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SJB acts alongside magic circle duo on €45m private equity refinancing
A trio of City firms have taken lead roles on the refinancing of European payment network, Payzone. The deal saw private equity investor Duke Street inject €45m (£39m) into Ireland-based Payzone, giving the buyout house a controlling stake in th...
18 Feb 2010 | 00:01
Ropes & Gray and Mason Hayes lead on billion-dollar private equity buyout
Ropes & Gray and Mason Hayes & Curran have lined up to advise on one of the largest leveraged buyouts in Ireland since the credit crunch - the $1.1bn (£700m) sale of SkillSoft to a private equity consortium. Boston's Ropes and Ireland's Mason Haye...
15 Feb 2010 | 12:30
European managing partner of the year
Padraig O Riordain is a law firm leader from the old school. Alongside his duties managing his firm, he is also a business leader and rainmaker. During his tenure as managing partner of Arthur Cox he has presided over period of rapid, but sustainab...
08 Dec 2009 | 07:15
Independent Law Firms in Europe: Numbers crunched
Europe's independent firms have put expansion plans on hold, with the recession prompting fears among many managing partners that the risks of a tie-up with a like-minded firm could outweigh potential the benefits. Despite the opportunistic merger ...
01 Dec 2009 | 18:30
Independent Law Firms in Europe: A model of resilience
The global recession has done little to alter the faith of Europe's independents in the strength of their law firm models. While the global UK and US-based firms have been busy with internal housekeeping and the struggle for position in their home ...
01 Dec 2009 | 18:01
McGrigors seals merger deal with Northern Ireland's L'Estrange
Leading Scots firm McGrigors is to merge with Northern Irish heavyweight L'Estrange & Brett, it was announced today (28 August). The merger, which was signed last night, will complete on 1 October when L'Estrange will be absorbed into the McGrigors...
28 Aug 2009 | 12:03
Beachcroft recruits four-strong team for newly-launched Dublin base
Beachcroft has strengthened its Irish practice with the hire of a four-lawyer team from local firm Mason Hayes+Curran. The national firm has hired four clinical negligence lawyers led by Ann O'Driscoll to its Dublin office. O'Driscoll, who was prev...
13 Aug 2009 | 14:58
Northern Ireland
L'Estrange & Brett and A&L Goodbody address the practice issues facing the Northern Irish legal market.
11 Jun 2009 | 04:00
Northern Ireland: 12 months of strife, but things are looking up
Twelve months ago I wrote an article in these pages attempting to predict how Northern Ireland’s (NI) law firms would fare in the short and medium term. My conclusion was that initially there would be a levelling out of growth but mid-term well-bala...
11 Jun 2009 | 04:00
Northern Ireland: The north/south connect
Energy has come to the forefront of economic and environmental attention globally, and Ireland north and south is no exception to this trend. The energy sector in Ireland has remained driven North by an all-island agenda and ern Ireland, in particular...
11 Jun 2009 | 04:00
Northern Ireland: When the tap runs dry
December 2004. It was a Christmas like no other when finance minister Ian Pearson announced a 10-year framework that could see up to £16bn of investment poured into Northern Ireland’s ailing infrastructure after years of under-funding. The Governme...
11 Jun 2009 | 04:00
Republic of Ireland: Migration destination
Many large UK corporate groups, such as Shire, UBM, Henderson Group, Charter, Regus, Brit Insurance, Hiscox and WPP to name but a few, have recently migrated their tax domicile to more tax favourable jurisdictions. Many corporate groups with a parent ...
09 Apr 2009 | 03:15
Republic of Ireland: Life support
It has hardly escaped the attention of the world's media that Ireland is one of the countries hit hardest by the recent economic downturn. Once boasting the envious label as the 'Celtic Tiger' economy, Ireland has now taken on the reputation of somewh...
09 Apr 2009 | 03:10
Republic of Ireland: Projected returns
While the demand for global infrastructure development continues to rise, the pressure on government public budgets, especially in those countries with ever-increasing fiscal deficits, intensifies. In Europe, countries such as the UK and Ireland are a...
09 Apr 2009 | 03:05
Republic of Ireland: Eire of safety?
Across the hedge fund industry, the most consistently forecast development is the introduction of regulation for hedge funds and their managers.In the Irish environment, an investment fund may be established that offers regulatory protection to prospe...
09 Apr 2009 | 03:00
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