Laura Kennedy is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group. Laura specialises in mergers and acquisitions, private equity, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, corporate restructurings, corporate governance and commercial advisory matters. She advises a wide range of domestic and international corporations, both public and private and for private equity funds and financial institutions, with significant operations in Ireland.
Areas of Expertise
Corporate and M&A/Venture Capital & Growth Equity
Experience Advising:
- Permira on its acquisition of a significant minority stake in Carne Group.
- Jabil on its $725m acquisition of the Hanley Energy Group.
- Teleflex on the sale of its Acute Care and Interventional Urology business to Intersurgical® Ltd and its OEM business to Montagu and Kohlberg – for a total consideration of $2.03bn.
- Enva on multiple acquisitions, including Walshestown Restoration, Irish Waste and M&T Plant Hire.
- Quintas Capital on its first managed equity investment in the Petal Group.
- Francaise des Jeux in relation to its acquisition of Irish national lottery operator, Premier Lotteries, from Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and An Post.
- Ulster Bank and NatWest Group on Ulster Bank's exit from the Irish market including the sale of its €7bn performing residential book and Lombard asset finance business to PTSB, the sale of its €5bn performing tracker book to AIB, the sale of its NPL book to CarVal and its offset mortgage book to Dilosk.
- The founder of KB Associates on the sale of a minority stake in KB Associates to ECI Partners and on the subsequent sale of KB Associates to Waystone, Montagu and Hg.
- ASL Aviation Group on its M&A transactions; including Star Capital's acquisition of ASL, its Farnair Group acquisition and critical projects with commercial partners.
- Spectrum Equity on its co-investment with management to acquirement the Digital Marketing Group.
- Permira on its investment in portfolio company Informatica.
- Investec on the sale of their Wealth & Investment business to Brewin Dolphin.
Market Recommendations
"Laura Kennedy is an exceptional M&A and corporate law professional. Laura brings a complete knowledge of law to deals and manages the client relationship and service delivery superbly." (Legal 500 2026)
"Laura has an excellent grasp of information sharing, which makes things very fluid." (Legal 500 2025)
"Excellent all-round performer. Provided excellent advice, shows great patience and seeks innovative and positive solutions." (IFLR1000 2023)
"Incredibly responsive. Great at providing summary notes that avoid excessive legal language. Great attention to detail and potential implications of legal documents." (IFLR1000 2023)
Education
- Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland
- MSc in Project Management, UCD Smurfit Graduate Business School, Dublin
- BBLS (Bachelor of Business and Law), University College Dublin
Laura Kennedy
Partner,
Corporate and M&A
Dublin