Berni Hosty is a partner in A&L Goodbody's Corporate and M&A group. Berni advises a wide range of clients on corporate transactions, both in the domestic market and on international deals, across a variety of business and industry sectors. Her key areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and cross border amalgamations.
Areas of Expertise
Corporate and M&A/Commercial Contracts
Experience Advising:
- General Electric on the sale of GECAS, its aircraft leasing platform, to AerCap.
- SMBC Aviation Capital on its acquisition of Goshawk Aviation.
- Bank of Ireland on its acquisition of the Davy wealth management and capital markets services platform.
- The Ferrero Group on its acquisition of FULFIL Nutrition.
- BellCap Group on its acquisition of Bunalun Organic Foods.
- Ulster Bank and NatWest on the strategic withdrawal from the Irish market.
- ABP on various acquisitions and joint ventures.
- Integer on its acquisition of Aran Biomedical.
- Citibank on the crossborder merger of Citibank International and Citibank Europe.
- ICON plc on its acquisition of PRA.
- The Committee of Senior Lenders to eircom on the acquisition of eircom out of examinership.
- PartnerRe on its court approved cross border conversion to a Societas Europaea and on a related $1.4 billion capital reduction.
- International Power, part of the GDF Suez group, on the court approved cross border amalgamation of its Irish, Italian and Hungarian IP Maestrale wind energy business.
Market Recommendations
"Berni Hosty is a Rising Star." (IFLR1000 2017)
Education
- LLB, B.Corp Law, NUI, Galway
- Diploma, Applied Finance Law, Law Society of Ireland
- Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland
Berni Hosty
Partner,
Corporate and M&A
Dublin