Alan Casey is a partner and Head of A&L Goodbody's Corporate department. He advises leading Irish and multi-national public and private companies across a broad range of Mergers & Acquisitions, Governance and Equity Capital Markets issues. Alan has extensive experience in cross-border transactions, particularly in public M&A and ECM mandates and has advised on many of the largest corporate transactions in Irish history. Alan's practice also involves advising boards of public companies on shareholder activism mandates and other governance mandates. Alan was previously Head of A&L Goodbody's New York office for a number of years and is listed as a Leading Lawyer in both M&A and Equity Capital Markets by several publications including IFLR1000, Chambers Global and Legal 500.
Areas of Expertise
Corporate and M&A/Capital Markets – Equity/PLC Advisory & Governance/Corporate migrations to Ireland and de-SPAC M&A/Corporate Advisory & Company Law/Investing in Ireland/Commercial Contracts
Experience Advising:
- K1 Investment Management LLC on its tender offer take-private of MariaDB plc.
- Endo International plc on various acquisitions, as its standing Irish law counsel and on its cross-border restructuring involving $8 billion of debt and mass tort claims.
- Sanofi on its possible takeover offer for Horizon Therapeutics plc.
- Prothena Corporation plc on its spin-off from elan, several NASDAQ equity raises totalling over $400m and as its standing Irish law counsel.
- Perrigo Company plc on its successful defence of the $27bn hostile offer by Mylan N.V., its $2.7bn sale of Tysabri to Royalty Pharma and as its standing Irish law counsel.
- Medtronic Inc. on its $49bn acquisition of Covidien plc and as its standing Irish law counsel.
- GH Research plc as its standing Irish law counsel.
- Xeris Pharmaceuticals on its $267m takeover of Strongbridge Biopharma plc.
- Johnson Controls Inc. on its $20bn merger with Tyco plc and Adient plc on its $5bn spin-off from Johnson Controls plc and as its standing Irish law counsel.
- Pfizer on its proposed $160bn merger with Allergan plc.
Market Recommendations
"Alan was very knowledgeable and always responsive. He was patient in explaining Irish takeover rules, some of which were fairly complex, and great at coming up with practical, actionable solutions." (IFLR1000 2023)
"Alan is highly accessible, prompt and gives solid, practical advice on complex M&A topics. He was always calm under fire and results-orientated." (IFLR1000 2023)
"Alan is very knowledgeable and responsive. He has taken the time to understand our business and risk tolerance and provides helpful advice." (IFLR1000 2023)
"Leading Lawyer" (Legal500)
Professional activities
Alan is a member of the Law Society of Ireland and the American Bar Association and is a contributor to many publications on private and public company M&A and securities laws.
Education
- Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland
- BCL, University College Dublin
Alan Casey
Partner,
Corporate and M&A
Dublin