Brendan advises leading international and Irish companies on Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Fundraisings and Stock Exchange admissions and listings. His practice focuses on the Media, Natural Resources and Technology sectors. Brendan has particular expertise in advising publicly listed companies on corporate transactions.
Media: representing leading international including United States headquartered media groups in acquiring businesses in Ireland.
Technology: advising on fundraisings, venture capital, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions.
Natural Resources: advising Irish along with American, Canadian and UK corporations (both listed and privately owned) in the Metals and Oil and Gas sectors. Brendan’s advice on the corporate side centres on Fundraisings, Mergers and Acquisitions and Stock Market Listings/Admissions.
Examples of some relevant Transactions:
Media
Acted for NEP Group, Inc. (a Pennsylvania-based media group controlled by Carlyle Group, a private equity firm) on the disposal of Screen Scene Limited a market leading video post production studio to a private equity backed SPV. A lender to the SPV was Dun Port Capital. Price not disclosed.
Acted for NASDAQ-listed marketing network Stagwell Inc. in the acquisition of privately-held Ireland-based In the Company of Huskies Limited a leading creative digital agency. Consideration not disclosed.
Acted for NEP Group, Inc. (a Pennsylvania-based global media technology company controlled by The Carlyle Group) on the acquisition of ION Solutions Limited (live events provider).
Advised the shareholders of Irish Marketing Surveys/Lansdowne Market Research (the largest Irish full-service market research company) on its EUR12 million acquisition by Millward Brown / WPP plc.
Advised the shareholders of Irish media agency Brindley Media on its EUR12 million acquisition by Aegis Media (a global media group).
Public Companies
Acted for Dalradian Resources Inc. (Toronto Stock Exchange listed) in the CAN$20 million takeover of Minco plc (Irish incorporated and admitted to London AIM) by scheme of arrangement.
Acted for San Leon Energy plc (admitted to London AIM) in its approximately £13.7 million ($21.1 million) acquisition of Island Oil and Gas plc (admitted to London AIM) by scheme of arrangement.
Advised the shareholders of AIM-listed Glencar Mining plc in £28 million sterling (€32 million) all cash acquisition by Gold Fields Limited (Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed).
Advised San Leon Energy plc (admitted to London AIM) on the $139 million acquisition of Realm Energy International Corporation (listed on Toronto Stock Exchange).
Technology
Advised the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (a company owned by leading global pharmaceutical companies) on the establishment of a corporate joint venture with Bertelsmann AG, a global media and education conglomerate to operate Ireland’s leading online source of information on prescription medicines.
Advised the shareholders of Storm Technology (digital solutions provider and consultancy, specialising in the Microsoft stack) on its acquisition by Littlefish (a UK-based managed IT and cyber security services provider). Deal consideration not disclosed.
Advised the shareholders of Sonru (operator of a human resources online platform) on its acquisition by the United States based Modern Hire Inc. (owned by The Riverside Company, a global private investor).
Advised SurModics, Inc. (Nasdaq-listed), a provider of medical device technology, on the acquisition of Creagh Medical Limited, a developer of angioplasty balloon catheters. Consideration €30 million.
Acted for the shareholders of AIM-listed Clearstream Technologies plc (manufacturer of vascular stents) in its £43.8 million all-cash sale to C.R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE stock exchange listed, later acquired by Becton Dickinson).
Recommendations
Brendan is recommended by international legal journals. According to The Legal 500 EMEA:
- ‘Brendan Ringrose has a deep understanding of international equity capital markets and of the natural resources sector.’
- Brendan Ringrose – exceptionally strong corporate lawyer with detailed knowledge of technical matters and a forensic approach to problem solving. Would recommend for complex, non-vanilla M&A transactions.’
- Brendan Ringrose is highly skilled and dedicated to his clients. He is the only lawyer I have been dealing with – a very fine lawyer.’
- “Brendan Ringrose handles listed company work for North American plcs.”
