Matheson LLP

Patrick Spicer

Patrick Spicer is a senior partner in the Corporate M&A Group, and chairperson of Matheson. He is a former Head of the Matheson's Corporate and Commercial Department. Patrick acts for a large range of international companies doing business in and from Ireland, and specialises in particular in public and private company M&A, private equity transactions, equity fundraisings, reorganisations and refinancings. Patrick is a previous winner of the International Law Office Client Choice award for Corporate Law in Ireland. Patrick is also a member of the Council, and a director, of Dublin Chamber, and is a former director of Junior Achievement Ireland.

Robert Barrett

Senior associate

Enda Garvey

Enda is a partner in the Corporate M&A Group. He specialises in international and domestic public and private M&A, private equity transactions and corporate reorganisations and debt and equity fundraisings.  He has extensive private equity experience and has advised on many of the most high profile investments made by international private equity funds in Ireland in the past 5 years.  Alongside his private equity practice, Enda advises a number of domestic and international corporate clients on their corporate and transaction activity, in the energy and infrastructure and agri-food and beverage sectors.

George Brady

George is a partner in the firm's Corporate Department. He has advised on many of the most significant Irish corporate transactions of recent years including: Allergan’s $66 billion merger with Actavis; unsuccesful bid to acquire eircom from examinership on behalf of an international telecommunications group; the Actavis $8.5 billion acquisition of Warner Chilcott; the $6.5 billion hostile bid by Royalty Pharma for Elan Corporation; Medtronic’s proposed $42.9 billion acquisition of Covidien plc; Eaton Corporation’s $11.8 billion acquisition of Cooper Industries; the $5.6 billion merger of Questcor and Mallinckrodt; Babcock & Brown on its €2.3 billion acquisition of eircom; and the $2.6 billion acquisition of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals by Endo International. George previously worked in the London office of a leading international law firm and has been a partner since 2003.

David Fitzgibbon

David is a partner and Co-Head of the Firm’s Corporate Department and Head of the M&A Group advising private and public companies on corporate and securities laws, including mergers and acquisitions and equity capital markets transactions. He has extensive experience advising international clients on doing business in and from Ireland including advising on acquisitions/disposals, compliance and governance rules, corporate migrations, cross-border mergers, joint ventures and reorganisations. He has worked extensively with listed companies (Euronext Dublin/LSE, NASDAQ and NYSE) providing ongoing strategic and compliance advice on matters of Irish company law and securities regulation. He has a broad-based practice reflecting his considerable experience across the agri-food, financial services, healthcare / life sciences and manufacturing sectors. Prior to joining Matheson, David was a partner at another Irish law firm for over a decade. He has advised on many of Ireland’s headline transactions and regularly acts for well-known Irish and international companies on domestic and cross-border transactions.

Brian McCloskey

Partner

Susan Carroll Chrysostomou

Susan is a partner in Matheson's Corporate M&A Group, with a particular focus on public company transactional, advisory and corporate governance matters. Susan advises clients on public M&A, redomiciliations and equity capital markets transactions, having particular expertise in advising US and other international clients on cross-border acquisitions of Irish companies, migrations, capital raisings and equity capital markets transactions (undertaken domestically and by Irish companies listed on US and other foreign exchanges). As a founding member of the firm's Public Company Advisory and Corporate Governance Group, Susan counsels clients on the full range of corporate governance, compliance, securities laws and advisory matters that arise for listed Irish companies. Prior to joining the Corporate M&A Group, Susan worked in Matheson’s Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency Department.

Madeline McDonnell

Madeline is a partner in the Corporate Department in Matheson specialising in mergers and acquisitions (public takeovers and private M&A), equity capital markets transactions and securities law. Madeline has advised on many of the most significant Irish corporate transactions of recent years, involving international and Irish public and private companies across a wide range of industries and sectors. In addition to her cross-border M&A experience, Madeline's practice involves advising on joint ventures, private equity, corporate restructurings, reorganisations and capital-raising transactions. Madeline also counsels clients on corporate governance and advisory matters, including directors’ duties and responsibilities. Madeline has contributed articles to international legal publications on mergers and acquisitions and corporate law in Ireland.