| Kerry Group
Kerry Group
| Kerry Group
| Kerry Group
Headquartered in Tralee, public food company Kerry Group control some of Ireland’s most well-known brands including Wall’s, Mattessons and Cheesestrings. Posting a revenue figure of €6bn in 2015 and employing...
Kerry Group is a major Irish public food company that owns a number of prominent brands, all widely recognised by consumers in the country. Headquartered in Tralee, County Kerry, the group employs over 20,000 people across manufacturing, sales and technical centres worldwide and supplies over 15,000 products to a customer base in 140 countries. Besides providing operational legal support to Kerry Group’s global operations, its legal team has contributed immensely to the company’s wider strategy to achieve its ambitious business goals by means of strategic acquisitions. In 2017 alone, it contributed to seven bolt-on acquisitions in developing and developed markets, for a total of €420m. The team is comprised of highly capable transactional lawyers who are also more than capable of providing routine support to complex legal issues. Besides director of group legal affairs Martin O’Donoghue, the unit employs a great number of experienced and rising-star lawyers, such as Irina Sharapova, Kevin O’Shea and Daniel O’Connell.