David is Head of our Irish Corporate Group and co-heads the Firm’s Healthcare Transactions Group. He advises on a wide range of corporate matters with his experience including M&A, private equity transactions, joint-ventures, venture capital investments, foreign direct investment and corporate reorganisations.
He has particular expertise in the asset management, energy & infrastructure, healthcare & life sciences and TMT sectors and his experience includes advising on some of the largest and most high profile corporate transactions in Ireland in recent years.
David is qualified in both Ireland and England & Wales, having previously worked in international law firms in London and Dublin prior to joining Simmons in January 2020. He features in both Chambers Europe and the Legal 500 where he is described as “excellent”.
Asset Management & Financial Services
- Waystone on its acquisition of Link Fund Solutions.
- TMF Group on its acquisition of Goodbody Fund Management.
- MUFG-owned First Sentier Investors on its acquisition of Albacore Capital Group.
- FTSE-listed Close Brothers on its acquisition of Bluestone Motor Finance Group.
- Daiwa Securities Group’s corporate finance arm, DC Advisory, on its acquisition of IBI Corporate Finance.
Healthcare, Life Sciences & Social Infrastructure
- Euronext Brussels-listed Aedifica on its acquisition of 20 Irish care homes for over €500m.
- DIF Capital Partners on its acquisition of Talbot Group, Ireland’s leading provider of services for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and acquired brain injuries.
- FTSE-listed Diploma Plc on its €60m acquisition of Accuscience Group, a leading healthcare logistics and distribution business in Ireland and the UK.
- BioTouch (an Atlantic Street Capital portfolio company) on its acquisition of Titan Solutions.
- Vivalto Santé on its acquisition of Grace Healthcare Group and a number of bolt-on transactions.
- DomusVi and IMMAC on their acquisitions of various Irish elderly residential care businesses.
- FTSE-listed Diploma Plc on its acquisition of Electramed, an Irish medical devices business focusing on orthopaedics, trauma, interventional radiology, and oncology.
- Clanwilliam Group (now Lanas Healthcare) on its sale to TA Associates.
Energy & Infrastructure
- BNRG on its joint venture with Impax to develop over 1 GW of solar farms in Ireland the United States.
- Euronext Oslo-listed Alternus Energy Plc on its €130m green bond issue and acquisition of solar farms in Italy, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania.
- Infranity on its investment in the Vantage EMEA data centre platform.
- Various infrastructure funds on their acquisition of data centres in Ireland.
- FTSE-listed BT Group Plc on the sale of its Irish data centre business to Equinix.
- FTSE-listed BT Group Plc on the sale of its Irish wholesale fibre business to Cordiant-backed Speed Fibre Group.
- Ancala Partners on their acquisition of a portfolio of 300 telecoms towers from PTI, following a mandated divestment by the CCPC.
TMT
- NASDAQ-listed Flex on its $540m merger with Anord Mardix Group.
- NASDAQ-listed Moog Inc. on its acquisition of Irish aerospace MRO provider, Team Accessories.
- Quantexa on its acquisition of Aylien.
- Euronext Paris-listed Ipsos on its acquisition of B&A Group and Jarmany Group.
- NASDAQ-listed Flex on its acquisition of FreeFlow Technologies.
- Firmament and Harwood Capital on their investment in Principal Logistics Technologies.
- Petal Group (flowers.ie and flowers.ae) on its investment from Quintas Capital.
- Kester Capital on its investment into Nutritics, a market-leading food data management software platform.
