M&A

Tughans remains Northern Ireland's most prolific M&A firm according to figures spanning the first three-quarters of the year. The firm has acted in 42 transactions in the year to date, well ahead of A&L Goodbody and Carson McDowell on 35 each, according to the latest Experian MarketIQ report

Flynn O'Driscoll LLP has been ranked as Ireland's most prolific M&A firm in the first three-quarters of the year. The corporate law firm has acted in 42 transactions in the year to date, according to the latest Experian MarketIQ report for the UK and Ireland.

Flynn O'Driscoll was the most prolific M&A adviser in the Irish market in the first half of 2024, a new report reveals. According to the latest Experian M&A report, there were 339 deals worth €19.7 billion in the first half of 2024, including the biggest ever private equity investment a

Tughans has retained its ranking as Northern Ireland's most prolific M&A adviser in the first half of 2024. According to the latest Experian M&A report, there were 112 transactions with a total disclosed value of just under £900 million in the first half of 2024.

The Irish M&A market saw 185 deals in the first half of 2024, a 20 per cent decline on the previous year, but the total deal value surged to €17.8 billion, a 207 per cent increase, according to new analysis from William Fry. The law firm has published its half-year report on Irish M&A a

Pinsent Masons partners Gerry Beausang and Lisa Early explore the potential for a wave of secondary buyouts in the Irish PE market in the future. Given the volume of private equity (PE) deals in 2021 and 2022 a wave of secondary management buyouts is on the horizon in Ireland.

Ireland's M&A market proved to be resilient with a growth in deals volume compared to falls in Europe and the rest of the world, new analysis from William Fry shows. The firm has issued its annual report on Irish M&A activity in 2023, which records a total of 334 qualifying deals, an increas

Tughans has been ranked as Northern Ireland's most prolific M&A adviser for the ninth year in a row. The Belfast-based law firm advised on 50 of the 263 transactions recorded in 2023, according to the latest Experian M&A report.

Flynn O'Driscoll LLP has again been ranked as Ireland's most prolific M&A adviser, advising last year on the highest number of deals in Ireland's busiest year of M&A activity on record. Ireland bucked a global trend for declining deal activity with a total of 789 deals in 2023, marginally mo

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has celebrated a strong year of Irish M&A deals after advising on some of the highest-profile transactions of the year. The firm this year advised on Waystone's acquisition of Link Finance, TMF Group’s acquisition of Goodbody Asset Management, D

Tughans has ranked as the top legal adviser in the latest Experian United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review. The firm advised on a total of 27 deals in 2023, with Carson McDowell taking second place with 25. Davidson McDonnell Solicitors placed third with 18 and A&L Goodbo

Arthur Cox is the top legal adviser in the latest Experian United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review. The YTD 2023 report details that the firm advised on 41 deals. A&L Goodbody followed in second place with 40 deals; Matheson took third place with 38; Philip Lee Solicitors

Small- and medium-sized transactions dominated both the Irish and UK M&A markets in the first half of the year as rising financing costs discouraged larger deals, according to a new report from Philip Lee. Philip Lee has published the fifth edition of its cross-border deal insight guide, produce

Arthur Cox is the highest-ranked legal adviser in Ireland for M&A by both deal count and value for the first half of 2023. The firm advised on 24 transactions, valued at $2,831 million. Cian McCourt, partner and head of corporate and M&A group said: “Though there was a cautious start t

International law firm Simmons & Simmons has acted as lead counsel on Irish deals valued at over €1 billion in 2023 so far. The firm has advised on a number of high-profile Irish deals across its core sectors of asset management and funds, healthcare and life sciences, and technology, media