Cillian Balfe

Corporate

Cillian is a partner in and head of Whitney Moore's Corporate team.  He advises clients on transactions in and investments through Ireland. He advises many leading Irish and international companies on mergers and acquisitions and equity investments.

Cillian advises on a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions including foreign direct investment (FDI), buying and selling businesses, M&A, restructuring businesses, asset and share sales and purchases, joint ventures, partnership agreements and structuring of professional partnerships.

He advises start-up and emerging high-growth companies on investment agreements with angel investors, venture capital investors and Enterprise Ireland investment agreements, loan notes, shareholders’ agreements and commercial contracts.

Cillian advises on corporate governance, including directors’ duties and corporate compliance matters, and on company and director obligations under Company Law, fiduciary duties, disputes between directors, minority oppression actions and shareholder disputes.

He advises on information technology contracts and online sales, website terms and conditions of sale, software development and software licensing, franchising, agency, distribution, intellectual property, B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to consumer) contracts, non-disclosure agreements and bespoke commercial agreements.

Cillian’s regulatory experience involves the provision of advices in relation to the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP), Central Bank applications (bureau de change, moneylending, pawnbroking) and higher education – Protection of Enrolled Learners (PEL).

Bachelor of Business Studies degree from the University of Limerick, 1998. Diploma in Commercial Law from the Law Society of Ireland, 2006.Diploma in Corporate Law and Corporate Governance from the Law Society of Ireland, 2009. Diploma in Notarial Law and Practice from the Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland, 2017.