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