Legal services

Tender description

Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) was formally established by the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001. Its mission is to develop and promote Ireland as a world centre of excellence for horse racing and breeding. Its primary functions include the development and promotion of the Irish horse racing industry, the development of authorised racecourses, the administration of prize-money at race fixtures and the control of the operation of authorised bookmakers. The contracting authority wishes to establish a contract for the provision of legal services to support the delivery of its activities. In this regard it is envisioned that a range of support may be required across a full range of staff (i.e., partner, associate, solicitor, assistant solicitor and trainee). Please refer to the attached ITT for detailed specification. Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) was formally established by the Horse and Greyhound Racing Act 2001. Its mission is to develop and promote Ireland as a world centre of excellence for horse racing and breeding. Its primary functions include the development and promotion of the Irish horse racing industry, the development of authorised racecourses, the administration of prize-money at race fixtures and the control of the operation of authorised bookmakers. Subsidiaries of HRI include Tote Ireland Ltd, HRI Racecourses Ltd, and Irish Thoroughbred Marketing Ltd. HRI Racecourses Ltd owns and operates Leopardstown, Fairyhouse, Navan and Tipperary Racecourses and Leopardstown Golf Course. Cork Racecourse Mallow and Curragh Racecourse Ltd while not subsidiaries of Horse Racing Ireland, are closely affiliated with HRI Racecourses Ltd. The contracting authority reserves the right to use the contract for any other business venture falling under its remit. HRI also work closely with associated/third party racecourses and may require additional legal services in this regard from time to time. For the purpose of this tendering process the above bodies will act as the contracting authority. The contracting authority wishes to establish a contract for the provision of legal services to support the delivery of its activities. In this regard it is envisioned that a range of support may be required across a full range of staff (i.e., partner, associate, solicitor, assistant solicitor and trainee). The broad categories in respect of which legal services will be delivered by the successful candidate are as follows: — General Corporate Legal Advisory Services, — Commercial and Company Law, — 2.4 Intellectual Property (incl. media rights) and data protection, — litigation/dispute resolution, — Real Estate/Property Law, — Labour/Employment and Pensions Law, — taxation, — debt recovery. Please refer to the attached ITT for detailed specification.