David Widger
Hall of fameA&L Goodbody LLPA&L Goodbody LLP has a sizeable market share of large public and private M&A transactions, while it has also committed itself to the mid-market. Loan portfolio transactions are another forte. Pharmaceuticals, financial services and technology are amongst the firm’s primary sectors. Along with its corporate client base, it serves a multitude of Europe and US-based private equity funds and financial institutions. Richard Grey is head of M&A and has an outstanding record in high-value cross-border transactions. Charles Carroll, Keavy Ryan, Richard Marron, Ronan Lyons and Alan Casey are all well-known and experienced corporate and M&A practitioners. Darran Nangle, Stephen Quinlivan and Laura Kennedy all have blossoming reputations.
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Testimonials
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‘Very approachable, down-to-earth and commercially minded.’
‘John Dallas (energy partner) and Darran Nangle (partner): both were always on top of things and more into the details of the transaction than I have experienced with partners in other law firms.’
‘Very commercial approach, great sector knowledge and super responsive team. ’
‘ The approach adopted by ALG is highly respectful, in all of their comms with clients, fellow advisers and their counterparts. They are always resourced extremely well, and everything within their gift to turn is turned. They throw a blanket of protection around their clients, and all clients I know who work with ALG would state they feel extremely well listened to and looked after.'
- 'Sheena Doggett is a wonderful lawyer. Constantly reading between the lines, anticipating, setting out direction, steering clear of impediments, devising work arounds to complex situations. Always energetic and always a pleasure to witness at work. Eoghan Browne is already a brilliant lawyer, but is going to be a great lawyer. The attention and care he provides to clients is amongst the highest levels of service I have experienced.'
‘Richard Marron is highly commercial and extremely proactive, thinking about issues that may arise both from a commercial and compliance perspective and always ensuring we are on the front foot on those.'
‘We worked with Laura Kennedy (partner) and Eoghan Browne (senior associate). They have an excellent grasp of information sharing, which makes things very fluid with them, no matter who we're dealing with at the firm. They're particularly pedagogical in guiding us through a law we don't master. Their advice is pragmatic and clear. The documents they draft are rigorous. They're also very friendly. ’
'Richard Marron understands our business and the key stakeholders and provides effective commercial advice tailored to the relevant risk appetite. Richard is fair and reasonable with fees and honours fee caps. Richard is very responsive, listens to us and is a pleasure to deal with. ’
Key clients
- American International Group and its subsidiary Corebridge Financial
- Immedis shareholders
- EDF Renewables Ireland
- Liberty Mutual
- Freshstream Investment Partners
- Francaise des Jeux
- Mountpark Logistics
- InfraRed Capital
- Macquarie AirFinance
- Irish Aviation Authority
- Endo International
- Credit Agricole Consumer Finance
- Keensight Capital
- Exponent Private Equity
- VPI Holding
- Nabriva Therapeutics
- Apex Group
- H&MV Engineering
- GlobalLogic
- Agilio Software Bidco
- RWS Holding
- ETFuels
- BDS Vending Solutions
- Shareholders of Dornan Engineering
- Ulster Bank / Natwest
- Allianz Capital Partners
- Viatel Technology Group
- Erapid Charging Company (t/a EasyGo)
- Statkraft Ireland
- Allbound
- Zurich Insurance
- K1 Investment Management
Work highlights
- Advised American International Group and its subsidiary, Corebridge Financial, on the sale of Laya Healthcare Limited to AXA.
- Advised K1 Investment Management on the public takeover of MariaDB.
- Advised Ulster Bank and Natwest on the sale of Ulster Bank’s €400m performing off-set mortgage loan book to Dilosk.
Lawyers
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Leading associates
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Eoin Shiel
A&L Goodbody LLPEoghan Browne
A&L Goodbody LLPLeading partners
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Next Generation Partners
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Practice head
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Alan Casey, Richard Grey