Richard is a partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group. Richard specialises in public and private M&A, shareholder arrangements, Corporate Restructurings, NPL Portfolio Sales, Company Law, Corporate Governance and Commercial and Contractual Arrangements. He advises leading Irish, international, public and private companies, equity funds and financial institutions with significant operations in Ireland across a broad range of legal, regulatory, commercial and financial affairs.
Areas of Expertise
Corporate and M&A/Venture Capital & Growth Equity
Experience Advising:
- Black Sheep Fund Management Limited on its acquisition of Distilled Media.
- Exponent private equity on its acquisition of Chanelle Pharma.
- The shareholders of Immedis Limited on its sale to UKG Inc.
- AIG/Corebridge on its proposed sale of Laya Healthcare to AXA Insurance, subject to required regulatory approvals.
- Arthur J. Gallagher on its acquisitions of First Ireland Risk Management Limited and Innovu Insurance.
- ABC Fitness (a Thoma Bravo company) on its acquisition of Glofox Limited.
- Establishment of and ongoing advices to the Green Energy Solutions Fund, a 1907 Irish LP managed by SDCL LLP.
- Ulster Bank on the sale of its performing residential mortgage book, 25 branch locations, its performing micro SME business direct book and its asset finance business.
- AIB on its acquisition of Goodbody Stockbrokers.
- Cardinal Carlyle Ireland Fund in relation to its disposal of AA Ireland.
- Henderson Park on its €1.36bn acquisition of Green Reit plc.
Market Recommendations
"Richard Grey is hugely helpful, responsive and proactive." (Chambers Global 2025)
"The team lead by Richard Grey is knowledgeable and extremely competent. On top of that they know the market inside and out and are very hard working.” (IFLR1000 2024)
"Richard Grey is a key commercial legal adviser - an excellent lawyer." (Chambers Global 2024)
"Richard has superb commercial awareness, and brings experience and good judgement of what the counterparty's end position is likely to be. His isolation of the main commercial and legal points means that transaction documents are condensed to the essential points, which is very client-friendly. He gets through a lot of work in an unerringly calm manner." (Chambers Global 2024)
Education
- Solicitor, England & Wales,
- Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland
- BCL, University College Dublin
Richard Grey
Partner,
Corporate and M&A
Dublin