Showcasing extensive cross-sector capabilities – with focuses including healthcare, energy and financial services – the ‘fantastic, straightforward’ team at William Fry LLP regularly acts for major banks and private equity houses. The firm showcases strong multi-jurisdictional expertise- especially with North American and European markets- alongside displaying in-depth knowledge in handling enforcement claims before the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The ‘very intelligent and precise’ Ivor Banim heads the outfit, specialising in M&A and private equity transactions, while Aisling O’Gorman focuses on the real estate sphere. Gerard James is an arbitration expert, while Trish McGrath is well-versed in reorganisations and restructurings.
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William Fry LLP
Responsables de la pratique:
Ivor Banim
Autres avocats clés:
Aisling O’Gorman; Gerard James; Trish McGrath
Les références
‘The team is large, experienced and very collaborative (bringing in tax, IP, competition expertise from the firm where needed). They handle big ticket mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, and general company law matters. They’re also great at cross-border work, especially between Ireland, the UK, and the US.’
‘Ivor Banim is my go-to Irish corporate lawyer. It is very helpful that he is based in London. He is very intelligent and precise. He is very tuned in to the Irish market for legal services in London and brings in experts and support from the Dublin office as necessary to provide a seamless service.’
‘The team is fantastic, straightforward and extremely efficient. Most importantly though is there business sense and strategy to concluding matters with our mutual clients.’
Principaux clients
Amgen
SoftBank
AIB
Tesco
DCC plc
Edwards Lifesciences plc
Glanbia
York Capital Management
Lazard Asset Management
Mayfair Equity Partners
Value Retail
Phoenix Group
Davy Group
Goodbody
RBC Capital Markets
Yew Grove REIT
Pollen Street Capital
Towerbrook Capital
August Equity Partners
Gresham House Asset Management
Medivet Group
Clayton Dubilier & Rice
New Mountain Capital
Aceto Group
Wealth at Work Group
Kyndryl Group
Nordic Aviation
Mercer
Amarenco Solar
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
UKG Group
Principaux dossiers
- Acted as lead Irish counsel to Grant Thornton Advisors LLC and New Mountain Capital on an agreement to combine Grant Thornton Advisors with Grant Thornton Ireland’s advisory and tax businesses.
- Advised EQT Private Equity, one of the world’s largest private equity investors, on its acquisition of a majority stake in AMCS, the global market leader and supplier of cloud-based and AI-enabled planning, performance, and sustainability focused software for waste management, recycling and other resource-intensive industries headquartered in Limerick, Ireland.
- Acting as the lead legal adviser to the Irish Department of Finance on the sell-down of the State’s shareholding in AIB Group plc, one of Ireland’s pillar banks, through a range of innovative sale structures not seen in the Irish market before.