M&A

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.

Matheson LLP has again been ranked as the number one Irish legal advisor for corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) by deal count. The report for the first three quarters of 2022, by Mergermarket, shows that Matheson acted on 29 transactions in the period, more than any other law firm in

Irish businesses in the healthcare and life sciences sector are likely to continue using mergers and acquisitions to drive growth in the challenging post-pandemic period, research by international law firm Simmons & Simmons suggests. A survey conducted by Censuswide on behalf of the firm asked n

Irish business leaders view the "triarchy" of talent, technology and trade as core to their future M&A business strategy, according to a new report from global law practice Eversheds Sutherland LLP. The report, titled Putting the pieces into place: The next drivers of strategic M&A, is based

Irish companies continued to attract near-record levels of M&A activity in the first four months of 2022, despite the challenging geopolitical and macro-economic global backdrop, according to data from EY Ireland. There were 60 Irish M&A deals with a combined value of almost $3.3 billion USD

Arthur Cox has been named as Ireland's M&A legal adviser of the year at the Mergermarket European M&A Awards 2021 in London. The annual awards recognise the achievements of Europe's top dealmakers and reward innovative advisory work on the most transformative deals of the past year.

Tughans has been named Northern Ireland’s most active corporate law firm, as it topped the Northern Ireland league table in the Experian MarketIQ M&A review for a seventh year in a row. The Belfast-based law firm advised on 73 deals during 2021 with an overall value of more than &poun

The Irish M&A market recorded 240 significant transactions in 2021, a 33 per cent rise on 2020 and the highest deal volume since 2006. The William Fry M&A Review 2021, in association with Mergermarket, also found that total M&A value recovered significantly, rising by 185 per cent to &eu

M&A activity in Ireland rose by 27 per cent in 2021, making it a record-breaking year, the latest Experian report on dealmaking activity shows. In total, there were 628 transactions announced in 2021 – up on the 495 deals recorded during 2020. Market sentiment is positive, funding is readi

Mergers and acquisitions activity in Northern Ireland last year rose by 38 per cent to 238 deals, the second largest annual total on Experian record, the business adviser's latest report shows. Belfast law firm Tughans advised on 73 qualifying deals to head up the legal volume table in 2021, wi

A&L Goodbody has topped the M&A league tables for 2021 in terms of volume and value of deals, according to new figures. The law firm advised on 77 deals worth €48.2 billion in a bumper year that saw a record 682 deals worth €88.3 billion overall.

A&L Goodbody (ALG) has been ranked as Northern Ireland's top legal adviser by both value and volume of total M&A deals in 2021 so far. According to the latest report from global information services company Experian, ALG's Belfast office acted on 46 deals worth over £1.1 billion in the

M&A activity in Ireland reached a record high in the first six months of 2021, according to a new report published by law firm William Fry in association with Mergermarket. There were 106 deals recorded in the first half of the year, a 33 per cent rise on the same period in 2020 and the most of

The period of "extreme uncertainty" in the Irish M&A market is drawing to a close, William Fry has said following a report showing the total value of Irish deals increased by 14 per cent to €9.1 billion last year in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic. The law firm today published its M&A Re

Commercial law firm Tughans has topped the Experian M&A and Real Estate Advisor League Table by deal count for a sixth year in a row. Of the 168 deals involving a Northern Ireland firm in 2020, Tughans advised on 49 of them – nearly a third.