Swiss investment bank UBS was the big winner in fees paid out last year by Nama, as it received €3.85m from the agency.

The spend by the Central Bank on third-party legal services last year increased by 23% to €3.2m, or a weekly average spend of €61,538.

Demand for high-quality office accommodation in the sought-after Dublin Docklands shows little sign of abating as one of the final office buildings in the vicinity hits the market with a €75m price tag.

The first secretary-general of the Department of Finance recruited from outside the ranks of the civil service has resigned after only 18 months in the position.

One of the top civil servants in the Government has resigned after less than a year and a half at the head of the Department of Finance.

A law firm has been retained by KPMG, the special liquidators of IBRC, to decide whether legal action should be taken against KPMG as auditors of the former Irish Nationwide Building Society.

The RTÉ board is in the firing line after Pat Rabbitte admitted his confidence in it was “shaken”.

Jimmy Woulfe and Juno McEnroe profile the new secretary general at the Department of Finance

A top law firm has launched an investigation into a bogus memo that claims to have come from the company advising the public on paying the household charge.

BORD na Móna is hopeful of being granted “lead partner” status in the Government’s plan to establish a more focused utility body around water supply, as set out in both the Programme for Government and the EU/IMF agreement.

LAW firm McCann FitzGerald has won its third international award in four months at the Euromoney Legal Media Group/European Women in Business Law awards.

MERGER transactions notified to the Competition Authority were up 70% last year, but the number of deals fell back to 2003 levels.

MERGER and acquisition activity has fallen to levels last seen in the mid-1990s, following what has been described as an extremely difficult year.

A RECEIVER has been appointed to take control of shares held in two companies by embattled developer Paddy Kelly.

THE private consortium hired by the state to run the nursing home repayments scheme has been paid €7.7m in fees this year.

Employers have been warned that they face being "named and shamed" if they break the law by failing to give employees their statutory entitlements, employment group McCann FitzGerald have warned today.

The Supreme Court's dismissal of the Competition Authority's case against the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) may have a major impact on the enforcement of Irish competition law, according to solicitors McCann FitzGerald.

LIMERICK County Council paid out €1.38 million in legal expenses last year, according to figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

Concerns among employers over legal liability issues are hampering the chances of people with disabilities gaining employment, according to corporate law firm McCann FitzGerald.

PATIENTS illegally charged by the State for public nursing home care will be given 28 days to accept or reject the offers of repayment made to them.

A LEADING solicitor has warned that failure to streamline and simplify the disciplinary codes for public sector employees will make meaningful performance management reviews of these organisations impossible.

The Competition Authority cleared company mergers on average within 30 days of being notified in 2005, according to a study by McCann FitzGerald.

WILLIAM Fry Solicitors has emerged as this year’s top Irish legal firm for merger and acquisitions.

THE number of merger transactions notified to the Competition Authority in 2004 rose to 81 from 47 the previous year, according to a study by law firm McCann FitzGerald.

The number of merger transactions notified to the Competition Authority in 2004 was up 72% on the previous year, according to a study by leading law firm McCann FitzGerald.

Dublin law firm McCann FitzGerald has increased its presence in Britain with the appointment of a second partner at its London office.

Ireland's new Commercial Court has had a major impact on increasing the speed at which commercial disputes are resolved since its introduction in January of this year, according to a new report from McCann FitzGerald Solicitors.

More than 90% of the mergers notified to the Competition Authority in 2003 were cleared at the first phase, a survey has revealed.

Six new partners have been appointed to law firm McCann Fitzgerald.

McCann FitzGerald was named Irish Law Firm of the Year by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) at its annual awards ceremony in London last night.

Dublin law firm McCann FitzGerald has been named as the Irish Law Firm of the Year by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) at its annual awards ceremony in London.

Dublin: The new Children’s Advertising Code to be introduced by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland this summer will only apply to national broadcasters and not to broadcasters from outside the Republic, such as ITV or BSkyB, according to a leading lawyer.

DETAILS of a furious legal battle by Ansbacher depositors to prevent their names being published have been uncovered for the first time.