Ciarán Bolger - Partner

He was lead partner on the following transactions:

• Airtricity on its sale to Scottish and Southern Energy plc (€1.8 billion)
• Reox Holdings plc on the sale of its consumer foods division and Kerry Group plc
• Dairygold Coop on the demerger and spin-off of its property and other non-core interests into Reox Holdings plc.
• CRH plc on its acquisition of a 50% share in a Portuguese cement business, Companhia Genal de Cal e Cimento, S.A., (€333 million).
• ntl Group on the sale of ntl Ireland to Morgan Stanley (€325 million)
• Ulster Bank on the sale of its fund management and fund administration divisions to Northern Trust and KBC respectively, (€120 million).
• NTR plc on the grant back to the National Roads Authority of the West-Link concession and subsequent securitisation with Morgan Stanley (circa €500 million); Kerry Group on its acquisition of Freshways Limited (€20 million).
• Aer Lingus on the disposal of its non-core subsidiaries, including TEAM Aer Lingus and the Spanish charter airline Futura.
• IAWS on the spin-out of shares in IAWS Group plc to its members, (€180 million)
• Advanced Environmental Solutions on its sale to Bord na Móna (€60 million)
• Axa Private Equity on its acquisition of Punch Industries (circa €60 million)
• Celtic Media Group on its acquisition of the Meath Chronicle, the Anglo-Celt, The Westmeath Examiner and The Impartial Reporter newspaper groups.
• The MBO team in their acquisition of Caulfield Supermarket (€80 million)
• eircom plc on the demerger and sale of its mobile phone business (Eircell) to Vodafone plc (€3.5 billion).

Education

• BA (Mod), 1986, Trinity College, Dublin

Professional

• Admitted as a solicitor, 1990

Membership

• Institute of Taxation in Ireland

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