Peter Maher is a Partner with A&L Goodbody's Tax Department, a team, described by The Legal 500, as having an “embarrassment of riches”. He was previously Head of the Firm's Tax Department for nearly 20 years.
He represents clients in every aspect of tax work, with particular emphasis on inbound investment, cross border financings and structuring, capital market transactions, fund formations and US multinational tax planning and business restructurings.
Areas of Expertise
Tax/Tax Litigation/Financial Solutions/Private Equity & Venture Capital/Investing in Ireland
Experience Advising:
- Global Indemnity on its re-domestication of the Global Indemnity group from an entity incorporated in Ireland to an entity incorporated in the Cayman Islands.
- Pfizer on its proposed $160bn merger with Allergan.
- Medtronic on its $49bn acquisition of Covidien.
- Towers Watson on its merger with Willis Group.
- XL Group on its $4.2bn acquisition of Catlin Group.
- Endo Health Solutions on its $1.6bn acquisition of Paladin Labs and related corporate inversion into Ireland.
- AIG on its proposed sale of ILFC to AerCap.
- The Senior Lenders to eircom in relation to its €4bn examinership and financial restructuring.
- Apollo Global Management on various Irish acquisitions including MBNA's credit card business and debt portfolios from Bank of Scotland Ireland.
- The joint lead managers on the market placement of the State's €1bn contingent capital notes issued by Bank of Ireland.
Market Recommendations
"Very good at distilling tax matters in a way we can understand." (Chambers Europe 2018)
"International Thought Leader in Corporate Tax." (Who's Who Legal 2018)
"Widely recognised by peers as a leading tax practitioner." (Chambers Europe 2017)
"Peter Maher is extremely good at what he does, he is very easy to work with, responsive and an all-round good guy." (World Tax 2017)
"Global Corporate Tax Lawyer of the Year." (International Who's Who of Business Lawyers 2013 and 2015)
Professional activities
He is a former Co-chair of the Taxes Committee of the International Bar Association and of the Irish Chapter of the International Fiscal Association. Peter lectures regularly including at various IBA, IFA and ABA tax conferences and has written extensively including contributing chapters for The Inward Investment and International Taxation Review by Law Business Research, The International Comparative Legal Guide to Corporate Tax by Global Legal Group, International Tax Law (Winning Legal Strategies) by Aspatore Books, Tax Treatment of Islamic Finance Products, a Comparative Survey by IBFD, writing articles for Tax Management Financial Products Report, World Securities Law Report and Finance, and Treasury Weekly Report. He is also one of the contributing editors of Tax on Inbound Investment (Getting the Deal Through) by Law Business Research and one of the two Irish contributors to Tax Management International Forum.
Education
- Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland
- B.Comm, University College Dublin
Peter Maher
Partner, Tax
Dublin