Corporate/M&A
Global Guide 2024 : Ireland
Band 1
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Provided by A&L Goodbody
A&L Goodbody is the leading Corporate practice in Ireland. In each of the last ten years we have advised on more M&A deals (ranked by Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg and Experian Corpfin) in Ireland than any other law firm as well as advising on the most significant share of the equity capital market transactions. Our Dublin and Belfast teams provide an integrated service across the island of Ireland. We advise domestic and global corporations, individual shareholders and entrepreneurs, sponsors and lenders, investment banks, private equity providers, state and semi state entities.
We are the market leaders on both domestic and international transactions:
Domestic
Our domestic M&A expertise spans all sectors in the Irish market, from the most complex, high profile to the everyday. We act on both large and small transactions for sellers, buyers and investors providing technical and strategic advice on issues relating to the life cycles of all types of transactions, from shareholder agreements, to option plans, to M&A transactions for private and publicly listed companies.
International
The team has a reputation for providing innovative solutions and pioneering deal structures to global clients. Our New York and San Francisco offices are led by Corporate partners who together with our other offices ideally position us to advise on complex, cross border deals that come to Ireland.
Chambers Review
A&L Goodbody boasts a stellar practice advising high-end international and domestic clients on all elements of corporate and transactional law, including private equity deals. The law firm advises both private and public companies on M&A matters, and its expertise extends to equity capital raisings, including IPOs. The market-leading team has a large number of esteemed practitioners who are frequently called upon for the establishment of high-value joint ventures. A&L Goodbody leverages its London and three US offices to frequently assist with inbound investment transactions. The law firm's clients include leading names from the life sciences, healthcare and infrastructure sectors, as well as asset managers and banks.
Work Highlights
- A&L Goodbody acted for eir on its deal with InfraVia Capital Partners to obtain a 49.99% investment.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"A&L Goodbody is easy to work with and has a very friendly team that is really responsive."
"The lawyers accommodate additional requests and are flexible with their time - the whole team is just super user-friendly."
"They are very smart and able to navigate both European and American viewpoints. There are lots of team players who can step in and handle matters, and they are always very responsive."
"Everything is brilliant and always top quality."
"Various members of the team coordinate all the processes and everyone is really great."
"A&L Goodbody is easy to work with and has a very friendly team that is really responsive."
"The lawyers accommodate additional requests and are flexible with their time - the whole team is just super user-friendly."
"They are very smart and able to navigate both European and American viewpoints. There are lots of team players who can step in and handle matters, and they are always very responsive."
"Everything is brilliant and always top quality."
"Various members of the team coordinate all the processes and everyone is really great."
Notable Practitioners
Managing partner David Widger offers extensive experience in a broad range of corporate and M&A topics.
"David Widger is really fantastic."
Paul White is a leading figure in the field of ECM and public M&A transactions. He assists clients with share listings and public company takeovers.
"Paul is extremely knowledgeable regarding listing requirements, the Market Abuse Regulation and other corporate matters. He is easy to reach and quick to respond."
"Paul White is dynamic."
"Paul has immense experience in matters of corporate governance and supports in a sophisticated but practical way."
Sheena Doggett is a prominent corporate lawyer advising on cross-border M&A deals. Her clients include international companies making inward investments into Ireland.
"Sheena Doggett is a pro's pro. She is very knowledgeable, commercial and practical."
"Sheena is a really good lawyer."
"Sheena is fabulous."
Charles Carroll is a well-known ECM practitioner who handles share cash-out and buy-back programmes. He has extensive experience acting for institutional investors, as well as corporate clients.
"He is very knowledgeable and responsive. He knows the issues and is able to articulate them very clearly. He is very experienced."
"Charles Carroll is very decisive, succinct, easy to reach and easy to work with."
Mark Ward has a distinguished practice and offers experience assisting clients with transactions in the life sciences, sports and utilities sectors.
"He offers excellent consideration of complex matters."
Richard Grey often acts for financial institutions and investors on high-value transactions, with particular experience in deals involving the insurance sector.
"Richard Grey is a key commercial legal adviser - an excellent lawyer."
"Richard has superb commercial awareness, and brings experience and good judgement of what the counterparty's end position is likely to be. His isolation of the main commercial and legal points means that transaction documents are condensed to the essential points, which is very client-friendly. He gets through a lot of work in an unerringly calm manner."
Ranked Lawyers at
A&L Goodbody
Ireland
Members
Provided by A&L Goodbody
Alan Casey
Berni Hosty
Darren Nangle
Head of Department
Keavy Ryan
Head of Department
Richard Marron
Ronan Lyons