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Capital Markets - Equity

Our recent experience includes advising:

Initial public offerings and direct listings

  • Uniphar plc on its €150m IPO and admission to trading on the Euronext Growth Market of Euronext Dublin and the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange
  • FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc on its AUS$211m IPO and admission to trading on the Australian Stock Exchange
  • Linde AG on the Irish aspects of its US$70bn merger with Praxair Inc. under a new Irish holding company, Linde plc, listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange
  • Davy and Credit Suisse as global co-ordinators on Glenveagh Properties plc’s €550m IPO and admission to trading on the Regulated Securities Market of Euronext Dublin and the Main Securities Market of the London Stock Exchange
  • Davy and RBC Capital Markets as global co-ordinators on Greencoat Renewables plc’s €275m IPO and admission to trading on the Euronext Growth Market of Euronext Dublin and the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange
  • The Minister for Finance on:
    • the €3.4bn IPO of a 28.75% stake in AIB Group plc
    • the sell-down of the State’s remaining 13.9% shareholding in Bank of Ireland Group plc by way of a pre-arranged trading plan raising gross proceeds of €841m
    • the sell-down of a portion of the State’s shareholding in AIB Group plc by way of a pre-arranged trading plan and various accelerated book-built placings, raising gross proceeds of in excess of €750m
    • the sell-down of 5% of Permanent TSB Group Holdings plc by way of an accelerated book-built placing raising gross proceeds of €55.2m
  • FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc on institutional placings undertaken by it raising gross proceeds of AUS$155m
  • The joint bookrunners on placings undertaken by Greencoat Renewables plc raising gross proceeds of in excess of €950m
  • DCC plc on the accelerated book-built placings raising gross proceeds of £797m
  • Initial public offerings and direct listings
  • Rights issues and open offers
  • Accelerated book-built placings and other follow-on offerings
  • Secondary sales of securities
  • Buybacks and returns of capital
  • Reorganisations, reverse takeovers and listing rules transactions