Our Corporate team is highly experienced in advising both domestic and international corporate clients on a variety of transactions, ranging from M&A, private equity, venture capital, AIM Admissions, private placings and public company takeovers. We have earned a reputation for excellence, guiding clients through every aspect of a transaction with solid, reliable and commercial advice.
The team’s knowledge and skills cover an extensive suite of practice areas. These include:
- Biotechnology & Life Sciences
- Charities & Not for Profit
- Pharmacy & Veterinary
- Commercial Contracts
- Competition
- Consumer Law
- Corporate Governance
- Equity Capital Markets
- Food & Beverage
- Foreign Direct Investment
- Medical Devices
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Natural Resources
- Partnership Law
- Pharmaceuticals
- Private Equity
- Regulatory
- Shareholder Disputes
- Start-Ups
- Technology
- Venture Capital
The Legal 500 EMEA, Chambers Global and Chambers Europe routinely rank our Corporate team for the service we provide and the calibre, quality and size of our transactions.’ According to Chambers Europe 2022, Whitney Moore represents clients in a variety of corporate and M&A mandates, including joint venture agreements. The law firm regularly acts for company shareholders on divestments, acquisitions and investments, often with an international element. Chambers Europe 2019 notes from its independent research that clients admire the team’s ‘excellent negotiation skills, sound advice and attention to detail’ and that ‘the advice is very pragmatic, and business focused.
The Legal 500 EMEA 2019 describes the team as ‘efficient and responsive’ and notes from client feedback that our corporate team ‘delivers a quality service at all stages’. The Legal 500 Global 2022 notes that Whitney Moore has an especially strong reputation in the natural resources sector, thanks in large part to the presence of Brendan Ringrose and Therese Rochford. Neither are confined to this segment with technology being another area of expertise for them and the wider team. The Legal 500 EMEA 2019 describes practice head, Cillian Balfe, as ‘a great people person’, who is noted for his ‘excellent blend of professionalism, personal touch and expertise’. SME M&A work is another forte with Cillian Balfe at the fore in this space.
According to Chambers Europe Guide 2022 “Corporate & Commercial: The firm has a substantial corporate and commercial practice advising clients on the full range of business issues, including mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, stock exchange transactions, corporate governance, group restructurings, raising finance, exit strategies, shareholders’ agreements and general contractual matters. The firm has considerable experience of the AIM market, having acted for a number of companies on their AIM flotations, and subsequent large private institutional placings with Dublin and London investment houses. Whitney Moore also has a strong record in private equity transactions, supporting companies at all stages of their growth and development so they can achieve their objectives.”
The Legal 500 EMEA 2019 describes practice head, Cillian Balfe, as ‘a great people person’, who is noted for his ‘excellent blend of professionalism, personal touch and expertise’. It notes that Thérèse Rochford is ‘very experienced and has good legal and commercial sense’, with Chambers Europe 2019 describing her as ‘very thorough in her approach. According to Chambers Europe 2022 Thérèse Rochford advises on a wide scope of transactions, investments and corporate governance matters. A client enthuses: “She is very knowledgeable with many years of experience. She focuses on the issue and looks for commercial solutions”.’.
The Legal 500 EMEA 2019 mentions ‘They work very hard in the interest of the client and are clearly very professional experienced lawyers. Under the leadership of Therese Rochford, the firm has a very pragmatic, commercial and service focused approach.’ Therese Rochford is excellent. She manages the process very well and bills her time in a very appropriate manner only for value added measures.’
Brendan Ringrose 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.
Some of our recent Corporate transactions include
- Advised NASDAQ-listed Stagwell Inc. on the acquisition of In the Company of Huskies Limited an advertising agency.
- Advised the founders and investors of Betapond Limited t/a StitcherAds on its acquisition by Kargo Inc.
- Advised the shareholders of Openback Limited on its sale to Twitter, Inc.
- Advised My Compliance Office MCO (winner of the Company of the Year 2022 at the Technology Ireland Industry Awards) on its United States MCO financing.
- Advised the shareholders of Primemount PT Limited (a nursing home owner and operator) on the sale of the company to Orpea SA (a French nursing care provider ).
- Advised Irish private equity group WoodberryCapital on the acquisition of Colorman Ireland Limited (Irish print and packaging company).
- Advised the shareholders of Sonru Limited (operator of a human resources online platform) on its sale to the United States based Modern Hire Inc.
- Advised the shareholders of com (including Michael Dwyer the author of “From the Arena”) on its sale to Secret Escapes (UK).
- Advised Christeyns (a global cleaning and hygiene specialist) on the acquisition of Gannon Chemicals.
- Advised Dye & Durham (listed on Toronto Stock Exchange) on the acquisition of Rochford Brady (Irish legal searchers).
- Advised Toyo Corporation, a Japanese listed company and other founders, on the sale of Programming Research Limited to Perforce Inc. (US).
- Advised Sindice Limited, t/a Siren, on its raising of Series A venture capital funding and venture debt facility from the European Investment Bank (Europe).
- Advised Primary Investments Limited on its acquisition of NSSL Limited, an IT security services company.
- Advised ID Pal Limited on its Series A primary fundraising (and secondary fundraising) from Inspire Investments, Act Venture Capital and Enterprise Ireland.
- Advised Data Chemist Limited t/a Terminus DB in its Series A fundraising round with Atlantic Bridge, Volta and Acequia Capital (Belgian and US funders).
- Advised the shareholders of Trilogy Technologies Limited including Edel Creely, Arthur Griffin and John Casey on its acquisition by Arkphire Limited.
- Advised Query Layer in its fundraising round with Nauta Capital (Spanish VC).
- Advised the shareholders of Totalmotion Limited an Irish facial recognition software company on its sale to Kainos AR Inc. based in Miami, Florida.
- Advised the O‘Flaherty Holdings (one of Ireland’s leading family business groups) on the acquisition of Drogheda Hire & Sales (a plant hire business).