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Pat English is a Partner in the Corporate Department at Matheson. He is head of the firm’s market-leading International Business Group and co-head of the Firm’s US Business and Inward Investment Groups.

Pat is a highly experienced corporate lawyer focusing primarily on advising overseas clients on establishing operations and doing business in and from Ireland.

In addition to assisting on establishment and expansion projects, Pat advises a superb roster of international, and in particular US, clients on the Irish corporate law aspects of corporate re-organisations, cash management strategies, pre- and post-acquisition integration transactions, IP migrations, spin-offs, cross-border mergers and general commercial contracts, as well as providing strategic corporate governance and related counsel.

Pat has a stellar reputation in the Irish market for advising such clients and is the lead corporate advisor for several key clients of the Firm across a wider range of sectors.

Experience and Education

Pat has experience advising:

  • international corporations on establishing their Irish operations and is standing corporate counsel to numerous international corporations in respect of their Irish operations.
  • Fortune 100 US corporations on group-wide international restructurings and leading international corporations on the Irish legal aspects of substantial pre and post merger and acquisition reorganisation, integration and consolidation projects.
  • international corporations on the provision of ongoing strategic advice and counselling,  including in relation to cash and dividend repatriation strategies.

Pat previously headed up Matheson’s New York office for a number of years during which he established his reputation as a “go-to” Irish corporate counsel for US companies doing business in and from Ireland.   He continues to be a regular visitor to the Firm’s US East and West Coast offices to spend time with his extensive client base in those locations.

  • University College Cork (BCL)

Deal Announcements

Experience Highlight

20/02/2022

Circle Internet Financial Limited advised on new transaction terms to go public

Experience Highlight

08/07/2021

Circle on its transaction to go public through a de-SPAC business combination with Concord Acquisition Corp

News and Insights

Insights
22/08/2025

Financial Assistance Rules: ULC Distributions

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30/09/2024

Corporate Governance and Directors’ Duties in Ireland: Overview

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Insights
28/06/2024

Inbound Cross-Border Conversion Process

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Insights
05/03/2024

Cross-Border Mergers Under the Lens of the Mobility Regulations

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Insights
28/02/2024

Dissolving an Irish Company

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Insights
28/02/2024

Audit Exemptions and Irish Companies

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Insights
09/11/2023

The Legal 500’s In-House Lawyer Magazine – Doing Business In Ireland

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Insights
11/10/2023

Certain Exemptions from Consolidation of Financial Statements

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Insights
20/06/2023

Access to Company Ownership Information: New Developments

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Insights
15/03/2023

Corporate Governance and Directors’ Duties in Ireland 2023

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Accolades

“Pat English is always excellent in his knowledge and advice.”

Corporate/M&A: Chambers Global and Europe

2025

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