Corporate/M&A
Europe Guide 2024 : Ireland
Band 2
About
Provided by Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
Our Corporate team is recognised as a leading adviser on all types of domestic and international corporate transactions for public companies, private companies and national and multinational bodies across a broad range of industry sectors.
We work with organisations at every level, from start-ups to multinational listed enterprises, and we have acted in some of the largest, most high-profile, innovative and complex transactions in the Irish market and internationally.
We advise across a broad spectrum of corporate transactions from reorganisations and restructurings to joint ventures and from mergers & acquisitions to equity financings. With extensive corporate experience, we combine transactional skills with specialist expertise from our multi-disciplinary teams.
A key part of our success is understanding our clients’ business and needs. We pride ourselves on being accessible to clients, working collaboratively across all our practice groups and delivering the right results in a commercially focused manner.
Our corporate law services include:
- M&A
- Corporate Reorganisations and Restructuring
- Strategic alliances
- Multi sourcing financing
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Privatisation and State Transactions
Chambers Review
Mason Hayes & Curran advises public and private companies on cross-border M&A transactions, group restructurings and corporate governance matters. The lawyers are experienced in deals involving private equity and venture capital elements. The law firm is also well versed in mandates relating to funding rounds and equity capital raises as well as public takeovers.
Work Highlights
- Mason Hayes & Curran advised Kinzen on the sale of its issued share capital to Spotify.
Strengths
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"Mason Hayes & Curran has the right mix of skills required to execute the work quickly and efficiently."
"We get very good, quick and pragmatic solutions from the team."
"The department turns everything around in a really good time and the advice is pragmatic."
"They are lawyers who look for solutions rather than finding problems. They are able to foresee issues before they even come up."
"The team has very good technical skills and shows strong dedication."
"Mason Hayes & Curran has the right mix of skills required to execute the work quickly and efficiently."
"We get very good, quick and pragmatic solutions from the team."
"The department turns everything around in a really good time and the advice is pragmatic."
"They are lawyers who look for solutions rather than finding problems. They are able to foresee issues before they even come up."
"The team has very good technical skills and shows strong dedication."
Notable Practitioners
David O'Donnell has experience assisting with fund-raisings and multi-jurisdictional transactions.
"David provides an exceptionally high level of service, and his legal acumen is both broad and deep. He is commercially savvy and a trusted adviser."
"He's very knowledgeable and his client service is excellent."
"He is incredibly responsive and knowledgeable, providing extremely practical advice on corporate issues under Irish law."
"David O'Donnell is outstanding."
Justin McKenna's combined ECM and M&A practice covers a range of mandates, including public takeovers, IPOs and corporate restructurings.
"Justin is really good. He is sensible and responsive."
Liam Brazil handles a broad remit of corporate and M&A topics. He has experience assisting clients with transactions in the energy sector.
"Liam Brazil is focused, pragmatic and great at delivering."
"Liam is a very elegant lawyer in terms of his management of stakeholders in transactions."
"He is patient, understanding, articulate and shows unbelievable attention to detail."
Martin Kelleher regularly handles cross-border transactions, capital raises and corporate restructurings. He acts for international corporate clients in the tech and life sciences sectors.
"Martin is very attentive, responsive in the service he provides, and he knows how to match our legal needs exactly to the outcomes we need to achieve."
"He is a very capable lawyer who is a valued business partner and a very trusted adviser."
Advancing in the rankings, Robert Dickson assists with cross-border transactions as well as funding rounds. He assists clients with cross-border M&A deals.
"Robert is very commercial, practical and gets how everything hangs together from not only a legal perspective but also a commercial one."
"He is outstanding, a really solution-focused lawyer."
"He is very approachable."
"Robert is strongly committed to serving clients, leading a knowledgeable team and building expertise in various sectors. He exudes a great level of sophistication in how he handles all matters with clients, colleagues and other business contacts. He has a strong work ethic."
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