DMJF Human Capital was founded in 2019 by Darrell-James Martin — a Dublin-based advisor who left the Big Four to build the firm he wished his expat clients had been able to call.
When I left the Big Four to set up here in Dublin, the same conversations kept happening. An Irish-American founder. A British family who'd just moved over. A German engineer paying tax in three places because his contract crossed too many borders.
Their accountants weren't bad — they were specialists in one country, getting tangled in two more. So we built a different kind of firm. The accounting and tax is sharp and the cross-border bit is the specialism, not the awkward bit.
If you've been bounced between firms, paid for three opinions, and still aren't sure where you stand — pull up a chair. That's exactly the kind of mess we like sorting out.
A small team by design — so every client conversation runs through people who actually know your file.
"An accountant for over a decade, a founder since 2019 — and a bass player when the calendar allows."
Darrell is Senior Partner and Founder of DMJF Human Capital, having spent over ten years in accounting and tax before setting up the firm in 2019. He specialises in cross-border work — the year-of-relocation clients, the Americans-in-Ireland files, the founders scaling into Delaware — and leads the technical work across every engagement.
Outside the office, Darrell is a musician: he plays bass and keys in a couple of gigging bands doing regular live shows, which means he knows the music industry from the inside — royalties, touring income, band partnerships, all of it. He travels regularly, particularly to visit family in Arizona, and he walks his dog most mornings before the first client call.
"Building the brand, running the campaigns, keeping the story straight."
Evelyn supports DMJF's marketing, branding and business development — social, campaigns, advertising and performance analytics. With a background in Psychology and Marketing, she brings the strategic eye and the creative one at the same time.
Outside work she's usually at the gym or a pilates class, and has a proper eye for fashion.
"Every call answered, every client looked after, every detail handled."
Amy is DMJF's Client Secretary — the person on the other end of the phone, the first face of the firm, and the one who keeps every interaction warm and professional. Law-degree background, calm under pressure, and a genuine belief that trust is built one conversation at a time.
Outside the office she plays piano and turns out surprisingly intricate nail art in her spare time.
"We've set up Delaware C-Corps for European founders from Berlin" beats "we help with international business setup." We name names and tell stories.
Cross-border tax is genuinely complicated. The clarity is our job, not yours. If we can't explain it in a sentence, we don't understand it well enough.
We've done this for hundreds of other people. Say it once, move on, do the work. No preening, no hand-waving, no theatre.
In Old Irish, the word for oak is dair — the root of Kildare, Derry and Durrow. For two thousand years on this island, the oak has stood for wisdom, longevity and quiet strength. It's the tree that grows slowly, lives long, and shelters generations.
It's also the metaphor we built DMJF on — helping ambitious people and businesses put down strong roots, then grow far beyond them.
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