Yes, when an Irish company contracts under English law without an establishment in England and Wales. Dublin's aviation leasing industry alone generates a steady flow of English law leases and finance documents naming UK process agents, and the requirement reaches Irish borrowers, funds and trading companies more generally.
Ireland's English law footprint
Irish companies sit unusually close to English law practice: the aviation leasing sector centred on Dublin documents much of its fleet under English law, Irish borrowers appear in London syndicated facilities, section 110 and other Irish vehicles issue or guarantee under English law paper, and Irish traders contract with UK counterparties daily. Wherever the document gives jurisdiction to the courts of England and Wales, the Irish party is asked for an agent here.
A note on direction
Be clear which way your requirement runs. We provide agents for service in England and Wales; where a document governed by Irish law requires an agent for service in Ireland, that is a separate arrangement your Irish solicitors will place locally. Cross border suites often need both, and we will tell you plainly which documents our appointment answers.
Appointing from Ireland
The process is the standard order form with due diligence on ordinary corporate documents, confirmation usually within 24 hours, EUR invoicing with no UK VAT, and letters of appointment scanned to your solicitors immediately with originals to follow. Aviation clients placing multiple deliveries can cover several documents under one appointment, adding £30 for a second and £60 for three or more; see our aircraft lease page for the leasing pattern in full.