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Conor has extensive experience in corporate law matters, with a particular emphasis on mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and corporate finance matters. He also advises on corporate governance and general commercial agreements. He regularly acts for leading Irish and international public and private companies, as well as individual shareholders, and has been involved in a number of high-profile transactions in the Irish market.

Experience

In recent years, Conor has been involved in the following transactions:

• Advising the Irish Government on the €4 billion recapitalisation of Irish Life & Permanent
• Advising Northern Trust Corporation on its acquisition of Bank of Ireland Securities Services (BOISS), the custody and fund administration business of Bank of Ireland
• Advising Ulster Bank on the transfer of the banking business of First Active plc to Ulster Bank Ireland Limited
• Advising CapVest/Valeo Foods on the acquisition and merger of Batchelors and the Origin Foods business (which includes the Odlum, Shamrock and Roma brands)
• Advising Vodafone Ireland on its separate acquisitions of Interfusion Networks, BT Ireland's residential/SME broadband and fixed line businesses and Perlico Communications
• Advising the Giorgio Armani Group on a cross-border merger by acquisition involving Dutch and Irish members of the group
• Advising Glanbia plc on a number of corporate transactions
• Advising Qualcomm Inc on its acquisition of Xiam Technologies
• Advising Viridian Group on the acquisition of a number of windfarm projects
• Advising Treasury Holdings on the corporate aspects of its sale of a number of property companies to Real Estate Opportunities Limited
• Advising Iridium Concesiones/Dragados on the disposal of its interest in the M1 Dundalk Western By-pass PPP project
• Advising Celtic Roads Group on the corporate aspects of the M1 Dundalk Western By-Pass and N25 Waterford By-Pass PPP projects
• Advising Grafton Group plc on the acquisition of various Irish businesses
• Advising General Electric on its investment in the Tynagh power plant in Co. Galway
• Advising Axa Private Equity on its acquisition of Punch Industries