Established in 1825 in Dublin, Ireland and with offices in Cork, London, New York, Palo Alto and San Francisco, over 930 people work across Matheson’s six offices, including 128 partners and tax principals and over 660 legal, tax and digital services professionals. Matheson services the legal needs of internationally-focused companies and financial institutions doing business in and from Ireland. Our expertise is spread across more than 30 practice areas. Our clients include over half of the world’s 50 largest banks, 7 of the world’s 10 largest asset managers, 7 of the top 10 global technology brands.

News About Matheson

Ireland’s Matheson names new managing partner as incumbent resigns

Shane Hogan to succeed Darren Maher, who took over as managing partner in January and has left the firm

3 Aug 2026

Clutch of law firms guide DCC Energy’s $7.7bn takeover by KKR, ECP

Gibson Dunn, Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis and Cleary guide KKR’s largest public-to-private transaction in Europe in more than a decade alongside Irish firms Matheson, Arthur Cox and William Fry

27 Jul 2026

Ex-Kirkland partner Rory Mullarkey joins Matheson in London

Senior lawyer who led Kirkland’s private equity push will develop Irish firm’s private capital work

13 Dec 2023

Raft of top-tier firms advise on Smurfit Kappa’s $11bn acquisition of WestRock

Advisers include Matheson, Freshfields, Wachtell, Clifford Chance, Cravath and Paul Weiss

12 Sep 2023

Matheson hires senior lawyers from KPMG and Accenture as it targets tech transformation work

Recruits also arrive from A&L Goodbody and DLA Piper adding three partners and a counsel across firm's Dublin and London offices

23 Nov 2021

Matheson breaks new ground with first dedicated pro bono partner

Niamh Counihan will lead pro bono strategy, devoting 50% of her time to programme

29 Jul 2021

Matheson unveils ESG group on eve of new EU sustainable finance rules

Twelve-partner team will advise on issues including climate action and supply chain management

31 Mar 2021

Matheson creates new digital services group

Responding to digital disruption and client demand for legaltech, Irish firm Matheson launches new, multi-disciplinary digital services group.

27 Nov 2019