Ivor Banim

Partner

Ivor is Head of the William Fry London Office and a Corporate Partner focusing on Irish and international M&A and private equity transactions.

Ivor Banim

Ivor has more than 20 years of experience in Irish and international Corporate and M&A and private equity transactions.  He also advises on general corporate matters including fundraisings, venture capital/debt, joint ventures and shareholder structuring.  Ivor has been Head of the William Fry London office since 2017 where he is based and leads the firm’s UK strategy, while continuing to advise longstanding and new clients and international law firms and their clients on corporate transactions and Irish law matters.

Recent deals include advising:

  • Vertis Capital Partners, a UK-based alternative investment firm, on its investment in DunPort Capital Management, a leading Dublin-based private credit manager
  • Grant Thornton Advisors LLC (US) and New Mountain Capital on the agreement to combine Grant Thornton Advisors with Grant Thornton Ireland’s advisory and tax business
  • EQT Private Equity on its acquisition of a majority stake in the AMCS Group, a supplier of cloud-based and AI-enabled planning, performance, and sustainability focused software for waste management, recycling and other resource-intensive industries
  • UKG Inc. on its acquisition of the Global Payroll Provider, Immedis Group
  • The Halifax Group on its acquisition of Worldwide Home Care Division from Sodexo Group
  • CBPE Capital LLP on its acquisition of a majority stake in advertising technology company Snigel Web Services Limited
  • Wealth at Work Limited, the financial wellbeing and retirement specialists, on its purchase of New Beginnings Financial Services Limited
  • IBM Corporation on the sale of its healthcare data and analytics business, Watson Health, to Francisco Partners Management LP
  • Gresham House Asset Management Limited on the formation of the Irish sustainable forestry fund (structured as 1907 Limited Partnership)
  • Partners Group AG on the purchase of the Version 1 Group
  • Nordic Aviation Capital, the world’s largest lessor of regional aircraft, on all Irish corporate aspects of its restructuring through Chapter 11 in the US
  • Aceto Corporation on its acquisition of Irish biopharmaceutical company A&C Bio Buffer Limited
  • IBM on the separation and reorganisation of Kyndryl Holdings, Inc, its managed infrastructure services business, in advance of the spin off of Kyndryl into a separate publicly traded company
  • August Equity LLP on its significant investment into cybersecurity firm Integrity360
2026 Chambers Global
2026 Legal 500 UK
2025 Legal 500 UK
2024 Legal 500 UK
2023 Legal 500 UK

Practice Areas

Corporate / M&A
ESG & Sustainability
Private Equity
Venture Capital & Venture Debt

Related Sectors

Energy & Infrastructure

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William Fry Advises McGill and Partners on EQT’s Acquisition of a Majority Stake

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William Fry Advises PerkinElmer on the Acquisition of the SimoTech Group

William Fry is pleased to have advised PerkinElmer on the acquisition by its Project Farma global business line of PDAS Limited, trading as SimoTech.

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Private Equity: M&A Review 2025

Private Equity remained a significant driver of Irish M&A activity in 2025.

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William Fry advises Vertis Capital Partners on its acquisition of an initial minority stake in DunPort Capital Management

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William Fry advises Grant Thornton Advisors (US) on combination with Grant Thornton Ireland

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Private Equity – M&A Half Year Review 2024

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London Council Lunch in Partnership with William Fry

William Fry was delighted to partner with The British Irish Chamber of Commerce and sponsor the 2024 London Council Lunch at the House of Lords.

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William Fry Advises UKG Inc. on its Acquisition of Global Payroll Provider Immedis

William Fry is delighted to act on this strategic and significant acquisition for our client UKG Inc.

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Private equity – M&A Review 2022

Despite headwinds, private equity activity in Ireland in 2022 continued to be strong with a total of 62 transactions.

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