William Fry, ALG for Finance Dublin awards
William Fry LLP has advised on 11 award-winning transactions in Finance Dublin’s Deals of the Year 2023 out of a total of 42 deals.
The awards recognise significant financial services transactions, including:
Mergers & Acquisitions
Mid-market: ATA’s acquisitions of Van Hoorn Carbide and Industrial Tooling Corporation.
Acquisition, Life Sciences: Amgen Inc’s acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics plc.
Debt Capital Markets
Note issuance: Ardagh Metal Packaging’s $600m Senior Secured Green Notes.
Equity Capital Markets
Public Equity, Block Trades Programme: The Department of Finance of Ireland sales of AIB shares.
Public Equity, Issuance: Greencoat Renewables equity issuance.
Restructuring: Mallinckrodt plc.
Loans and Financing
Public Private Partnership: EquiSisk Community Care Partnership Limited.
Loans & Financing Deal of the Year: Eirgrid Celtic Interconnector financing.
Refinancing: Uniphar plc.
Financial Services, Banking: Permanent TSB Plc’s acquisition of Ulster Bank assets.
Financial Services
Aviation Finance Restructuring: Restructuring of Nordic Aviation Capital DAC and its subsidiaries.
Banking partner Ciarán Herlihy said: "We were delighted to work with EirGrid and its funders on this major financing. Our team included banking, energy, corporate, real estate and consenting specialists and there's a real feel-good factor for the team in working on such a critical Irish infrastructure project".
Meanwhile, A&L Goodbody (ALG) advised on 16 of the winning 'Deals of the Year 2023' published by Finance Dublin this week.
These include:
Aviation Finance
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Aviation Finance Restructuring: Restructuring of Nordic Aviation Capital DAC and its subsidiaries.
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Acquisition, Aviation Assets Platform: Aergo Capital's acquisition of Seraph Aviation Management Ltd.
Debt Capital Markets
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Social Bonds: AIB’s inaugural Senior Social Bond.
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RMBS: Bank of Ireland’s non-performing loan portfolio dual-track disposal.
Equity Capital Markets
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SME Equity: AIB Foresight SME Impact Limited Partnership.
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Restructuring: Mallinckrodt plc.
Financial Services
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Banking: Permanent TSB’s acquisition of Ulster Bank assets.
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Corporate Banking: AIB’s purchase of Ulster Bank’s Corporate Banking Division.
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Credit Platform: Finance Ireland Limited equity investment by M&G and PIMCO.
Loans & Financing
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Loans & Financing Deal of the Year: Eirgrid Celtic Interconnector financing.
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Green Revolving Credit Facility: IPUT Real Estate.
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Public Private Partnership: EquiSisk Community Care Partnership Limited.
Mergers & Acquisition
- Financial Services Acquisition of the Year: SMBC Aviation Capital's acquisition of Goshawk.
- Joint Venture: Fibre Networks Ireland J/V between InfraVia Capital Partners and eir.
- Green Finance, Equity Acquisition: Investment in Exergyn Ltd.
- Private Equity: Corten Capital's acquisition of Ekco Cloud Holdings DAC.
Corporate and M&A partner Richard Grey said: "ALG was delighted to have advised Ulster Bank and NatWest, both long standing clients of A&L Goodbody, in what was a transformative transaction for both Ulster Bank, NatWest and, indeed, the broader Irish banking market."
Critical step
Finance partner Séamus Ó Cróinín said: "It was a privilege to have worked with the Ulster Bank Ireland team on this important transaction, which marked a critical step in the bank's overall strategy. The mandate required co-ordinated input from a wide range of practice groups within the firm, and it has been great to work on such a complex transaction with a great client team."