YEARBOOK & DIRECTORY
Finance Dublin Yearbook 2025
Ireland as an international financial services centre, the key foundations
This 32nd edition of The Finance Dublin Yearbook published in E paper and online serves as a window into the jurisdiction as a financial services centre but in enhanced ways that provide deeper insights and intelligence than could have been possible with the early print only editions. But the same standards of accuracy and objectivity apply in 2025, in the profiles of the institutions, public and representative bodies, companies and people appearing in the Yearbook, and in the narrative analysis provided by leading players in the life of the centre, both corporate and public in this 2025 edition.
The Yearbook is its “Review & Outlook” sections provide an annual perspective on the evolution of Ireland’s international financial services industry covered on a monthly basis during the course of the year in the columns of Finance Dublin.
These complement the archive of Yearbooks, Finance Dublin and Finance Magazine, that exist in a searchable online archive dating back to the first edition of the publication in June 1987, a moment that coincides with the first conscious attempt by an Irish Government to establish an international financial services (IFS) industry (centre) in the jurisdiction.
At the heart of the Yearbook are the annually updated directory sections, including the profiles of Ireland’s International Financial Services companies, (the IFS Companies ‘A-Z‘ Guide), which record in print and e-paper, and online (www.FinanceDublin.com./yearbook) significant changes in the history of the 500 plus companies and bodies, including commercial trading companies, Government and Judicial and industry representative bodies.
The Professional Services Guide (PSG) lists the principal corporate organisations, (many now incorporated as LLPs) and its “Who’s Who” records of leading financial services advisers in the legal, accountancy, and consulting professional disciplines.
The “Who’s Who” is a searchable online directory of Top Professional Services practitioners in the Financial Services sector and their finance specialist areas.
It can be accessed at the following url: https://www.financedublin.com/yearbook/advisers/
where the “Adviser Searches” are the main Access Point for the “Who’s Who”.
The PSG is a database of the leading Professional Services firms. These are listed in the Yearbook.
The PSG and “Who’s Who” is an online searchable database which is a guide to the professional expertise in the jurisdiction under multiple specialisms and highlighted in the columns of Finance Dublin and in the annual Finance Dublin Deals of the Year Awards.
It features c.1,000 of the leading finance and financial professionals in the jurisdiction. The “Who’s Who” is a list of individual professionals attached to the leading (100+) PSG firms. Approximately 375 of these appear in the print and E-paper version of the Yearbook.
A perusal of the “Who’s Who” Sections of the PSG and the Editorial Content of the Yearbook, detailed in the preceding Contents pages (pps 1 & 2) provides insights on how important the individual learned expertise of professional advisers specialist in the jurisdiction is to the product that makes up Irish international financial services, and indeed the quality of its standing and reputation as an international financial services centre.
The corporate side of the PSG is fast evolving, particularly marked not just by personnel changes in the professional services sectors, but also corporate developments. The establishment of new legal enterprises in Ireland, supplemented in the past two years by the entry of new accounting and legal firms are examples.
The evolution of legal finance in Ireland has been marked in the past year, reflecting not just the continued success of the commercial law sector in dealmaking but continued recognition at Government and state level of the importance of the “Ireland for Law” agenda, marked in the past year by the inclusion of Irish law as governing law for the issuance of Irish sovereign bonds.
The “Ireland for Law” project is seen in Ireland as one aimed to strengthen the overall legal canon of the EU, as Ireland became the major legal jurisdiction in the union with a common law tradition following the withdrawal of the UK from the EU. This is prompting the appearance of landmark cases in international finance in the Irish Courts, such as are recorded in the columns of Finance Dublin, and referenced regularly in the annual Finance Dublin Deals of the Year Awards.
The other directory sections, the State Regulatory & Industry Bodies, have also reflected the development of the increased role of security issues for the sector, for example the state cyber security support services.
Also listed in the State, Regulatory & Industry Bodies’ section are the industry representative bodies. New bodies in the NGO area are included, while significant industry representative bodies, are also profiled.
The 2025 Yearbook is published in ‘Epaper’ form alongside the Yearbook website at www.financedublin.com/yearbook/ - a continuously updated ‘shop window’ of the companies, advisory firms and support system that makes the international financial services centre of Ireland what it is.
These complement the archive of Yearbooks, Finance Dublin and Finance Magazine, that exist in a searchable online archive dating back to the first edition of the publication in June 1987, a moment that coincides with the first conscious attempt by an Irish Government to establish an international financial services (IFS) industry (centre) in the jurisdiction.
At the heart of the Yearbook are the annually updated directory sections, including the profiles of Ireland’s International Financial Services companies, (the IFS Companies ‘A-Z‘ Guide), which record in print and e-paper, and online (www.FinanceDublin.com./yearbook) significant changes in the history of the 500 plus companies and bodies, including commercial trading companies, Government and Judicial and industry representative bodies.
The Professional Services Guide (PSG) lists the principal corporate organisations, (many now incorporated as LLPs) and its “Who’s Who” records of leading financial services advisers in the legal, accountancy, and consulting professional disciplines.
The “Who’s Who” is a searchable online directory of Top Professional Services practitioners in the Financial Services sector and their finance specialist areas.
It can be accessed at the following url: https://www.financedublin.com/yearbook/advisers/
where the “Adviser Searches” are the main Access Point for the “Who’s Who”.
The PSG is a database of the leading Professional Services firms. These are listed in the Yearbook.
The PSG and “Who’s Who” is an online searchable database which is a guide to the professional expertise in the jurisdiction under multiple specialisms and highlighted in the columns of Finance Dublin and in the annual Finance Dublin Deals of the Year Awards.
It features c.1,000 of the leading finance and financial professionals in the jurisdiction. The “Who’s Who” is a list of individual professionals attached to the leading (100+) PSG firms. Approximately 375 of these appear in the print and E-paper version of the Yearbook.
A perusal of the “Who’s Who” Sections of the PSG and the Editorial Content of the Yearbook, detailed in the preceding Contents pages (pps 1 & 2) provides insights on how important the individual learned expertise of professional advisers specialist in the jurisdiction is to the product that makes up Irish international financial services, and indeed the quality of its standing and reputation as an international financial services centre.
The corporate side of the PSG is fast evolving, particularly marked not just by personnel changes in the professional services sectors, but also corporate developments. The establishment of new legal enterprises in Ireland, supplemented in the past two years by the entry of new accounting and legal firms are examples.
The evolution of legal finance in Ireland has been marked in the past year, reflecting not just the continued success of the commercial law sector in dealmaking but continued recognition at Government and state level of the importance of the “Ireland for Law” agenda, marked in the past year by the inclusion of Irish law as governing law for the issuance of Irish sovereign bonds.
The “Ireland for Law” project is seen in Ireland as one aimed to strengthen the overall legal canon of the EU, as Ireland became the major legal jurisdiction in the union with a common law tradition following the withdrawal of the UK from the EU. This is prompting the appearance of landmark cases in international finance in the Irish Courts, such as are recorded in the columns of Finance Dublin, and referenced regularly in the annual Finance Dublin Deals of the Year Awards.
The other directory sections, the State Regulatory & Industry Bodies, have also reflected the development of the increased role of security issues for the sector, for example the state cyber security support services.
Also listed in the State, Regulatory & Industry Bodies’ section are the industry representative bodies. New bodies in the NGO area are included, while significant industry representative bodies, are also profiled.
The 2025 Yearbook is published in ‘Epaper’ form alongside the Yearbook website at www.financedublin.com/yearbook/ - a continuously updated ‘shop window’ of the companies, advisory firms and support system that makes the international financial services centre of Ireland what it is.