Deals Roundup

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Amgen Inc. has completed its $27.5 billion acquisition of Dublin-based global biotechnology company Horizon Therapeutics plc in one of the largest transactions of the year.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. UK merchant banking group Close Brothers is to acquire Irish motor finance specialist Bluestone Motor Finance in a cash deal expected to complete in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Dublin-headquartered Smurfit Kappa Group, the FTSE 100 paper-based packaging company, has agreed to combine with US-based WestRock Company, an S&P 500 packaging company, to form Smurfit WestRoc

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Irish development and growth capital fund manager Development Capital has invested €6 million in IP Telecom, a Dublin-based provider of unified communications and Voice over Internet Protocol

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. A majority stake in Irish accounting firm Moore Ireland has been acquired by London-based Moore Kingston Smith in a deal financed by Waterland Private Equity.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Swedish-headquartered media giant Bonnier News Business AB has made a strategic minority investment in Business Post Group, publisher of Ireland's Business Post.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Immedis, an Irish-headquartered global payroll provider with technology and services supporting over 160 countries, is to be acquired for €575 million by UKG, a US-headquartered provider of HR

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Galway-based Nortev, a manufacturer of nebulisers for horses and companion animals, has been acquired by PARI, a German-headquartered manufacturer of medical devices and pharmaceuticals in the fiel

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Dublin-headquartered financial services group Waystone has agreed to acquire the UK and Irish businesses of Link Fund Solutions (LFS) for a reported sum of £140 million.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. The Dublin-based Institute of Education has been acquired by Dukes Education Group, an international group of schools, colleges, and nurseries established by entrepreneur Aatif Hassa in 2015.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. International audit, accounting, outsourcing, compliance and advisory group Azets has entered the Irish market with the acquisition of Baker Tilly Ireland, which has rebranded as Azets Ireland.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Limerick Twenty Thirty (LTT) has formed a joint venture partnership with Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), part of the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) to finance the development

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Irish-headquartered biopharmaceutical company Amryt Pharma is to be acquired by Chiesi Farmaceutici in a $1.48 billion transaction.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. The National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) has raised €3.5 billion through the syndicated sale of a new 20-year Irish Sovereign Green Bond (ISGB) maturing in October 2043.

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Horizon Therapeutics plcs, a global biotechnology company headquartered in Dublin, is to be acquired by Amgen Inc. for an enterprise value of $28.3 billion.