According to the Legal 500 Legal Directory.
- “The ‘thorough and responsive’ Whitney Moore has expertise in the technology, renewable energy, medical devices, waste and manufacturing sectors. The team advises on M&A, venture capital and private equity investments, and corporate structuring and governance. Clients include SMEs, large family businesses, and early-stage and emerging companies (particularly in the technology sector), and the practice also advises a number of public companies in the natural resources space, where Brendan Ringrose is particularly active.”
- “The individuals are committed to meeting my deadlines and ensuring comprehensive documentation is provided as required. Brendan Ringrose in particular is very happy to provide answers to high-level questions at the initial phase of a project to enable my clients to decide which path to take on a transaction.”
- “The Whitney Moore team are very thorough and responsive. Their key strength is that they look at all aspects of a query or transaction thereby providing confidence that all legal aspects have been addressed.‘ ‘They are solutions focused, particularly Brendan Ringrose and associate Colin Hayes. They work seamlessly with us to provide a full service to our clients.”
Events
Lexology’s Getting-The-Deal-Through – Mining: editor and author of chapter on Irish Mining law (2021 to 2025).
“Legal and Taxation considerations when Selling your business”. Seminar hosted with Tynan Dillon (new Xeinadin) (Tax Advisers) (December 2022).
Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, Toronto: Irish Day Seminar.
Hosted a seminar on “Joint Venture Arrangements” (April 2019).
“Invest in Ireland: Entry to Europe” seminar hosted in Toronto, Canada by Fasken LLP a leading Canadian law firm. Speaker on foreign direct investment in Ireland (November 2018).
World Association of Mining Lawyers (www.waoml.com)
Speaker at the European Mining Session on Irish mining law at the Annual Conference in Sintra, Portugal (2018).
World Association of Mining Lawyers
Leader of the European Mining Session at the World Association of Mining Lawyers (www.waoml.com) at the Annual Conference in Toledo, Spain (2017).
“The United Kingdom and Ireland within your reach” Conference
Hosted by: World Trade Centre, Montreal and Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal in Montreal, Canada.
Speaker on investing in Ireland (April 2011).
Presenter on law of Cloud Computing and Data Processing at Innovation Centre, Institute of Technology Blanchardstown and Synergy Centre, Institute of Technology Tallaght (Jun 2014).
Brendan represents international companies both publicly listed and privately owned in the mining and oil and gas sectors. His advice on the corporate side focuses on fundraisings, mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations and stock market listings/admissions, including on the AIM Market. Brendan has particular expertise in acting for both acquirers and targets in takeovers of listed companies including schemes of arrangement. On the commercial side he is experienced in farm-in agreements, joint venture agreements and royalty agreements.
In the information technology and medical technology sectors, Brendan has extensive experience in advising early-stage and established players, together with investors, on shareholders’ agreements and corporate governance, share options, fundraisings, venture capital, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. In addition he advises on cloud-related contracts such as SaaS, outsourcing and systems integration agreements, together with software licensing and related intellectual property commercialisation contracts.
Brendan was admitted to practice as a lawyer in Ireland in 1998, having obtained a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from the University of Limerick and a Higher Diploma in European Law from University College Dublin. Brendan is a fluent French speaker.
Recommendations
Brendan is recommended by international legal journals. According to The Legal 500 EMEA 2022:
‘Brendan Ringrose has a deep understanding of international equity capital markets and of the natural resources sector.’
Brendan Ringrose – exceptionally strong corporate lawyer with detailed knowledge of technical matters and a forensic approach to problem solving. Would recommend for complex, non-vanilla M&A transactions.’
Brendan Ringrose is highly skilled and dedicated to his clients. He is the only lawyer I have been dealing with – a very fine lawyer.’
Brendan is also recommended by The Legal 500 EMEA 2019 and noted for his work with publicly listed companies based in Ireland and North America, including Glencore and Dalradian Resources.
