The Benchmark 2025
For businesses investing in R&D, understanding the landscape of global tax incentives is key to optimising financial benefits and driving innovation. Introducing The Benchmark 2025, Ayming’s comprehensive report that provides a detailed global comparison of R&D tax incentives and IP Box regimes. With incentive schemes varying significantly from country to country, making informed decisions is crucial to ensuring your company makes the most of available opportunities. This guide equips businesses with…
Grants 101
With the right knowledge and support, UK businesses can unlock thousands to millions in non-dilutive funding. The 2025 edition of Grants 101 by Ayming is your updated go-to guide for navigating the complex UK grant landscape, with new guidance on Innovate UK priorities, application strategies, and industry insights tailored for the year ahead. Grants incentivise businesses to undertake projects in areas of government priority, such as semi-conductor manufacturing or decarbonisation.…
Response to Spring Statement 2025
London, 31 March 2025: Following last week’s release of the highly anticipated Spring Statement 2025, we reflect on the proposals mentioned, their implications, and what they signal for the broader R&D landscape. Commenting on Labour’s Plan for Growth, Njy Rios, Partner, R&D Tax Incentives at Ayming UK, says: “It’s one thing to say you’re pro-growth; it’s another to turn rhetoric into reality. The rise in employer’s national insurance is squeezing…
Cream of the crop: Better Dairy ’s bold step toward sustainability
The Vision – Reinventing dairy for a more sustainable future Better Dairy is at the forefront of sustainable food innovation. Its mission is to revolutionise the dairy industry by developing animal-free dairy products that offer the same taste, texture, and nutritional benefits as traditional dairy. By leveraging precision fermentation and cutting-edge biotechnologies, it is pioneering a new generation of food. This research and development brands them disruptors in the dairy…
From Lab to Launch: KETS ’ growth through UK Investor Partnerships
Investor Partnerships Scheme Innovate UK’s Investor Partnerships Scheme is a non-dilutive grant tied to equity investment, designed to support businesses by accelerating their innovation to market. The scheme functions by combining grant funding with aligned equity investment from trusted venture capital partners. Investor Partnerships is re-emerging with increased importance following the closure of the SMART Grants scheme in early 2025, due to oversaturation and low success rates for applicants. The…
Arthur Cox shortlisted in the Mergermarket M&A Awards 2025
The shortlist for Mergermarket M&A Awards 2025 has been released, and we are pleased to be shortlisted for the Ireland Legal Adviser of the Year award. The awards recognise the achievements of Europe’s top dealmakers and reward innovative advisory work on some of the region’s most transformative deals of the past year. To learn more, visit Mergermarket European M&A Awards 2025
Christopher McLaughlin on Irish carve-out deals in 2025 – Dealspeak EMEA, Mergermarket
30/09/2025 News Christopher McLaughlin, Partner in our Corporate and M&A Group, features in a recent column via Dealspeak EMEA (Mergermarket), providing insight as to the recent drive in carve-outs seen across sectors. In the piece, authored by Rupert Cocke and Akshari Hari, Christopher describes the reasons for this trend and the current corporate-deal climate influencing the uptick, both in Ireland and across Europe. The article, entitled ‘Irish carve-outs spurred by…
Response to the UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy 2025
London, 23 June 2025: The government unveiled its Modern Industrial Strategy on the 23rd June 2025, marking a bold 10-year vision to revitalise British industry and drive sustained economic growth. Central to the strategy is a targeted focus on eight high-growth sectors – Advanced Manufacturing, Clean Energy, Creative Industries, Defence, Digital & Technologies (including AI and semiconductors), Financial Services, Life Sciences, and Professional & Business Services – which collectively account for around…
Horizon Scanner: Finance
Geoff Moore Managing Partner, Dublin Geoff is our Managing Partner. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and private equity.
