Colm Duggan - Partner, Head of Corporate

Lead partner for the following clients and transactions:

• British Telecommunications plc on the US$2.5bn successful bid for Esat Telecom Group plc
• Liberty Global Inc. on the acquisition from NTL Inc of NTL Ireland for €325m
• Topaz Energy on the acquisition of the retail and commercial fuels business of Shell in Ireland and Northern Ireland
• Unilever plc on the successful bid for Lyons Holdings plc
• The Anglo American Group on the acquisition and joint venture relating to the Lisheen Zinc Mine; Eircom and Radio Telefis Eireann on the disposal for €680m of Cablelink Limited to NTL
• Greencore Group plc on the disposal of a number of its subsidiary companies including Erin Foods Limited and Grassland Fertilisers Limited
• UTV plc on the acquisition of a number of radio stations
• IWP plc on the disposal for €135m of Jeyes Group Limited to Legal and General Ventures
• First Active plc on the sale (by way of a Scheme of Arrangement) to Ulster Bank Limited (a subsidiary of the Royal Bank of Scotland plc) for €887m
• Avaya Inc. on the €86m acquisition of Spectel plc; An Post (the Irish Post Office) on the €85m sale of mobile phone top up companies in Spain and the UK
• The Little Company of Mary Sisters on the sale of Mount Carmel Hospital to Harlequin Healthcare
• Wockhardt Limited on the acquisition of Pinewood Healthcare for US$150m

Education

• LLM, 1983, LSE, London University
• BA (Mod), 1982, Trinity College, Dublin

Professional

• Admitted as a solicitor, 1985

Memberships

• International Bar Association

Published Material

• Author of "Company and Partnership Law in Ireland" and contributes to a number of publications.

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