Our People

Expertise

Deals with a broad range of corporate and commercial work on behalf of international and domestic clients, both public and private companies, in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate finance matters.

Experience

Lead partner for the following clients and transactions:

• British Telecommunications plc on the US$2.5bn successful bid for Esat Telecom Group plc
• 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
• 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
• 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