Myra is a Corporate Partner and former Managing Partner of the Firm. She has a broad corporate practice specialising in corporate finance, particularly mergers & acquisitions, public takeovers, IPOs, public/private fundraisings and corporate structuring. She emerged as a leader via heavy involvement in Nasdaq and Irish Stock Exchange work during the technology boom in the late 1990s and remains one of Ireland’s leading M&A and IPO lawyers. She also advises companies and intermediaries on corporate governance, stock exchange rules, market abuse, the Prospectus Regulations, the Takeover Rules and general compliance.
William Fry LLP
William Fry LLP continues to demonstrate its standing in ECM deals. The team often acts for issuers and underwriters in a range of matters, including advising on accelerated book-build placings and equity transactions. The firm is also home to a solid DCM and structured finance group, which has been kept busy advising on green bonds and social bonds. Mark Talbot and Myra Garrett are very highly regarded ECM specialists, and David Maughan is an established practitioner in the DCM arena.
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‘The team are very well prepared, accessible and come up with innovative solutions to issues which arise. They are easy to deal with and provide clear, comprehensive advice pitched at the right level.’
‘Mark Talbot is a pleasure to deal with, with a deep knowledge of the law and its application to our very specific situation. He provides excellent advice with a clear understanding of our requirements, and has an eye to future issues which may arise. Brian Butterwick is a quick and innovative thinker, identifying and resolving unforeseen issues as they arise.’
‘Myra Garrett and Mark Talbot are very capable.'
Key clients
- DCC plc
- Irish Residential Properties REIT plc
- FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc
- Smurfit Kappa Group plc
- Ardagh Group
- Mincon Group plc
- Uniphar plc
- Yew Grove REIT plc
- T Stamp Inc.
- Glenveagh Properties plc
- Trinity Biotech plc
- Conroy Gold and Natural Resources plc
- J & E Davy
- Veraison Capital AG
- Jefferies International
- Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG
- RBC Capital Markets plc
- Irish Department of Finance
- Goodbody Stockbrokers
- Credit Suisse
- Shard Capital Partners LLP
- BlackRock
- Pollen Street Capital
- TowerBrook
- Smurfit Kappa Group
- BNP Paribas
- J & E Davy
- Credit Suisse
- Allianz Global Investors GmbH
- British Airways
- Deutsche Bank
- Lynk Capital Markets
- LocalTapiola
- auxmoney
- Finance Ireland
- Serone Capital Management
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Leading individuals: Capital markets: Debt
David is a Partner and Co-Head of the Banking & Finance Department and Head of Aviation & Asset Finance. He advises on financing transactions for many different classes of assets, particularly aircraft and on a variety of structures including debt and equity investments, operating and finance leases and securitisations.
Leading individuals: Capital markets: Equity
Mark is a Partner in William Fry’s Corporate department specialising in public and private mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets transactions, including IPOs, primary and secondary fundraisings and ESM/AIM admissions. Mark also advises clients on securities regulation under the Irish Market Abuse, Transparency and Prospectus regimes and on the Irish Takeover Rules and has experience of advising clients in relation to the Central Bank of Ireland’s administrative sanctions procedures.
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Mark Talbot, Myra Garrett, David Maughan