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Corporate Finance
The team shows great flexibility, will go to the nth degree to win and is willing to put resources into the issues that matter to us.Chambers Global
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Our Corporate Finance Group is acknowledged as a leader in the Irish market by international publications and legal directories. We consistently advise on
major corporate transactions involving Irish companies. We advise on the full range of domestic and international corporate transactions, including mergers
and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate re-organisations, IPOs and other capital markets transactions, private equity and venture capital transactions
and privatisations.
The primary focus of Matheson is to serve the Irish legal needs of international companies and financial institutions doing business in and through Ireland. Our clients include 27 of the world’s 50 largest banks and more than half of the Fortune 100 companies. We are headquartered in Dublin and also have offices in London, New York and Palo Alto. More than 600 people work across our four offices, including 75 partners and tax principals and over 350 legal and tax professionals.
Deirdre-Ann Barr PArTNer
George BradyPArTNer
Fergus BolsterPArTNer
Robert Heron PArTNer
Tim Scanlon
PArTNer
Patrick Spicer
PArTNer, HeAD OF COrPOrATe
We advised:
• Advised eaton Corporation plc on its $11.8 billion acquisition of Cooper Industries plc, the largest single M&A transaction in Ireland in 2012
• Advised royalty Pharma on its $6.5 billion bid for elan Corporation plc
• Advised Actavis, a US pharmaceutical firm on its $5.1 billion acquisition of Warner Chilcott
• Advised Ireland’s Minister for Finance on the e1.3 billion sale of Irish Life, the State-owned insurer, to Canada Life parent, Great-West Lifeco
• Advised Tokyo electron Ltd on its acquisition of Magnetic Solutions, the first acquisition of an Irish technology firm by a Japanese company
• Advised endesa/enel in the sale by Italian utility enel of endesa Ireland to Scottish and Southern energy plc (SSe)
• William Grant & Sons Limited, on the e300 million acquisition of the international spirits division of C&C Group plc and on the sale of Carolans, Frangelico and Irish Mist brands to Italian drinks producer Gruppo Campari
• realm energy International Corporation on its merger with San Leon energy plc, valued at US$139 million
• Irish food group IAWS Group plc on its e2.5 billion merger with Hiestand
• Payzone plc, europe’s largest branded consumer payments acceptance network, on a e40 million firm placing
• Hibernian Group plc, Ireland’s largest insurer, on its acquisition of the majority shareholding of VIVAS Health
• Australian investment fund Babcock & Brown Capital Limited on its e2.36 billion acquisition of eircom Group plc
• An Post on its joint venture with Fortis Bank SA/NV for the provision of retail banking services through An Post’s branch network throughout Ireland, to create Ireland’s first postal bank
• Towercom Holdings and Goodbody Private equity on their acquisition of the masts business division of eircom for e155 million
recent transactions
“It really knows the local market and did a good job of anticipating our needs and providing us with practical advice.” Chambers europe 2013
Matheson’s Corporate and Commercial team ‘matches any UK Magic Circle firm’. european Legal 500 2013
“First class.” european Legal 500 2012
“It is a responsive, commercially minded and business-savvy practice.” “We have huge confidence in its integrity.”
Chambers europe 2012
Matheson’s ‘outstanding’ team is ‘dedicated and efficient’, and ‘certainly one of the best’. european Legal 500 2012
What others say about us
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