Awards & Deals

  • Only Irish law firm to have 2 clients ranked in the FTSE 250 (Northern Foods, Debenhams)
  • Ranked 14th most innovative law firm in Europe (FT Innovate Awards 2008)
  • Irish Tax Firm of the Year 2009 (European Tax Awards)
  • Irish Banking Law Firm of the Year 2009 (ACQ Finance Law Awards)
  • Irish Private Funds Law Firm of the Year  2009 (ACQ Finance Law Awards)
  • Best Lawyers in Ireland  (Funddomicile Awards 2008)
  • No. 1 Irish law firm for M&A activity to date in 2009
  • Ranked No 25 in US, No 17 in UK and No 19 in Japan for M&A activity in 2009 to date. Highest ranked Irish law firm internationally
  • Acted on the largest M&A transaction with an Irish aspect to date this year – Barclays PLC's $12bn sale of its asset management business to BlackRock
  • Advised on 2 of the 3 take privates from the Irish Stock Exchange in 2008
  • Advised on the 2 largest restructuring cases in Ireland since the credit crunch
  • Advised on 1/3 of all equity capital markets transactions in Ireland in the last 3 years
  • Advised on all insurance-linked securitisation deals in the Irish market to date, bar one
  • Lead advisers on the three largest development schemes currently happening in Dublin – Point Village, Dublin Central and UCD Gateway
  • Advised on over 1/3 of all Competition Authority phase II investigations to date in Ireland
  • Advise over 90% of all current Irish domiciled Exchange Traded Funds
  • Represent 3 of the world's top 5 pharmaceutical companies: Pfizer, Sanofi-Aventis and AstraZeneca
 
 
Conor Treacy

The lawyers in the Competition and Regulation Unit have taken a keen interest in my development and my current challenge is to complete a merger notification to the Competition Authority! The trust they have placed in me, further demonstrated by making me responsible for contributions to the Firm's legal news bulletin for clients, has given me great confidence and a real sense of belonging.

Conor Treacy, Trainee, Competition (NUIG, BCL and UCD, LLM)