EVERLEIGH ADVISORS / Founder
Founder & Principal Tax Adviser

Pádraig Daly

Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA) · Chartered Accountant (ACCA)

Professional profile
A career built across private business tax, corporate tax, international tax and private client advisory — now brought together through EVERLEIGH ADVISORS.

Pádraig Daly is the founder and principal tax adviser of EVERLEIGH ADVISORS. His career has included senior tax positions with Deloitte Ireland, Median Capital, Crowe Horwath International and Mazars Ireland, where he became Tax Partner.

Across those roles, his work has covered corporate reorganisations, acquisitions and disposals, international structures, financing, business succession, wealth planning and tax considerations for owner-managed and multinational businesses. Property has also been an important part of his advisory work, including tax and accounting considerations arising from property ownership, investment, development, transactions and the relationship between property and wider business or family wealth.

Chartered Tax Adviser · Irish Tax InstituteChartered Accountant · ACCAFormer Tax Partner · Mazars Ireland
2006–2009Deloitte Ireland
2009–2013Median Capital
2013–2016Crowe Horwath International
2016–2022Mazars Ireland · Tax Partner

Deloitte Ireland

Private Business Tax Adviser
September 2006 – September 2009
  • Estate and succession planning for high-net-worth individuals and owner-managed businesses.
  • Tax reliefs, planning techniques and tax-efficient investment opportunities.
  • Investment and pension planning, including acquisition of foreign assets with tax considerations in mind.
  • Experience with BES, films, Section 23 and designated-area investments.

Median Capital

Corporate Tax Manager
October 2009 – November 2013
  • Corporate reorganisations, corporate residence migration and incorporations.
  • Share buybacks, R&D tax credits, tax-efficient financing and corporate recovery.
  • Business transfers, loss utilisation and business succession planning.
  • Director and employee remuneration, benefits-in-kind, share-based remuneration and pensions.
  • Advice to high-net-worth individuals on investments, asset acquisition and personal debt restructuring.

Crowe Horwath International

Corporate & International Tax Director
November 2013 – May 2016
  • Group financing arrangements and corporate reorganisations and restructurings.
  • Intra-group asset transfers, mergers and acquisitions and due diligence.
  • Inbound and outbound investment and international structuring.
  • Royalty arrangements, permanent establishment issues and distribution structures.
  • Patent rights and intangible assets, interest deductions and transfer-pricing exposure.
  • Corporate insolvency and recovery matters.

Mazars Ireland

Tax Partner
May 2016 – January 2022
  • Corporate reorganisations, hive-outs, hive-downs and management buyouts.
  • Acquisitions, disposals, debt structuring, securitisations and insolvency.
  • Advice to multinational companies establishing operations in Ireland.
  • Tax considerations around trading, holding investments, royalty payments, finance, R&D and IP exploitation.
  • Private client advice covering wealth development, preservation and transfer, business extraction, succession and asset protection.

Corporate Tax

Corporate reorganisations, group structures, financing, loss utilisation and tax planning.

Transactions

Mergers and acquisitions, business transfers, disposals, due diligence and transaction structuring.

International

Inbound and outbound investment, residence, permanent establishment, royalties and cross-border considerations.

Private Client

Wealth planning, investment, succession, extraction, retirement and personal asset considerations.

Restructuring

Reorganisations, hive-outs, hive-downs, management buyouts and wider ownership changes.

Property

Tax and accounting considerations connected with property ownership, investment, development, transactions and property held within wider business or family structures.

Business Succession

Planning around ownership transition, family businesses and the eventual transfer of value.

Qualifications

Professional credentials.

Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA)
Irish Tax Institute · 2007–2009

Chartered Accountant
ACCA · January 2009–November 2010

These qualifications sit alongside a career progressing through private business tax, corporate tax, corporate and international tax and ultimately tax partnership.

Professional speaking

Knowledge sharing.

Pádraig has delivered professional presentations through organisations including the Irish Tax Institute, ACCA, Leinster CPA Society and OmniPro.

Irish Tax InstituteACCALeinster CPA SocietyOmniPro