Corporate and M&A have always been the bedrock of our practice at William Fry.
Our team has excellent credentials, a wealth of experience and an impressive depth of expertise. We consistently have a central role in the most sophisticated and complex corporate transactions and advisory work in Ireland, as well as in large cross-border deals with an Irish aspect.
Our clients include leading Irish and international companies and institutions, public and private, as well as state and public sector bodies. We are also proud to have acted for many of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs.
We are consistently ranked in the top tier of Irish advisers for Corporate and M&A work by leading directories including Chambers Global and Legal 500. Most recently we have:
- Consistently ranked in the top 3 for total Irish M&A deal activity by volume.
- Published Ireland's definitive M&A Review (recent edition (half year review) published in May 2021).
- Advised on 50% of all reported Venture Capital deals in Ireland where the identities of advisors were disclosed (IVCA 'VenturePulse' survey 2020), more than any other Irish law firm.
Recent awards include:
Finance Dublin's Deals of the Year Awards 2021:
- ECM- FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc secondary offering
- M&A – Financial Services Financing & Acquisition - Acquisition of Chill Insurance & Ivernia Insurance by Livingbridge.
Finance Dublin's Deals of the Year Awards 2020:
- M&A – Acquisition, Public Markets: Avenue Capital’s Investment in Castlehaven Finance
- M&A – Domestic FS: AIB & First Data’s Acquisition of Payzone
- M&A – Private – Deal of the Year: Fane Valley Co-Operative Society Acquisition of Silver Hill Foods
- M&A – Mid-Market: Carlyle Cardinal Ireland Investment in The City Bin Co
- M&A – Acquisition Financing – Deal of the Year: ATA Group Acquisition of Karnasch Professional Tools GmbH
Our Corporate team is centrally involved in the Firm’s sectoral groups, including our Banking & Finance, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Inward Investment/FDI, Private Equity and Technology groups, and is supported by our other Departments to ensure effective and efficient delivery of solutions focused advice.