Private Equity M&A experience

We have extensive experience working with a majority of the leading Irish and a substantial number of international PE funds both in relation to primary and secondary transactions and across a wide range of industries, and indeed Irish founder and family led companies on their sale and co-investment with PE sponsors – both majority and minority stakes.

  • BlackRock Inc. on its equity investment into Circle Internet Financial, a global fintech firm and digital currency issuer
  • CVC Capital Partners on its acquisition of a stake in the Pro14 provincial rugby union league
  • Inflexion on the buyout of the SteriPack Group
  • ABC Fitness Solutions LLC, a Thoma Bravo portfolio company, on their acquisition of Zappy Limited t/a Glofox
  • TDS on its sale to Acre, a portfolio company of Triton Partners
  • Deep Pool on its sale to Lovell Minnick Partners and contemporaneous bolt-on acquisition of Koger Inc
  • Exponent on the acquisition of a majority stake in H&MV Engineering
  • The founder of KB Associates on the sale of KB Associates to ECI Partners
  • The management team of Ding in connection with the sale of the company to Pollen Street Capital
  • Carlyle Aviation Partners on its $2.3bn acquisition of Fly Leasing Limited 
  • Carlyle Aviation Partners on its acquisition of the AMCK Aviation Portfolio
  • Oaktree on the its $12.6m disposal of First Star Speir Aviation 1 Limited 
  • Bellingham Capital on its acquisition of 95% of the shares of National Organic 160 Products Limited (Bunalun)
  • Permira on various Irish acquisitions including Creganna, ancestry.com, Arysta LifeSciences and the Green Isle Group
  • Hg Capital on the sale of a majority stake in Invis Energy to Sojitz Corporation, Mitsuibishi UFJ Lease and Finance and Kansai Electric Power
  • CPPIB on its proposed €830m acquisition of Shell's interest in the Corrib Gas Field
  • Cardinal Carlyle Ireland Fund on its disposals of AA Ireland and Carroll Cuisine
  • Genstar Capital and its portfolio company Advarra, Inc. on the acquisition of  Longboat Clinical
  • Notable relationships with other financial sponsors include Apollo, Blackstone Group LLP, Bain Capital, Livingbridge, ECI Partners, Exponent, Hg Capital & others.