a range of intellectual property (IP) rights that will be...
Smurfit Kappa-WestRock deal received clearances from many countries, still needs at least EU, Mexico approval
The required merger control clearances and non-objections in respect of the US, the UK, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Serbia and South Africa have...
Ireland—Notice of assignment of contract—from assignee
Ireland—Notice of assignment of contract—from assigneeThis Precedent is a notice to be issued by the assignee to the original contractual counterparty...
Ireland—Sale of goods
Ireland—Sale of goodsThis Practice Note provides an overview of the law and practice relating to contracts for the sale and supply of goods. It...
EU Commission told to pay damages over illicit Facebook log-in data transfer
The Commission must pay damages to a user of its one of its websites over the transfer of personal data to the US without the necessary safeguards, EU...
Digital platforms whistleblower tools rolled out by EU Commission
Whistleblowers can provide relevant information anonymously or not, in any of the EU official languages and in any relevant format (for example,...
Meta Platforms' GDPR legal basis for training AI under scrutiny by Schrems campaign group
Meta Platforms' decision to use the General Data Protection Regulation legal basis 'legitimate interests' to process personal data to train its...
Ireland—Supply of services
Ireland—Supply of services This Practice Note provides an overview of the legislation and regulation impacting business to business (B2B) and business...
TikTok to challenge EU's 'gatekeeper' designation at 29 April 2024 court hearing
The company has already failed to suspend the application of the legislation in interim court proceedings, and now the lower-tier General Court is...
Ireland—Contract interpretation—implied terms
Ireland—Contract interpretation—implied termsThis Practice Note provides an overview of the distinction between express and implied terms and outlines...
Ireland—Execution formalities—partnerships
Ireland—Execution formalities—partnershipsThis Practice Note provides practical guidance on proper execution of simple contracts and deeds for general...
Associated legal terms
Company’s powers
The company’s powers or capacity is defined by its objects and under the Companies Act 2006, the rule is that unless the company’s articles specifically restrict the objects of the company, its objects are unrestricted.
IPMS2
International Property Measurement Standard 2. Used for measuring the interior boundary area of a Building. It is similar to Gross Internal Area.
New Deal for Consumers
On 11 April 2018, the European Commission adopted the New Deal for Consumers (see the New Deal for Consumers Communication). The New Deal for Consumers initiative aimed at strengthening EU consumer law enforcement in light of a growing risk of EU-wide infringements and at modernising EU consumer protection rules in view of market developments. In 2017, the European Commission evaluated existing consumer rules and found out that the EU consumer legislation were not applied and enforced effectively across the EU. Therefore, the European Commission decided to publish an Impact Assessment and hold a consultation. Based on its findings, and as part of the New Deal for Consumers package, two directives were adopted: • Directive (EU) 2019/2161 on better enforcement and modernisation of EU consumer protection, also known as the EU Omnibus Directive • Directive (EU) 2020/1828 on representative actions for the protection of the collective interests of consumers and repealing Directive 2009/22/EC, also known as the Collective Redress Directive These two directives amend key EU consumer protection legislation. The main amendments include more transparency for consumers when buying online, effective penalties and clear rules to tackle the issue of dual quality of products in the EU. For more information on the New Deal for Consumers, see the European Commission website.
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