David Rowan
UK Guide 2025
Band 2 : Corporate/M&A
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About
Provided by David Rowan
Practice Areas
David Rowan is Head of A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group in Belfast. David is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer with a transactional practice focusing on public and private mergers and acquisitions, leveraged and management buyouts, group reorganisations, strategic investments, venture capital investments, joint ventures/partnerships and commercial contracts. He has acted for businesses in a variety of sectors including insurance, media, financial services, food production, investment funds, healthcare, retail and IT. Prior to joining A&L Goodbody David worked in the London office of a leading US law firm and he is a qualified solicitor in Northern Ireland and in England and Wales.
Areas of expertise include:
•Corporate and M&A
•Commercial Contracts
Career
Experience Advising:
- Prestige Insurance on its acquisition of Insure NI/ Autoline
- Shareholders of Camperco Group on its sale to Apollo Tourism & Leisure
- Shareholders of Foodco NI on its sale to Henderson Foodservice
- Jose Cuervo on its acquisition of The Old Bushmills Distillery Company
- EESL Energy Pro Assets on its acquisition of Edina Power Services Limited
- Crown Laboratories on its acquisition of Vita Liberata
- The Golf Channel (a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation) on its acquisition of BRS Systems
- Hasting Funds Management on its acquisition of Phoenix Natural Gas
- H&T Bellas on the disposal of its business to Saint-Gobain Building Products
- Aperture Debt Solutions LLP on its MBO of the IVA business of Grant Thornton
Education
Trinity College Dublin
LLB Hons.
Nottingham Law School
Legal Practice Course
Law Society of Northern Ireland
Solicitor
Law Society of England & Wales
Solicitor
Chambers Review
UK
Head of A&L Goodbody's corporate and M&A team, David Rowan is highlighted for his strong transactional capabilities and assists clients with both domestic and foreign sales and acquisitions across various sectors such as technology and manufacturing.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"David Rowan has been great to work with and has expertly managed our deal, giving excellent advice throughout."
"David is easy to work with, affable and amenable, and tries to do a good job for us."
"He's great to deal with."
"David Rowan has been great to work with and has expertly managed our deal, giving excellent advice throughout."
"David is easy to work with, affable and amenable, and tries to do a good job for us."
"He's great to deal with."