Question 1

How is Waterford served - remotely, or is there an office near?

Accepted Answer

Both, which is the south-east’s advantage: the standard service is fully remote - agreement by email, advice by phone or video at a time that suits, certificate completed without travel, the 48-hour clock running from the email’s arrival - and for anyone who prefers a desk, the firm’s Kilkenny office at 2 Rose Inn Street is a short drive up the road, with same-week appointments the norm (michelle@marymolloysolicitors.ie). Most Waterford clients choose remote and never need the drive; the choice is genuinely yours.

Question 2

What do Waterford’s pharma and med-tech exits typically raise?

Accepted Answer

The structured-package precision points: professionally drafted agreements whose review job is exactness - the waiver schedule’s actual reach audited; the headline figure separated into entitlements (notice at full value including benefits and pension, accrued holidays, any statutory floor) versus the genuine enhancement purchasing your waiver; covenant scope read against your original contract, with fresh restraints treated as the consideration they are; carve-outs for personal injury and pension confirmed rather than assumed; and where bonus or equity rides on the exit, the earned-versus-discretionary sorting plus the vesting calendar before any position is taken.

Question 3

How fast can a Waterford agreement be reviewed against a deadline?

Accepted Answer

48 hours standard from the document’s arrival; genuine same-day review for genuine same-day deadlines - phone rather than email for those. The deadline is usually softer than presented, as everywhere: extensions framed around obtaining the required advice are nearly always granted, because informed consent is what makes the employer’s own waiver stick. The right move against any deadline is the document sent the day it arrives.

Question 4

Who pays for the advice?

Accepted Answer

In most cases, substantially the employer: the contribution toward required independent advice is well-established custom, and in most cases covers most or all of the standard review’s cost - confirmed with you in writing before any work begins. A missing contribution clause is a flag, and usually the first, easiest ask of any negotiation.

Question 5

And senior south-east exits?

Accepted Answer

The executive tier, fully remotely or via Kilkenny as preferred: the prior question - should the agreement be better? - answered before any certificate is contemplated; the levers worked (notice at full value, bonus sorted, vesting timing, garden leave terms, covenants priced or struck, reference and announcement choreographed); typically a day or two of focused work with fees agreed in writing first and the enhanced senior contribution sought as standard; and discretion throughout, because the south-east’s senior circles are small and half of exit value is reputational. Early, confidential conversations change outcomes - the first signal is the right moment.

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