Máire O'Neill

Partner

Máire is a partner in our Corporate Department and Co-lead of the Firm’s Energy, Renewables and Utilities practice group. She specialises in transactional corporate with a particular emphasis on private equity transactions (acting for both companies and investors) and M&A transactions in the technology, fintech and energy and utilities sectors.

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:

Private Equity Firm, CBPE on its acquisition of Irish tech company Signel Web Services
Co-Founder of Taoglas on the majority take acquisition 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.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.comp on its equity and SAFE fundraisings
Element Investments on the disposal of Terra Solar to Omnes backed Power Capital
Advising several leading venture debt providers on the equity elements of their venture debt transactions
Imagine Learning on its acquisition of Irish EdTech company Robotify Labs
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 retail insolvencies and restructurings

Ranking & Recommendations

2022 Legal 500 EMEA

Máire O’Neill works hard for her clients, giving practical legal solutions and she wasn’t afraid to tell us what we needed to hear. She has experience working with tech founders and knows what’s important to make the business succeed. She knows her stuff. She has been both our lawyer and trusted business advisor across several fintechs over many years.