Arthur Cox himself...
...provided legal advice to the drafters of the 1922 Constitution of Ireland.
He is also credited with drafting the 1963 Companies Act which remains the seminal piece of company legislation in Ireland.
Today...
...the firm's integral role in the drafting of company legislation is carried on by Tom Courtney who is chairman of the Company Law Reform Group.
The firm's former managing partner Pádraig Ó Ríordáin is Chair of the Advisory Forum on Financial Legislation.
Many of today's leading lawyers work in the varied and diverse departments of Arthur Cox. From Mary Redmond in employment law to Bob Clark and Eugene McCague in corporate law, Cormac Kissane in Capital Markets and Yvonne Scannell in environmental law, the firm continues to play a pivotal role in the many legal areas in which it operates.
Innovation and Corporate Citizenship
In addition to the numerous awards received by Arthur Cox in recent times, in 2007 the firm was awarded Best Corporate Citizen at the Managing Partners' Forum European Practice Management Awards and was the only Irish law firm named in the 2009 Financial Times FT Law 50 - Innovative Lawyers report, which ranks Europe's top 50 private practice law firms in terms of innovation in a range of categories including their business practice, staff development, structures and contribution to the community. The firm was also the top-ranked Irish practice in the same report in 2007 and 2008.
The firm has worked very hard on the design and implementation of our Corporate Social Responsibility (“CSR”) policy. The CSR aspect of our practice is one of the key components of the way we do business. Our CSR policy is made up of four main pillars - pro bono work, volunteering/charitable activities, our employees and the environment. Arthur Cox himself was a well-known philanthropist, who had a strong social conscience, and we have always incorporated this ethos into the running of our business. To find out more please see the Arthur Cox in the Community section of our main site.
You can read about the experiences of a few of our current Trainees in the the Trainee Diary section. Some Partners and Associates outline their backgrounds and how they came to be at the firm in the Who We Are section.
Please submit an application if you would like one day to become part of Arthur Cox.
