Company Solicitor Ireland
Company law for the people who actually own and run Irish companies — directors, shareholders, family businesses, owners’ management companies, clubs and charities.
Richard O’Shea, Solicitor & Law Society Accredited Mediator — Mary Molloy Solicitors, established 1981. Dublin & Kilkenny. Clients nationwide.
Company Problems We Solve
The big firms write company law for corporate counsel. We practise it for the two-person company, the family at war over the business, the volunteer running an apartment block or a club — and the director being pursued personally.
Shareholder Disputes
Minority rights, section 212 oppression, exits and buy-outs - and the majority’s defence. Both sides of the register.
Director Disputes & Deadlock
Removing a director, being removed, and the 50/50 company where nobody can move - resolved by machinery, not attrition.
Family Business Disputes
Succession fights, sibling shareholders and the founder who won’t let go - where company law meets the kitchen table.
Business Partnership Disputes
Partnerships and quasi-partnership companies: exits, dissolutions and the fallouts between people who built something together.
OMC Disputes
Ireland’s ~8,000 owners’ management companies and their disputes - service charges, repairs, AGMs, the MUD Act’s Circuit Court machinery.
OMC Directors & Governance
For the volunteers running apartment blocks: your duties under two Acts, your protections, and how to run the company properly.
Service Charges & Sinking Funds
Charge approval, transparency, arrears in both directions and the sinking fund the law requires - for owners and boards alike.
Clubs, Charities & Community Groups
Committee coups, AGM wars, trustee duties and the Charities Regulator - law for the volunteers who run Irish life.
Strike-Off & Restoration
Struck off - or about to be? The 2024 Act’s new grounds, the consequences, and the restoration routes back.
Director Restriction & Exposure
Section 819 letters, disqualification, personal guarantees called in, liquidator demands - defence for the director being pursued.
Insolvency & SCARP
Creditor pressure, the small company rescue process, and honest options talk before the choices narrow.
Shareholders’ Agreements & Governance
The prevention practice: agreements, constitutions and exit mechanics drafted before the dispute, when protection is cheap.
The Register Never Sleeps
Company law has its own version of limitation periods: the register. Annual returns fall due whether the company is thriving or dormant; beneficial ownership filings are now a strike-off ground; the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 added three new routes to involuntary strike-off and — from July 2025 — softened the audit-exemption penalty for a first late filing. Companies that stop watching the register get dissolved by it; directors who stop watching their exposure meet it in a liquidator’s letter. The second rule is the same as in every dispute practice we run: disputes are won on documents and lost on delay — minutes, registers, agreements and the record you build before positions harden.
Mary Molloy Solicitors are solicitors, not accountants or tax advisers. Nothing on this page is tax, accounting or financial advice — engage your accountant on those questions, and both advisers together where matters straddle the line. Company law procedures, CRO practice and filing deadlines change frequently, and reform of the law governing owners’ management companies and charities is ongoing; confirm the current position before acting on anything here.
Start with the Dispute Route Finder to see which resolution routes typically fit your situation.
Ireland Has ~8,000 Owners’ Management Companies
Every apartment block and managed estate in the country is run by one — volunteer directors, two Acts of the Oireachtas, chronic disputes, and until now no dedicated legal resource. Whether you own a unit and can’t get answers, or you sit on the board and can’t get peace, start here.
Company Solicitors By County
Company disputes run on documents, phone and email — we act for clients in every county.
Company Law - Frequently Asked Questions
A Company Problem — Corporate or Personal?
One phone call establishes your legal position, the documents that decide it, the realistic routes and the deadlines you are on.
Call 01 5827148