Human Resources tech giant Deel said legal documents have been formally accepted in the ongoing battle with rival Ripple in Ireland. This will end weeks of suspense after Rippling's bailiffs can't find Deel's executives to serve them - only Deel's CEO and top lawyers appear in Dubai.

Deel CEO Alex Bouaziz, along with Deel lawyers Asif Malik and Andrea David Mieli, both agreed to receive services through Deel's Irish law firm today, Deel confirmed to TechCrunch. Deel Inc., a U.S. entity of Deel, was presented in Irish Court on April 16, an affidavit.

A Deel spokesman told TechCrunch: "Today, in court at Hayes Law Firm Dublin, agreed to serve on behalf of all four parties."

In the affidavit filed this morning, Rippling repeated that it could not serve Bouaziz, Malik and Mieli, detailing its efforts to do so in France and Italy. For example, Rippling hired French bailiffs to serve Bouaziz at the address listed in Paris on April 10, but only stumbled upon a relative who told them that Bouaziz was in Dubai.

TechCrunch reported on April 15 that Bouaziz is in Dubai, and Deel did not respond to a request for comment at the time. But 10 days later, Deel told TechCrunch that Bouaziz "lives in Israel" and only stayed in Dubai for a few days to celebrate Passover.

TechCrunch asked Deel if he could clarify Bouaziz's current location, but Deel rejected the privacy reasons.

Deel slams the idea that its executives have been avoiding being served despite its failure to try to do so through various process servers. "This is a false statement that anyone is avoiding service, and this narrative is clearly used as a public smear strategy," a spokesman for Deer said.

Deel told TechCrunch that Malik's move to Dubai has been planned for more than a year before the Ripple lawsuit. Regarding Andrea David Miele, Rolling said in the affidavit that they could not serve in Italy, and Dell said he lived at home in Italy and was free.

The lawsuit focuses on the ripple claim that Deel bribed one of his employees in Ireland to monitor his internal affairs on behalf of Deel. O'Brien himself testified that he had been monitoring the lengthy affidavits.

After weeks of silence, Deel fought back very publicly, filing a counter-claim last week in the U.S., making various charges against Ripple, including that it cultivated its own insiders within Deel.

In response, Ripple CEO Parker Conrad posted on X: "Deel is indisputable in our core allegations - @bouazizizalex personally recruited a spy to steal Boglin's trade secrets and directed theft himself."

Ripple did not respond to a request for comment.