Catherine
O'Meara
Partner
Catherine is a partner in the tax department at Matheson.
Catherine has significant experience advising multinational corporations doing business in Ireland on Irish corporate tax.
Her work primarily comprises advising multinationals on the Irish tax aspects of their operations including tax effective structuring of global reorganisations, IP ownership, inward investment projects and cash repatriation strategies.
Experience and Education
Catherine has experience advising:
- leading multinationals on the Irish tax aspects of their operations including tax effective structuring of global reorganisations, IP ownership, supply chain planning and cash repatriation strategies.
- on transfer pricing aspect queries and audits by the Irish Revenue Commissioners.
- on obtaining relief from double taxation on transfer pricing adjustments, including correlative relief claims, mutual agreement procedure requests and advance pricing agreements.
- on the application of the Irish transfer pricing regime.
- on the application of EU State aid principles in the context of Irish taxation matters.
- companies on their establishment in Ireland.
- on Irish stamp duty aspects of corporate restructurings and corporate transactions.
- University of Limerick, BA Law and Accounting
- Catherine is a Chartered Tax Advisor and a member of the Law Society of Ireland.
- Catherine has published articles in leading tax journals, is co-author on the Ireland section of the Bloomberg BNA TP Forum and is co-author of the Ireland chapter of the International Fiscal Association Cahiers on Cross Border Business Restructuring.
- Catherine is currently Chairperson of the International Fiscal Association – Irish branch.
