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.

Mark Talbot

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:

  • Amgen on its pending US$27.8bn recommended acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics
  • 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 shareholding in AIB Group through various book-built placings, a pre-arranged trading plan and directed buybacks; the sell-down of part of the State’s shareholding in permanentTSB through a book-built placing, raising proceeds of €55.2m; the sell-down of the State’s 13.9% shareholding in Bank of Ireland through a pre-arranged trading plan, raising proceeds of €841m; the €3.4bn IPO by the Minister for Finance of a 28.75% stake in AIB Group; and the 2015 capital restructuring of AIB Group
  • 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 to Slate Office REIT
  • 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 Greencoat Renewables, ENGAGE XR Holdings, Dalata Hotel Group, Glenveagh Properties, Malin Corporation and Green REIT

Ranking & Recommendations

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Oct 2023
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Oct 2023
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Dec 2022
William Fry, working closely with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, is advising Amgen Inc o...
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Mar 2022
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Nov 2021
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Aug 2020
The temporary changes would allow electronic shareholder/creditor meetings and an ...
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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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Apr 2020
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