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‘Conor Hurley is recognised as a significant name in the market and is renowned for his expertise in tax issues relating to international M&A.’
Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, 2011
‘Conor Hurley runs a “professional practice” at the “top-notch” Arthur Cox.’
The Legal 500: Europe, Middle East & Africa, 2011
One of the Top 250 individual tax advisers in the world.
Tax Directors Handbook TDH250, 2011

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Conor Hurley

Partner, Head of Tax

+353 (0)1 618 0577 (Direct Line)
conor.hurley@arthurcox.com

Dublin » Arthur Cox, Earlsfort Centre, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland

Expertise

Prior to joining Arthur Cox, Conor was a tax partner in an international law firm in London for over thirteen years. Conor advises on the tax aspects of a wide range of international and domestic mergers and acquisitions, financial products, repackagings and structured finance, banking, capital markets, investment funds, corporate recovery, insolvency, restructuring and other areas. Conor is also chair of the firm's US Group.

Experience

A selection of recent deals that Conor has advised on include:

The demerger from Gus Plc and public listing of Experian Group and migration of its holding company to Ireland.
The migration of Warner Chilcott Group to Ireland and the acquisition by it of the Global Pharmaceutical Business of Proctor & Gamble.
The migration of James Hardie to Ireland and the formation of a European SE as its holding company.
The cross border merger of the Sachsen Bank in Ireland (SLBE) with Landesbank Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Advising the Irish government and Department of Finance on the creation of the National Asset Management Agency (NAMA), the recapitalisation of Irish banks and the taking into public ownership of Anglo Irish Bank.

Practice Areas

Education

BCL, 1981, University College, Cork

Professional

Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales (non-practising), 1991
Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland, 1984
Admitted as Associate of the Irish Taxation Institute, 1984

Authorship

Employment Law 2009 (Taxation Section), Tottel Publishing Ltd.

Publications

Ireland's Holding Company Regime, September 2011 Tax: 30.09.2011 | Format:
Equipment Leasing In Ireland: New Developments, August 2011 Inward Investment, Tax: 22.08.2011 | Format:
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, August 2011 Tax, Private Client: 05.08.2011 | Format:
Acquisition of Loan Portfolios and Distressed Debt: Tax Efficient Irish Structures, July 2011 Tax: 18.07.2011 | Format:
Fund-SPV Structures in Ireland, May 2011 Tax, Structured Finance and Securitisation, Capital Markets, Asset Management and Investment Funds: 30.05.2011 | Format:
Establishing Special Purpose Vehicles in Ireland, May 2011 Listing Services, Tax, Structured Finance and Securitisation, Capital Markets: 19.05.2011 | Format:
TaxFlash (Finance Bill 2011), 21 January 2011 Tax: 21.01.2011 | Format:
Guide to: Corporate Migration, Autumn 2010 Corporate and M&A, Inward Investment, Tax: 03.11.2010 | Format:
Businesses in transition: Buying, Selling and Retiring - Legal Issues, October 2010 Tax, Private Client: 29.10.2010 | Format:
In Brief - Tax Guide, Autumn 2010 Arthur Cox selects new Managing Partner: 01.10.2010 | Format:
The New Irish Transfer Pricing Regime, April 2010 Tax: 30.04.2010 | Format:
Finance Bill 2010 - New Carbon Tax Regime, March 2010 Tax: 05.03.2010 | Format:
Tax in European M&A, February 2010 Asia-Pacific Group: 26.02.2010 | Format:
Corporate Brief - Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 Corporate and M&A, Tax: 25.01.2010 | Format:
Briefing - Tax Group (Cross-Border Mergers), Autumn 2009 Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Asia-Pacific Group: 18.11.2009 | Format:
Briefing - Corporate Group (Corporate Migration), Autumn 2009 Corporate and M&A, Inward Investment, Tax: 11.11.2009 | Format:
Briefing - Tax Group (Middle East), Autumn 2009: 28.10.2009 | Format:
Briefing - Tax Group (Foreign Trusts), Autumn 2009 Tax, Private Client: 27.10.2009 | Format:
TaxBrief - Tax Group Briefing (Intellectual Property), June 2009 Tax: 25.06.2009 | Format:
Restructuring Group Brief - Examinership in Ireland Restructuring: 06.04.2009 | Format:
Restructuring Group Brochure Restructuring: 02.04.2009 | Format:
TaxFlash - Tax Group Briefing (Budget 2009), 15 October 2008 Tax: 15.10.2008 | Format:
Establishing Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) in Ireland, Autumn 2008 Listing Services, Tax, Capital Markets: 19.09.2008 | Format:
TaxFlash - Tax Group Briefing (Finance Act 2008), June 2008 Tax: 30.06.2008 | Format:
TaxFlash - Tax Group Briefing (The Finance Bill 2008), 8th February 2008 Environment, Planning and Climate Change, Projects, July's First Tuesday Q&As cover:: 08.02.2008 | Format:
TaxFlash - Tax Group Briefing (The Finance Bill 2008), 31st January 2008 Tax, Capital Markets: 31.01.2008 | Format:
Structured Finance Bulletin, January 2007 - Irish Government shows continued support for the Structured Finance market Banking, Capital Markets: 05.01.2007 | Format:

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