The FD’s guide to R&D tax
What’s inside? Chapter 1: Overview of R&D Tax Credits 1.1 What is R&D and what qualifies? | A clear explanation of HMRC’s definition of R&D, including technological uncertainty and the role of competent professionals in determining eligibility. 1.2 What can be claimed? | Breaks down the categories of qualifying expenditure, from staff costs to software, subcontractors, and cloud computing. 1.3 What you need to know: Requirements & rules | Covers…
European CLO Summit 2025
Fiona de Lacy (Managing Director, Corporate Services), Aiden Small (Partner, Capital Markets) and Brendan Kennedy (Partner, Capital Markets) are looking forward to attending the conference, which will serve as an educational forum designed for investors, issuers, underwriters, rating agencies, lawyers and accountants. The event will offer an opportunity to practitioners to learn the newest techniques in maximising returns and reducing risk exposure in this growing area of asset-backed finance. The…
Horizon Scanner: Infrastructure, Construction, Energy
Click on the image below to read this month’s Horizon Scanner. Click on the links below to access previous editions. September 2025 Horizon Scanner Infrastructure, Construction, Energy July 2025 Horizon Scanner Infrastructure, Construction, Energy June 2025 Horizon Scanner Infrastructure, Construction, Energy May 2025 Horizon Scanner Infrastructure, Construction, Energy April 2025 Horizon Scanner: Infrastructure, Construction, Energy March 2025 Horizon Scanner: Infrastructure, Construction, Energy February 2025 Horizon Scanner: Infrastructure, Construction, Energy January…
International Innovation Barometer 2026
Innovation has never been more vital – and more complex. The International Innovation Barometer 2026 (IIB 2026), now in its 7th annual edition, provides an unparalleled look at how organisations across 17 countries and 6 sectors are adapting, investing, and collaborating to stay competitive in a rapidly changing world. From boardrooms to R&D labs, innovation is shifting from being a growth driver to a strategic necessity for resilience, competitiveness, and…
Phoenix Tower International on sale of telecom tower portfolio
Geoff Moore Managing Partner, Dublin Geoff is our Managing Partner. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and private equity.
Business Post Legal 100: Eight partners recognised
We are delighted that eight of our partners have been included in the list. This year, new categories were added, such as one for ‘Rising Stars’ – to spotlight those showing brilliant talent with less than five years’ experience in the partner role. Our partners were featured in the following categories: Ailish Finnerty, Tax Brian O’Rourke, Planning & Real Estate Ciara Buckley, Rising Stars David Molloy, Banking, Asset Finance, and…
DataCentres Ireland 2025
We are sponsoring DataCentres Ireland 2025, the country’s leading event for the data centre sector. The conference, which will bring together key decision-makers, operators, service providers, and innovators in the sector, will take place from 19 – 20 November in the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin. Niamh McGovern (Partner, Energy and Infrastructure) and Jacinta Conway (Partner, Environment and Planning) will participate in a panel discussion at the conference on policy, regulation and legislation. For more,…
Private Healthcare Summit 2025
The summit brings together key stakeholders from the private healthcare sector, and serves as a platform for healthcare professionals, administrators, and industry experts to collaborate, share insights, and discuss emerging trends and challenges in the sector. The theme for the summit will be “Addressing challenges and innovations in Ireland’s private healthcare sector”, and will feature sessions looking at financial sustainability, regulatory developments, digital transformation as well as innovation and patient-centred…
I Squared Capital and the sale of Energia Group
08/10/2025 Deals This significant deal underscores the continued evolution and investment interest in Ireland’s energy market. The Arthur Cox team was led by Niamh McGovern (Energy and Infrastructure), Amy McDermott and Cian McCourt (Corporate and M&A), and David White (Corporate and M&A Northern Ireland) working in close collaboration with a team from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, led by Amy Mahon. We were also supported by a wider team across the…
SEC Chairman Suggests Path to Eliminating Most Shareholder Proposals
In remarks delivered on October 9 at the John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance’s 25th Anniversary Gala, US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Paul Atkins suggested the SEC may be open to eliminating the ability of shareholders to submit precatory shareholder proposals to companies incorporated in Delaware. This speech follows the recent publication of an article by Kyle Pinder of Delaware law firm Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell…
Valneva Announces up to $500 Million Debt Facility With Pharmakon Advisors
San Francisco – October 6, 2025 – Cooley advised Valneva, a specialty vaccine company that develops, manufactures and commercializes prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases addressing unmet medical needs, on a debt facility for up to $500 million in nondilutive financing with funds managed by Pharmakon Advisors. An initial tranche of $215 million will be used to repay in full Valneva’s existing debt facility with Deerfield Management and OrbiMed, inclusive of…
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