Peter Stafford

Practice Areas

Peter Stafford is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A practice in Belfast. He specialises in corporate finance work including company acquisitions and disposals, management buy outs, private equity transactions, inward investment and partnership and strategic advisory work. Peter served as Chairman of A&L Goodbody's Belfast office from 2012 to 2019 and was previously Head of the Belfast office.

Areas of expertise include:

•Corporate and M&A

Career

Experience Advising:

- Ready Egg Products Limited on acquisition of Skea Eggs and on a disposal of shares and subsequent joint venture arrangement with Fane Valley Co-operative.

- Mzuri Group Limited (Decora Blinds) on its equity investments from BGF and multiple acquisitions including TCMM Shutter Group Limited, Tropical Blinds Limited, Purely Shutters Limited, Make My Blinds Limited (all GB), Pekuva Beheer BV (Netherlands) and I seek Blinds Pty Limited (Australia).

- The founders of Kairos Sports Tech Ltd in relation to the sale of the entire issued share capital to Teamworks Innovations Inc., a US-incorporated entity.

- Haldane Fisher Limited on the acquisitions of multiple businesses, including: Greengates Builders Merchants Ltd, Prowood Ltd, Key Hardware Limited and Robert Dickie & Sons Ltd.

- SHV Energy NV on disposal of its interest in Balcas Timber.

- Separately the shareholders of two private clinics based in Hillsborough, County Down (Orthoderm and Hillsborough Private Clinic) on their sales to Affidea B.V.

- AJ Capital Partners (the private real estate company with other €3.6 billion in current investments) on its acquisition of the Slieve Donard Hotel, Newcastle.

- Reform Clothing Limited, a sustainable clothing start-up, in relation to: (i) its $6.6m investment round led by Sustainable Impact Capital; (ii) investments in Reform Clothing Limited by various private and institutional investors by way of convertible loan notes; (iii) its acquisition of another sustainable clothing platform, Haru Ltd; and (iv) its recent £2m investment led by a family office.

- Bombardier Inc on completion of the sale of its Northern Ireland based aerostructures and aftermarket services business in Belfast, Northern Ireland to Spirit AeroSystems (US).

- Ulster Weavers Limited on its acquisition of the business and assets of J. Rosenthal & Sons Limited.

Education