M&A

Commercial law firm Tughans remains the top M&A firm in Northern Ireland by deal count, according to the latest report from Experian Market IQ. There were just 58 transactions in Northern Ireland in the first half of 2020, a 65 per cent decline on the 65 during the same period last year, and Tug

A&L Goodbody has ranked as the top M&A firm in Ireland by deal count in the latest edition of Mergermarket's Global and Regional M&A Report. The firm advised on nine deals worth $568 million in the first half of 2020, closely followed by Matheson, which advised on nine deals worth $405 m

Dorit McCann, partner at Beauchamps, considers whether firms emerging from the COVID-19 crisis with access to financing can use the "failing firm defence" to justify acquisitions of competitive businesses. COVID-19 has turned our world upside down but, while it presents great challenges to many busi

Corporate law firm A&L Goodbody's Belfast office advised on deals worth £1.1 billion last year, greater in value than any other law firm in Northern Ireland for a sixth consecutive year. From 2014 to 2019, the Belfast office has advised on deals totalling over £6 billion, according t

Arthur Cox has topped the league table of Irish M&A legal advisers by both deal value and volume for 2019. The firm advised on 34 transactions valued at over $107 billion in US dollars, according to the Mergermarket report.

The total value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Ireland has risen by 24 per cent to €2.5 billion in the past year, according to new analysis from William Fry and Mergermarket. The mid-year William Fry Mergers & Acquisitions Review 2019 also reports that deal volume dropped over the

A&L Goodbody (ALG) has won two China Business Law Journal awards for its complex and high-profile work throughout 2018. The firm was named Banking & Finance Firm of the Year, while the firm's corporate and M&A team advised on the Deal of the Year, having advised on the establishment of W

Belfast-based Cleaver Fulton Rankin played an integral role in the merger of major dairy processing co-operatives Lakeland Dairies and LacPatrick Dairies. The merger of the two neighbouring co-operatives, both of which operate on a cross-border basis, makes Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Society limi

The volume of M&A deals in Ireland reached a five-year high, despite a backdrop of increased geo-political instability and macro-economic issues, according to William Fry. The law firm today published its published the eighth edition of its annual M&A review, finding that there were 162 deal

Ronan Daly Jermyn has advised an Irish wine importer on its acquisition by a multinational wholesaler. Classic Drinks, founded in 2004, has been acquired by food service distributed Pallas Food, part of global distribution company Sysco Corporation.

Pinsent Masons has celebrated being ranking in the top 10 for M&A deal volume in its first full year in the Irish market. The international law firm opened its Dublin office last year, specialising in the financial services and technology sectors.

Tughans has topped an M&A league table for the fourth consecutive year. The firm was credited with 59 deals in total last year, representing 27 per cent of all Northern Ireland deals identified in the Experian MarketIQ United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland M&A Review.

Magic Circle firms have overtaken US firms in the UK league table for mergers and acquisitions, The Times reports. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, with 60 deals worth $144.4 billion over the past year, led the latest Mergermarket league table compiled for Legal Week, followed by Slaughter and May, H

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has revealed it is preparing internally for an increase in complex merger notifications after Brexit. Last year was the most active year on record for merger and acquisition activity notified to the CCPC and the former Competition Authority,