Ronan Shanahan

Ronan is Partner on the Corporate M&A team and is Co-Lead of William Fry’s Technology / Data / Communications Group. He advises on a broad range of transactional work focusing on M&A, private equity transactions, investments and cross-border deals.  His transactional work is principally mid-market private M&A but takes in equity capital markets as well.

Ronan also deals with complex corporate and reorganizational advices and projects for high-profile domestic and international clients. Clients note technical skill and ease-of-use as characteristics of Ronan’s approach.

Recent transactions include:

• Acting for H Lundbeck A/S on its €2.4bn proposal for the acquisition of Avadel Pharmaceuticals plc.
• Acting for DNB Bank ASA as lender to Pandox in respect of the €1.4bn offer for Dalata Hotel Group plc.
• Advising Echelon Data Centres on Starwood Capital’s investment of $850m to become a 50% shareholder in Echelon, valuing Echelon at €2.5bn.
• Acting for MML Growth Capital Partners on its investment in Mail Metrics providing funding for the simultaneous acquisition of Adare SEC.  Both businesses provide multi-channel customer communication solutions, specializing in digital transformation, print and mail services for regulated industries.
• Acting for Mitsubishi Electric Corporation on the acquisition of Ascension Lifts and Crystal Air.
• Advising UKG on its acquisition payroll management platform, Immedis, with a reported deal value in excess of €500m.
• Acting for Genuine Cable Group (GCG) and Audax on the acquisition of RWL Advanced Solutions, a distributor of data cabling and network products.
• Advising TRC Companies, Inc. on its acquisition of Garanzuay Consulting.
• Advising Interogo Holding on its investment in a joint venture with Ferrovial which acquired interests in the M3 and M4/M6 motorway toll road concessions.
• Acting on the sale of CR2, a digital banking and payments technology business, to HPS.
• Advising Bank of America on the sale of its Irish custodial services business to Apex Group.
• Irish Residential Properties REIT plc on the acquisition of its regulated investment manager and the internalisation of its related investment management function.
• SIRO, the ESB-Vodafone joint venture, in connection with its raising €620m from a syndicate of Irish and international investors (including the European Investment Bank) to fund the upgrade and expansion of its fibre-to-the-home network.
• Melior Equity Partners on its acquisition of the non-life insurance broker, BHP Insurance.
• Melior Equity Partners on its acquisition of Salmon Software, a provider of treasury software solutions to medium and large enterprise customers globally.
• Assured Partners on its acquisition of Gallivan Murphy Insurance Brokers by way of competitive auction.
• AnaCap Financial Partners on its investment in Further Underwriting International, a digitally enabled specialist in the design and development of niche health insurance products and service solutions.
• Clayton, Dubilier & Rice on its acquisition of PwC’s tax and immigration global mobility business.
• TowerBrook Capital Partners in its agreement to acquire Premium Credit Limited, the regulated provider of premium finance for commercial and retail insurance products, from Cinven.
• Infinigate on its strategic acquisition of cloud distributor Vuzion creating the first Cybersecurity and Secure Cloud VAD.
• Uniphar plc on its agreement to acquire the McCauley Pharmacy Group.
• MediaTek on its acquisition of Intel’s power-management chip business.

Education, Qualifications and Admissions

• Bachelor of Business and Law (First Class Honours), University College Dublin
• Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland, 2013
• Member of the International Bar Association
• Member of the American Bar Association