Prior to joining the firm, Maura worked for Linklaters’ London office. Maura is part of the corporate team, regularly advising on public and private M&A, equities and capital markets, corporate reorganisations and corporate governance/regulatory work. She advises listed, public and private companies, both international and domestic, on these issues and on a broad range of commercial work. In addition, Maura has considerable experience of acting for investors and investees in venture capital / private equity transactions, and of advising State and semi-State bodies on commercial and governance matters. | Practice Areas |
In recent years, Maura has been involved in the following transactions:
- Advising the Irish Government on the recapitalisation of Bank of Ireland and Allied Irish Banks
- Advising CRH plc on its €1.2 billion rights issue
- Advising the Irish Government on the recapitalisation and subsequent nationalisation of Anglo Irish Bank
- Advising Sparkassen und Giroverband Hessen - Thüringen on its acquisition of Naspa Dublin
- Advising Aer Lingus in defending a hostile takeover bid from Ryanair in 2008
- Advising Progress Software Corporation on its acquisition of IONA Technologies plc
- Advising Landesbank Baden – Würtemberg on the first cross-border merger pursuant to Directive 2005/56/EC to be completed in Ireland
- Advising Paddy Power on its expansion into Northern Ireland by acquiring D McGranaghan Limited
- Advising Nexgen Financial Holdings Limited on a €57 billion reduction of capital
- Advising JSC Severstal on its successful takeover offer for Celtic Resources Holdings plc
- Advising Hypo Real Estate Holding AG on its acquisition of Depfa Bank plc by way of a scheme of arrangement
- Advising TVC Holdings plc on a placing and its admission to IEX and AIM
- Advising Stornoway Limited, a company jointly owned by management and Alchemy Partners, on its acquisition of Calyx Group plc by way of a scheme of arrangement
- Advising Aer Lingus in defending a hostile takeover bid from Ryanair in 2006
- Advising Aer Lingus on its initial public offering and admission to the official lists of the Irish and London Stock Exchanges
- Advising Calyx Group plc on its acquisition of the Matrix Companies, a reverse takeover, and listing on the IEX market of the Irish Stock Exchange
- Advising Fyffes plc on the demerger of its property undertaking to Blackrock International Land plc, and the admission of Blackrock to IEX and AIM
- Advising Landsbanki Íslands hf on its acquisition of Merrion Capital Group Limited
- Advising Weyerhaeuser Company on the disposal of Weyerhaeuser Europe Limited
- Advising Jurys Doyle Hotel Group plc on the recommended mandatory takeover offer for the company by JDH Acquisitions plc
- Advising Inter-Tel, Inc. on its acquisition of Lake Communications
Education
- BA (Hons) (Cantab), 1997, Trinity College, Cambridge University
- Certificate in Professional Legal Studies, 1999, Queen's University of Belfast
Professional
- Admitted as a solicitor (Ireland), 2003
- Admitted as a solicitor (England and Wales), 2000
- Admitted as a solicitor (Northern Ireland), 1999
Published Material
- Author of the Ireland chapter of "European Corporate Law", published by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft (2006).
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