Mr Cian McCourt > Arthur Cox > Dublin, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

Arthur Cox has a substantial mix of Irish-listed company clients, along with a multitude of Irish businesses that are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and NASDAQ. It has continued to advise on a sizeable market share of headline and high-value domestic and cross-border M&A transactions. It is also at the forefront of private equity deals. Maura McLaughlin, managing partner Geoff Moore and head of corporate and M&A Cian McCourt  are top practitioners with Michael Coyle, Maeve Moran and David Vos impressing amongst the younger partners. Kylie Dollard and Sinead Crowley have been promoted to partner and of counsel respectively.

Arthur Cox has a broad-based DCM, structured finance and securitisation practice. It has a substantial presence in collateralised loan obligations (CLOs), residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) and medium term note (MTN) programmes. The firm also has a fine record in ECM transactions, including offerings on NYSE and NASDAQ, corporate restructurings and public M&A deals. It is also noted for redomiciliations and de-SPAC transactions using an Irish holding company. In DCM, Cormac Kissane  is hugely experienced, while Aiden Small  and Phil Cody are also prominent figures, with Aisling Kelly and new partner Peter Murphy making a further impression. In ECM, Maura McLaughlin and Cian McCourt continue to impress, along with David Vos and counsel Sinead Crowley. Glenn Butt has retired.