Question 1

Where is the Dublin office, and do I need to come in?

Accepted Answer

The Ormond Building, 31–36 Ormond Quay Upper, Dublin 7 - on the Liffey quays, a short walk from the Four Courts - and no, you don’t need to come in: most Dublin settlement reviews now run entirely by email and phone or video, with the certificate and signing completed remotely, because a document review genuinely doesn’t require a waiting room. The office is there for anyone who prefers to sit across a desk - many people do, especially for senior exits - and same-week appointments are the norm either way: 01 5827148, richardoshea@marymolloysolicitors.com.

Question 2

How fast can a Dublin settlement agreement be reviewed?

Accepted Answer

Within 48 hours as standard - and Dublin’s corporate calendar is exactly why the fast lane exists: the agreement handed over on Thursday with signature sought Monday, the restructure completing by quarter-end, the deadline pinned to a programme closing. Genuine same-day review exists for genuinely same-day situations - phone rather than email for those - and for everything else, the sequence is simple: the document sent today, the advice call at a time that suits (evenings workable, since these conversations need privacy from an office), the plain recommendation before your deadline: sign, ask, or think again.

Question 3

My exit is senior - a Dublin plc / multinational package with equity in it. Is that handled?

Accepted Answer

It’s the practice’s premium tier: executive severance negotiation - notice at full value, bonus and commission through the earned-versus-discretionary sorting, vesting timing against the termination date, covenants priced or struck, the reference and announcement choreographed - conducted with the discretion Dublin’s small senior world demands, typically as a day or two of focused work before any certificate is contemplated. Scheme documents and award letters belong in the first email; the calendar of dates gets built before positions are taken. Employers budget for well-advised senior exits, and an enhanced contribution toward the advice is customary at this tier.

Question 4

Who pays for the advice on a Dublin settlement agreement?

Accepted Answer

In most cases, substantially the employer: by well-established custom the employer pays a contribution toward the independent legal advice their own document requires, because informed consent is what makes their waiver stick - and in most cases that contribution covers most or all of the cost of the standard review. The arrangement is confirmed with you in writing before any work begins: the contribution position checked against the agreement, any shortfall explained plainly, no surprises. If your draft contains no contribution clause, that’s a flag - and usually the first, easiest ask.

Question 5

What should I send to start?

Accepted Answer

Three things, none of which needs to be perfect: the agreement itself - every page, schedules included, because the schedule of claims is where the real content lives; your contract of employment if you have it - notice, bonus and covenant terms in the contract shape what the agreement should say; and the story in ten lines - how the exit arose, what’s been said, whether anything has been signed or verbally agreed, and any deadline given. Senior exits add anything touching bonus, commission or equity. If all you have is the agreement and a deadline, send those and phone: 01 5827148.

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