Stephen Ranalow

Stephen specialises in corporate and securities law for public and private companies, including M&A and ECM issues. Stephen has advised on some of the largest corporate transactions in recent years, including mergers, acquisitions, cross-border transactions, corporate migrations, IPOs, rights issues, public offerings, reorganisations and joint ventures.

• Advised Johnson Controls on its $14 billion sale of Power Solutions
• Advised Mallinckrodt on the demerger/spin of its speciality generics business
• Advised Greencore on its $1 billion sale of its US businesses to Hearthside Foods and £500 million tender offer
• Advised International Paper on its €9 billion bid for Smurfit Kappa
• Advised 13 leading banks on the establishment of the we.trade fintech blockchain JV
• Advised Eir on its €3.5 billion sale to Illium/NJJ
• Advised the Irish Stock Exchange on its sale to Euronext
• Advised Tyco on its $16 billion merger with Johnson Controls
• Advised Allergan on its $150 billion inversion takeover by Pfizer
• Advised Covidien on its $46 billoin merger with Medtronic
• Advised Mylan on its $27 billion offer for PerrigoAdvised Bank of Ireland on its €14 billion of capital raising
• Advised Greencore on its £425 million rights issue and $750 million of Peacock Foods
• Advised on the IPOs of Aer Lingus, Mallinckrodt, Bank of Cyprus and TVC Holdings

• Capital markets: Equity
• M&A
• Private equity 

• Banking
• Food and beverage
• Industrials
• Pharma and life sciences
• Tech and telecoms
• Tourisms 

• Ireland

• Law Society of Ireland, Club de Abogados

• Ph.D. (Competition Law and Economics), Trinity College Dublin (2006)
• LLB, Trinity College Dublin (first class honours) (2001)