Peter Maher is a Partner with A&L Goodbody and is Head of the Firm's Tax Department, a team, described by The Legal 500, as having an “embarrassment of riches”. He represents clients in every aspect of tax work, with particular emphasis on inbound investment, cross border financings and structuring, capital market transactions and US multinational tax planning and business restructurings.
Peter is regularly listed as a leading adviser in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Tax Lawyers, The Legal 500, Who’s Who of International Tax Lawyers, Chambers Global and PLC Which Lawyer? 2011 and Who's Who Legal 2010 and 2011. He is a “first-class and highly commercial lawyer. He never tries to score points – he just knows what needs to be done and he does it" (Chambers Global 2010). "He is very able and responsive" (Legal 500 2011).
He is a former Co-chair of the Taxes Committee of the International Bar Association and of the Irish Chapter of the International Fiscal Association.
He lectures regularly including at various IBA, IFA and ABA tax conferences and has written extensively including contributing chapters for The Inward Investment and International Taxation Review by Law Business Research, The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Tax by Global Legal Group, International Tax Law (Winning Legal Strategies) by Aspatore Books, Tax Treatment of Islamic Finance Products, a Comparative Survey by IBFD, writing articles for Tax Management Financial Products Report, World Securities Law Report and Finance, and Treasury Weekly Report. He is also one of the contributing editors of Tax on Inbound Investment (Getting the Deal Through) by Law Business Research and one of the two Irish contributors to Tax Management International Forum.