Corporate and M&A: Experience
PUBLIC COMPANY TAKEOVERS
- ICON plc on its proposed $12bn acquisition of PRA Health Sciences
- Sumitomo Corporation on its €751m recommended takeover offer for Fyffes plc
- Verizon Communications on its acquisition of FleetMatics Group for $2.4bn (European Corporate Deal of the Year - The Lawyer 2017)
- Towers Watson on its merger with Willis Group
- Perrigo Company plc on its successful defence of a hostile takeover attempt by Mylan N.V
- Endo International plc on its acquisition of Par Pharmaceutical Holdings, Inc for $8.05bn
- XL Group on its $4.2bn acquisition of Catlin Group
- élan on the defence of a $6.8bn takeover bid by Royalty Pharma
- Trintech on its takeover by scheme of arrangement by Spectrum Equity Investors
- Guanabara Holdings on its hostile takeover bid for EcoSecurities
DOMESTIC DEALS ALL SIZES
- Link Asset Services on its strategic partnership with Leveris
- KN Group on its proposed sale to Circet
- Kapp & Peterson on the disposal of the family businesses to the Scandinavian Tobacco Group and to the Laudisi Distribution Group respectively
- The sale by Achmea BV of the Friends First Group to Aviva.
- Aegon on the sale of Aegon Ireland plc to Athora Life Re Ltd for €195m
- NJJ on its acquisition of a 66% interest in eir, Ireland's leading telecoms, broadband and media company
- Euronext on its acquisition of the Irish Stock Exchange
- The sellers on the sale of Noonan to Bidvest for €175m
- Allianz Europe on its proposed acquisition of the remaining shares in Allianz-Life Holdings for €160m
- Carton Group in relation to Scandi Standard AB's proposed acquisition of Manor Farm
- Cardinal Carlyle on its acquisition of Sam McCauley Chemists
- Scape Opportunities on the acquisition of Kesteven
- Xylem on its acquisition of the Selc Group
- ABP Food Group on its joint venture with Slaney Foods
- Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard on the sale of Paddy Whiskey for €90m
- Cardinal Carlyle on the investment in AA Ireland for €156m
- Aviva and AIB in relation to the sale of Aviva Health to Irish Life
- Dalata Hotel Group on a number of acquisitions including the Clarion Hotel Sligo, Maldron Hotel Cork, DS Charlemont and the entire issued share capital of DT Sussex Road Operations
- Hibernia REIT on its acquisition of its investment manager, WK Nowlan REIT Management
- Britvic/Counterpoint in relation to the acquisition of the business of East Coast Suppliers and Knockton
- Aegon on the sale of Aegon Ireland to Athora Life Re Limited for €195m
- Bewley's on a number of acquisitions
- Noonan on the acquisition of the RPS business and the Resource Group
- AIG on its acquisition of Laya Healthcare
- Spar Group on its investment in the BWG Group
- Setanta Sports Broadcasting on the sale of the entire issued share capital of Setanta Sports Channel Ireland to Eir
- Investec Bank on the disposal of Start Mortgages and Nua Mortgages
- Malin on its investments in Immunocore, Altan Pharma 3D4Medical
- The shareholders of Irish animation company Brown Bag Films on its merger with Canadian animator 9 Story Media Group
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS AND SELLERS
- Cushman & Wakefield on its acquisition of Sherry FitzGerald's commercial property business
- Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation (TNSC) and its subsidiary Matheson Tri-Gas (MTG) on the Irish aspects of the acquisition of Praxair's European industrial gas business for approximately €5bn
- JBS SA, on the $1.3bn sale of Moy Park
- UPS on its acquisition of Parcel Motel's owner, Nightline Logistics
- Citibank on the Crossborder merger of Citibank International and Citibank Europe
- Heaven Hill Brands on its US$165m acquisition of Carolans and Irish Mist brands from Campari
- ASL Aviation Group on its acquisition of the Farnair Group, company operations in Europe, South Africa, South East Asia and India
- Bossard Group on its acquisition of Arnold Industries
- Spotify in relation to the acquisition of the Soundwave business
- Pyramid Hotel Group on the sale of the Temple Bar Hotel to Ascott
- Brookfield on the disposal of the Killhills and Knockacummer Wind Farms to Greencoat
- Amundi in relation to the acquisition of the Pioneer Asset Management business
