Setting up a legal partnership

The basis of a legal partnership is a written agreement formed under the law of the State by two or more partners, at least one of whom must be a practising barrister.

Once formed, a legal partnership must notify the LSRA of its intention to provide legal services and pay a fee of €575.  A legal partnership shall not provide legal services until it has notified the LSRA.

For bank details, please email [email protected].

A legal partnership must supply the LSRA with the following details, which are set out in the Commencement Notification Form:

• Partnership name, principal address, email address, and telephone number.
• If applicable, date of approval by the LSRA of the name of the legal partnership.
• Date of notification.
• Date of intended commencement of legal services provision.
• Confirmation that the legal partnership has in place or will have in place from the date of the provision of legal services, appropriate professional indemnity insurance (PII). The policy number and the details of the insurer and broker, if applicable, must also be supplied.
• The names of all the partners and their practising barrister reference number or solicitor number.
• Confirmation that the legal partnership is a partnership formed under the law of the State by written agreement, by two or more legal practitioners, at least one of whom is a practising barrister, for the purpose of providing legal services.

Once we receive your correctly completed Commencement Notification Form and the full fee, the LSRA will check the details supplied and then either:

• Issue a response confirming that your legal partnership has been added to the Register of Legal Partnerships, or
• Request clarification regarding the details on the form.

You can download the Commencement Notification Form below.

The LSRA’s Registration, Levy and Fees Unit accepts Commencement Notification Forms from legal partnerships.

Notifications can be submitted by email to [email protected] or by sending a hard-copy letter to:

Legal Partnerships,
Registration, Levy and Fees Unit,
Legal Services Regulatory Authority,
PO Box 12906,
Dublin 7.

Payments may be made to the LSRA by bank transfer only. Please email for details.

A legal partnership must inform the LSRA of  any alteration to the membership of the partnership and pay a fee of €250. The Membership Alteration Notification Form is available for download below.

A legal partnership must notify the LSRA that it intends to cease or has ceased providing legal services, and pay a fee of €250. The Legal Partnership Cessation Notification Form is available to download below.

Legal partnerships are regulated by the LSRA under the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 (Legal Partnerships) Regulations 2024.

You can read the regulations regarding legal partnerships here.

Read our FAQs document on legal partnerships here.

The Registration, Levy and Fees Unit can be contacted from 10:00-12:30 and from 14:00-16:00 on telephone 01-8592900.

The Register is a listing of legal partnerships providing legal services in Ireland. Once a legal partnership is established we will publish the Register on this page.

Legal partnerships are required to inform the LSRA if a particular entered in the register is incorrect.

This can be done by emailing [email protected].

If a legal partnership wishes to alter its membership, please send an email to the address above requesting the prescribed Membership Alteration Form.

Any legal partnership intending to cease operating as a legal partnership should contact the LSRA at the email address above requesting a Cessation Notification Form.