Alastair Keith

Practice Areas

Alastair Keith is Head of A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A practice in Belfast. Alastair advises clients on corporate transactions, both in the domestic market and on international deals with a Northern Irish dimension. He specialises in acquisitions, venture capital, group reorganisations, joint ventures and initial public offers. In addition to transaction focused work, Alastair also advises on company law compliance and corporate governance.

Areas of expertise include:

•Corporate and M&A

•Food, Drink & Agri

•Commercial Contracts

•Brexit

Career

Experience includes advising:

•Shareholders of Euro Auctions on its $1.1bn sale

•JBS USA on the sale of Moy Park

•Carlyle Cardinal on its investment into Learning Pool

•Jose Cuervo on the acquisition of the Old Bushmills Distillery

•Micro Matic A/S on its acquisition of the Valpar Group of companies

•Dalata on the acquisition of the business and assets of the Holiday Inn Belfast.

•MSO Group on all corporate matters.

•Quinn Group Ltd on its €1.3bn restructuring.

•Hibernia REIT on its dual primary/premium listing on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges.

•Irish Life & Permanent plc on its €2.7bn State recapitalisation.

Professional Memberships

Alastair is a member of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and the Corporate & Commercial Lawyers Group for Northern Ireland.