- UDG Healthcare plc on the €407m sale of its pharmaceutical distribution businesses to global pharmaceutical wholesaler McKesson
- Travelport on its acquisition of the mobile travel platform developer, Mobile Travel Technologies Limited
- Irish Government on the sale of Bord Gáis Energy
- Special Liquidators of IBRC on all corporate aspects of the sale process in respect of the assets of IBRC
- GenCell Biosystems on its acquisition by Becton, Dickinson and Company
- Telefónica on its sale of Telefónica O2 Ireland to Hutchison Whampoa Group
- Nestlé on its acquisition of Pfizer infant nutrition business
- Irish Life Group on Great-West Lifeco’s acquisition of the company from the Government of Ireland
- Bloomberg on its acquisition of PolarLake
- Icon plc on a number of acquisitions including its acquisition of Mapi, Cross Country Healthcare, Firecrest, Oxford Outcomes
- CPPIB on its proposed €830m acquisition of Shell's interest in the Corrib Gas Field
MIGRATIONS
- Osmotica Pharmaceuticals on their migration from Luxembourg and IPO on the NASDAQ
- Iterum Therapeutics on its IPO on the NASDAQ
- Nabriva Therapeutics on the redomiciliation of its Holding Company from Austria to Ireland, by means of an Exchange Offer
- Johnson Controls Inc. on its merger with Tyco plc
- Pfizer on its proposed $160bn merger with Allergan plc
- Pozen on its acquisition of Tribute Pharmaceuticals and setting up its Irish structure
- Endo International plc on its acquisition of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $2.6bn
- Medtronic, Inc on its $49bn acquisition of Covidien plc
- élan on the sale of EDT to Alkermes Inc and Alkermes' related corporate inversion into Ireland
- Vidara Therapeutics on the acquisition of Irish listed pharmaceutical company AGI Therapeutics and subsequently on its proposed merger with Horizon Pharma and related inversion to Ireland
- Endo Health Solutions on its $1.6bn acquisition of Paladin Labs and related corporate inversion into Ireland
- élan on its formal sale process and Perrigo's recommended $8.6bn takeover offer and related corporate inversion into Ireland. (Global M&A Deal of the Year 2014 - American Lawyer)
- XL Group on the migration of the holding company of the XL Group to Ireland
CAPITAL MARKETS
- Yew Grove REIT plc on its IPO on ESM and AIM
- Glenveagh Properties plc on its €550m IPO on the Irish and London Stock Exchanges and €200m Firm Placing and Placing and Open Offer
- The joint global co-ordinators on the sale by the Department of Finance of a proportion of its shareholding in Allied Irish Banks and on the related IPO and admission to the official lists of the Irish and London Stock Exchanges of Allied Irish Banks
- Numis Securities and Goodbody Stockbrokers on the £95.2m placing and subscription by Draper Esprit
- UBS, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch and J&E Davy as Placing Agents in CRH’s €1.6bn “cash-box” placing
- Prothena in respect of its March 2017 $155m primary offering on NASDAQ
- Cairn Homes on its admission to the main securities market of the Irish Stock Exchange
- Malin on its latest private placement equity fundraising (May 2017)
- Dalata Hotel Group on its €455m reverse takeover of Moran Bewley Hotel Group and associated equity raise
- Hibernia REIT on its €300m placing and open offer - UK, US, Ireland and internationally
- Nabriva Therapeutics on the redomiciliation of its Holding Company from Austria to Ireland, by means of an Exchange Offer
- The underwriters on the $750,000,000 rights issue by Tullow Oil plc
- Providence Resources on its €65m secondary capital raise by way of placing and open offer
PRIVATE EQUITY
- Hg Capital on the sale of a majority stake in Invis Energy to Sojitz Corporation, Mitsuibishi UFJ Lease and Finance and Kansai Electric Power
- Volpi Capital, a UK private equity fund, on its €90m equity investment in Version 1
- Bertram Capital Management on the acquisition of the Anord Group of companies
- Cardinal Carlyle on its acquisition of Sam McCauley Chemists
- Cardinal Carlyle on the investment in AA Ireland
- InfraVia Capital Partners on its acquisition of the telecoms infrastructure business of Coillte
- Lily O'Brien's Chocolates' vendor on the sale to Carlyle Cardinal Ireland's first private equity deal in Ireland
- Fountain Healthcare on a number of acquisitions