The Low Down: Top tips for SMEs

This week: demystifying the Companies Bill

Paul Keane, managing partner of Reddy Charlton

The Companies Bill 2012 is company law as we know it, except made easier. The bill is expected to be enacted later this year, and will come into effect in mid-2015, making far-reaching and fundamental changes to Irish company law.

It is the largest piece of legislation in the history of the state. At some 1,200 pages, with more than 1,400 sections, it represents a comprehensive and coherent ...