Private M&A: Experience
GENERAL
- AIB plc on its acquisition of the Goodbody Group for €138m
- Ding.com on selling a majority stake to Pollen Street Capital
- The management team of SONAS Bathrooms on the acquisition of a majority stake in the business, from its private equity backer, MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland
- Bank of Ireland on the acquisition of most of Davy's business, including its wealth management, capital markets and asset management divisions
- Glantus Limited on the acquisition of Technology Insight Corporation for a combined consideration of $9.3m
- Ark Life Assurance Company DAC on its acquisition by Irish Life Group Limited for a cash consideration of €230m
- Bidvest NOONAN on its acquisition of Lynch Interact (Interact), a leading Irish provider of mechanical, electrical and process engineering services for the built environment
- Shareholders of E&I Engineering Ireland Limited on the sale of the company and its affiliate Powerbar Gulf LLC to Vertiv Holdings Co for $1.8bn
INTERNATIONAL BUYERS AND SELLERS
- Pilgrim's Pride Corporation on its acquisition of the consumer foods, meats and meals business from Kerry Group plc for €819m
- Natwest on its sale of Ulster Bank Ireland's commercial lending business to AIB valued at €4.2bn
- Hackman Capital Partners on the acquisition of Ardmore and Troy studios.
- PHOENIX Pharmahandel GmbH & Co KG on the acquisition of parts of McKesson’s European business activities
- bunq, one of the leading European challenger banks, on the Irish aspects of its acquisition of Capitalflow
- Akamai Technologies, Inc. on its acquisition of Asavie Technologies, an Ireland-based developer of platform that automates and manages security, performance, and access policies for mobile and IoT devices
- Marguerite Road Ireland Sarl in the sale to London-listed HICL Infrastructure of the remaining 50 per cent interest in the M17/M18 Gort to Tuam motorway
- Etex NV on its acquisition of a majority stake in offsite design and engineering consultancy company Evolusion Innovation Group Limited
- Etex NV on its acquisition of Irish steel framing company Horizon Offsite Limited
- Alter Domus Participations SARL on its acquisition of investment management company Beechbrook Capital Ireland DAC
- PicMonkey International Limited on its $110m asset sale to Shutterstock Ventures, LLC and Shutterstock Ireland Limited
- Euro Auctions in relation to the disposal of the Euro Auctions group to Ritchie Bros. for an enterprise value of £775m
- Prothena Corporation on its disposal of its ATTR Amyloidosis Programme to Novo Nordisk in a deal worth up to $1.2bn