Deals

A&L Goodbody was sole legal adviser to Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc on a recommended cash offer of around €1.62bn from pan-European and US banking group BAWAG. The offer followed PTSB's formal sales process, which was announced at the end of October 2025.

William Fry is advising the State on the sale of its latest remaining shareholding in an Irish bank, expected to net €931 million for the State. Austrian bank BAWAG P.S.K. is proposing to acquire the entire issued share capital of Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc for €1.6 billion.

A&L Goodbody advised on more M&A transactions than any other Irish law firm in 2024, according to international M&A intelligence publication Mergermarket. The firm acted on 61 reportable Irish M&A transactions in 2024 and 292 deals in the last five years, also more than any other law

Oisín McLoughlin, corporate partner at Ogier Leman, outlines current trends in Ireland's M&A market. Given the size of Ireland's population, the pipeline of M&A opportunities in the country remains strong. With the summer months acting as a time of preparation for investors, the senti

Beauchamps LLP has emerged as Ireland's most prolific dealmaker in the first half of 2023, according to the latest Experian MarketIQ report. The firm advised on 30 transactions in the first half of the year, which saw a 25 per cent decline in deal volume after a prolonged period of growth.

The Irish M&A market slowed in the first half of the year, with a two per cent decline in volume but a significant 58 per cent decrease in total value, according to new analysis by William Fry. There were 177 transactions worth a combined €5.2 billion during the first half of 2023, with 97

Our regular round-up of deals involving Irish law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Credit Suisse has completed a landmark marine conservation bond transaction involving a debt conversion for the Republic of Ecuador to support marine conservation in the Galápagos Islands.

Sean O'Reilly and Michael O'Halloran of RDJ LLP provide a comprehensive overview of the Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022. The Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022 will, if enacted, “establish a screening mechanism for third country investment into Ireland for the

Our regular round-up of deals involving Northern Ireland law firms. Submit your deals to newsdesk@irishlegal.com. Belfast-based cancer diagnostics company GenoME Diagnostics has closed a £1.4 million funding round which will be used to further develop its lead product OvaME, a novel blood test

A total of 68 mergers were notified to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in 2022, a 16 per cent decrease from 81 in 2021, according to its annual merger report. All mergers and acquisitions which reach certain financial thresholds must be notified to the CCPC. The CCPC examin

Arthur Cox and A&L Goodbody (ALG) were Ireland's top M&A advisers last year by deal value and count respectively. According to Mergermarket, Arthur Cox advised on 39 deals worth €14.4 billion in 2022 while ALG advised on 43 deals worth €9.1 billion.

Richard Gray, head of the corporate team at Belfast-based Carson McDowell, considers the trends in M&A activity in Northern Ireland. Given the turbulence that has characterised so much of 2022, there has remained an encouraging amount of mergers & acquisitions (M&A) activity in Northern

Matheson LLP has been ranked as the top Irish law firm by deal volume for the first three quarters of 2022. The firm today emerged on top of rankings published by research firm Refinitiv, which follows a similar ranking by Mergermarket last week.

Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised AIB on a corporate power purchase agreement with NTR plc to buy energy from two new solar farms which will provide 80 per cent of the bank's energy requirements. AIB is one of the first Irish companies to close such an agreement, which significantly

The Irish M&A market recorded a total of 122 deals worth €6.4 billion in the first half of 2022, according to the mid-year William Fry Mergers & Acquisitions Review 2022, published in association with Mergermarket. In comparison with the first half of 2021, the volume of deals has decre