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Cian McCourt

Arthur Cox

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Position: Partner, Corporate and M&A
Rating:
  • Market leader
Bar Admissions:
Ireland
Practice Areas:
Capital markets : Equity
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Energy
Natural resources
Languages:
English
French
Biography

Cian specialises in mergers and acquisitions, advising on public and private transactions as well as corporate finance and equity capital markets transactions.  He has experience advising on domestic and cross border transactions as well as advising on corporate migrations, holding company structures and cross border mergers.  Cian was previously based in London and New York for a number of years and has advised on some of the largest and most high profile public transactions in Irish corporate history.

Recent transactional highlights
  • Advised Greencore plc on its acquisition of Peacock Foods and related rights issue;
  • Advising Praxair Inc. on its $80bn merger of equals with Linde AG to form Linde plc;
  • Advising Medtronic plc on its acquisition of Crospon Limited.
Practice areas
  • Capital markets: Equity
  • M&A
  • Private equity
Sector specialisations
  • Energy
  • Financial services
  • Healthcare
  • Pharma and life sciences
  • Tech and telecoms
Association memberships
  • American Bar Association
  • International Bar Association
Academic qualifications
  • B.A. (Business & Economics), Trinity College Dublin, (1996)
  • Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland, (2001)
Address:
Dublin
Tel:+353 1 920 1446 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:http://www.arthurcox.com/cian-mccourt