Conor McCarthy

Conor is a partner in the firm’s Corporate and M&A Group and Head of the London office. Conor advises public and private industry-leading Irish and international corporates on all aspects of Irish company law and equity capital markets transactions.

Conor advises clients on a wide range of corporate transactions including M&A transactions, joint ventures, corporate finance transactions, cross border mergers, corporate reorganisations and general corporate/commercial law matters.

Conor also specialises in advising both issuers and banks in relation to equity capital markets transactions.

Conor has advised on some of the most high profile Irish M&A and equity capital markets transactions in recent years. Conor joined the firm in 2014 from Linklaters LLP in London.

Relevant Experience

• Advising CRH plc on its ongoing ordinary share buy-back programme pursuant to which c. €1.7 billion has been returned to shareholders to date
• Advised financial institutions on the transfer of their European banking business from the United Kingdom to Ireland (via cross-border merger)
• Advised Aryzta A.G. on its €800 million underwritten rights issue and the resulting admission of shares on the SIX Swiss Exchange and Euronext Dublin
• Advised Bank of Ireland on its holding company reorganisation using a new Irish holding company and its flotation on the ISE and LSE
• Advised CRH on its €6.5 billion acquisition of assets from Lafarge S.A. and Holcim Limited in 12 jurisdictions and the related €1.6 billion “cashbox” placing by CRH to raise funds for the acquisition of certain assets from Lafarge S.A. and Holcim Limited
• Advised CRH plc on various of its domestic and global acquisitions and disposals
• Advised eir on (i) GIC’s acquisition of €230 million minority holding in eir and (ii) the €3.5 billion sale of eir to NJJ
• Advises Ryanair on various corporate law matters
• Advises numerous clients in the healthcare sector