IRELAND Law and Practice Contributed by: Enda Garvey, Brian McCloskey and Robert Maloney Derham, Matheson LLP
Matheson LLP has the leading private equity prac - tice in the Irish market, with unrivalled expertise ad - vising on the sponsor’s entire capital life cycle – from fund formation, fundraising and raising leveraged finance through to investment, asset management and exit. Matheson’s dedicated private equity team adopts a cross-sectoral approach, working closely with specialists in asset management, tax, antitrust, IT, IP, and banking and finance groups to deliver on mandates for a wide range of private equity clients. From six offices in Dublin, Cork, London, New York,
Palo Alto and San Francisco, the team acts for clients across the private equity spectrum (including spon - sors, portfolio companies, and founder and manage - ment teams) and services clients in all geographies who are active in the Irish market including those ex - panding internationally from an Irish platform. With a growing team of more than 620 legal, tax and digi - tal services professionals, Matheson has significant bench strength, including sector-specialist lawyers across all areas who have a detailed understanding of the private equity industry.
Authors
Enda Garvey is a partner in Matheson LLP’s corporate M&A group. He has extensive private equity experience and has advised on many of the most high-profile acquisitions and investments made by international private equity sponsors and infrastructure funds in Ireland in the past five years. Prior to joining Matheson, Enda worked at another Tier 1 Irish law firm. Alongside his private equity practice, Enda advises a number of infrastructure funds and domestic and international corporates on their corporate and transaction activity in the energy and infrastructure, agrifood and beverage sectors.
Robert Maloney Derham is a partner in Matheson LLP’s corporate M&A group. He has advised on some of the
largest and most high-profile international private equity transactions in the Irish market over the past five years. Robert advises on all aspects of corporate transactions (both domestic and international) including M&A (both strategic and private equity), venture capital, shareholder arrangements, equity fundraisings, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and restructurings, and general commercial matters. Having previously worked in New York for a leading US corporate law firm, Robert has particular expertise in large-scale domestic and cross-border M&A and private equity transactions, acting on both the buy side and the sell side in a variety of industries and sectors, including technology, real estate, infrastructure and business services.
Brian McCloskey is a partner in Matheson LLP’s corporate M&A group and leads the firm’s private equity team. Brian has extensive experience advising founders, financial sponsors and domestic and
international corporates on private company M&A, private equity transactions, reorganisations, joint ventures and general commercial matters. Brian has particular expertise in cross-border M&A and private equity, acting for both buyers and sellers across a range of sectors. He also advises clients on a broad range of governance and business-related matters, including directors’ duties and responsibilities and general compliance matters.
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