Mark Talbot
Partner
Mark is a Partner in William Fry’s Corporate Department specialising in public and private Mergers & Acquisitions and domestic and international Equity Capital Markets transactions.
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Mark also advises on securities regulation under the Irish Market Abuse, Transparency and Prospectus regimes and on the Irish Takeover Rules, and has experience of advising clients in relation to the Central Bank of Ireland’s administrative sanctions procedures in the context of securities regulation
Mark’s recent experience includes acting for:
- Yew Grove REIT on: the establishment of its 100m share issuance programme and subsequent equity fundraisings totalling €48m; its admission to trading on the regulated securities market of Euronext Dublin; and its €128m sale by scheme of arrangement by Slate Office REIT;
- The Department of Finance on a number of equity capital markets mandates relating to the State’s investments in the Irish banking sector, including: the sell-down of part of the State’s 71% shareholding in AIB Group through a pre-arranged trading plan; the sell-down of part of the State’s 13.9% shareholding in Bank of Ireland through a pre-arranged trading plan; the €3.4bn IPO by the Minister for Finance of a 28.75% stake in Allied Irish Banks (AIB); and the 2015 capital restructuring of AIB
- Cpl Resources on its €317.8m sale by scheme of arrangement to OUTSOURCING Inc.
- TrustStamp on its admission to the Euronext Growth market of Euronext Dublin
- Uniphar on its €150m IPO and admission to the Euronext Growth and AIM markets of Euronext Dublin and the London Stock Exchange, respectively
- Linde AG on the Irish aspects of its US$70bn merger with Praxair Inc. under a new Irish holding company, Linde plc
- The underwriters/bookrunners on the IPOs of Glenveagh Properties, Greencoat Renewables and Dalata Hotel Group
- The underwriters/bookrunners on various follow-on offerings by VR Education Holdings, Dalata Hotel Group, Glenveagh Properties, Greencoat Renewables, Malin Corporation and Green REIT
Ranking & Recommendations
2023 Chambers Europe
“Mark Talbot provides considered and excellent advice.” “He is very hands on, and always available and well prepared.”

2022 IFLR 1000
Mark is our key point of contact at William Fry. His advice is measured, appropriate and practical, whoever at the company it is directed to. A pleasure to work with him. Mark is a very good practitioner and a corporate partner. He is a very reliable partner, and he stands out from our various dealings with William Fry."

2022 Legal 500 EMEA
Mark is ranked as a Leading Individual in Legal 500 EMEA for Capital Markets: Equity.

2020 Legal 500
Mark has been described by clients as "very diligent in identifying and understanding the key issues, highlighting the important points within the detail and then moving processes forward. Very commercial and highly professional."
2020 Chambers Global
An impressed client says that "Mark is an exceptional lawyer: very commercial and has a keen understanding of the client's needs, and he delivers for them."
Practice Areas
Announcement
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Dec 2022
William Fry, working closely with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, is advising Amgen Inc o...

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Nov 2021
ISS, a leading global proxy advisor, has proposed changes to its benchmark voting ...

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Mark Talbot
Announcement
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Jun 2021

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Mark Talbot
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Aug 2020
The temporary changes would allow electronic shareholder/creditor meetings and an ...

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Mark Talbot
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Apr 2020
The FCA issued a series of new measures aimed at assisting companies raise new sha...

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Mark Talbot
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Apr 2020
New rules to encourage long-term shareholder engagement and increase transparency ...

Associate
Caroline Corcoran
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Apr 2020
Temporary relaxation of the Pre-Emption Group guidelines on non-pre-emptive issuan...

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Mark Talbot
Article and Insights
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Dec 2019
Simplified market processes for SMEs as Euronext Growth, Ireland's secondary equit...

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Mark Talbot
Article and Insights
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Sep 2019
The Companies Act 2014 has been in force for more than four years, and during this...

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Mark Talbot
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Aug 2019
New prospectus regime came into effect across the European Union on 21 July 2019

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Mark Talbot