Tim is a senior associate in our Corporate and M&A Group, specialising in public and private M&A, private equity investments, joint ventures and corporate governance.

Tim advises international and domestic companies and financial investors on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including all types of private M&A (including buyouts, exits, secondaries, carve-outs and spin-offs), public M&A, private equity investments and joint ventures, restructurings, corporate governance and securities law matters.

He has advised on some of the most high-profile and complex corporate transactions in recent years, including public takeovers, private M&A, private equity and private capital transactions and joint ventures.

Relevant Experience

M&A and Private Capital Deals

  • Kerry Group on the sale of its dairy consumer products and dairy ingredients business to Kerry Co-Operative Creameries for approximately €500m
  • Blackstone and Phoenix Tower International on the completion of the acquisition of Cellnex Ireland for approximately €971 million, making Phoenix Tower International the largest owner of towers in Ireland, and on the subsequent sale of a portfolio of 300 telecom towers to Ancala Partners
  • Advent International on its agreement to acquire a significant minority stake in Felix Pharmaceuticals Pvt Ltd, and on its acquisition of WhenThen
  • Investindustrial on its acquisition of DCC’s healthcare business
  • M&G on the acquisition of a 41% stake in Finance Ireland, Ireland’s largest non-bank lender alongside Pimco
  • KKR:
    • Establishment of and investment in the Activate Capital Irish lending platform
    • Hyperion Materials & Technologies on its acquisition of NanoDiamond Products
  • HIG Capital on the establishment of its Irish platforms and joint venture arrangements in the residential and nursing home spaces
  • Clune Tech Group on the sale of Immedis and $1 billion Transfermate funding
  • Archer Hotel Capital on the acquisition of the landmark Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin from Kennedy Wilson and on the acquisition of the Conrad Hotel in Dublin
  • National Broadband Ireland on the sale by Oak Hill Advisors and Twin Point Capital and certain minority shareholders of an 80% shareholding in National Broadband Ireland to Asterion Industrial Partners
  • Leeds Equity Partners on its acquisition of Interactive Services
  • Foundry Innovation & Research 1 (FIRE1) on its $120 million funding round to advance clinical trials for its innovative remote monitoring solution for heart failure patients

Public and P2P Deals

  • KKR on the recommended acquisition of DCC Energy plc by a consortium formed by KKR and ECP (Energy Capital Partners), which valued DCC Energy at approximately £5.75 billion
  • Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc on its acquisition by Alkermes plc for total consideration of up to $2.37 billion
  • Alkermes plc on its completed separation of its oncology business into Mural Oncology plc
  • Seagate Technology Holdings plc on its sale of $1.5 billion exchangeable senior unsecured notes