Máire O'Neill

Máire has vast experience advising emerging and scaling companies and venture capital investors on equity investments in the Irish market as well as venture debt providers on the equity aspects of their funding. She also advises on a wide range of general corporate matters, including corporate restructurings (solvent and insolvent) including domestic mergers and capital reductions.

• Recent significant deals include advising:
• The sellers of the Beacon Hospital to Macquarie Asset Management
• UKG Inc. on its acquisition of the Global Payroll Provider, Immedis Group
• Private Equity Firm, CBPE on its acquisition of Irish tech company Signel Web Services
• Co-Founder of Taoglas on the majority stake acquisition of Taoglas by US private equity firm Graham Partners
• EirGrid plc, the national transmission system operator, in connection with the development and financing of the 700MW HVDC Celtic Interconnector between Ireland and France with a capital cost in excess of €1.6bn and on the national emergency generation projects
• Element Investments on the disposal of Terra Solar to Omnes backed Power Capital and Terra Solar II to Orsted
• Fenergo Group in connection with its acquisition of Sentinels
• Wealth at Work on its acquisition of Irish financial advisors Employee Financial Wellness
• Carlyle Cardinal on its sale of The City Bin Company to Thorntons Recycling
• Low code CyberSecTech Tines on its $55m Series B2 Fundraising as well as previous Series B and Series A and A2 fundraisings
• FinTech Apata.com on its equity fundraisings
• Fenergo Group on its acquisition by Astorg and Bridgepoint (as well as its previous equity investments and corporate structuring)
• DCC plc group on its acquisition of Naturgy Ireland, Jones Oil and Campus Oil
• Supporting our Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency teams advising stakeholders in numerous insolvencies and restructurings