Christine Quigley is a Managing Associate in the Corporate group. She advises clients on a wide range of matters including international M&A, private equity, foreign direct investment and corporate reorganisations. Christine has extensive experience in TMT, healthcare & life sciences and asset management sectors.
Christine is dual-qualified in Ireland and England & Wales. She joined Simmons in May 2020 from another international firm. Her legal career began in 2013 in the corporate team of a US law firm in Toronto, Canada.
Christine is a Simmons AI champion, head of the Dublin chapter of the Simmons Gender Network and a member of our Private Equity Cross Border Group.
Some of Christine's recent deal highlights include:
TMT, Energy & Infrastructure
- 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.
- NASDAQ-listed Moog Inc on its acquisition of Irish aerospace MRO provider, Team Accessories.
- NASDAQ-listed Flex on its acquisition of FreeFlow Technologies.
- NASDAQ-listed Flex on its $540m merger with Anord Mardix Group.
- Firmament and Harwood Capital on their investment in Principal Logistics Technologies.
- Quantexa on its acquisition of Aylien.
- Kester Capital on its investment in Re-flow.
- Kappture Group on its sale to Renatus Private Equity.
- Petal Group (flowers.ie and flowers.ae) on its investment from Quintas Capital.
Asset Management & Financial Services
- Waystone on the acquisition of Link Fund Solutions.
- 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 and Social Infrastructure
Euronext Brussels-listed Aedifica on its acquisition of 20 Irish care home assets 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.
DomusVi and IMMAC on their acquisition 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.
Ancala Partners on their acquisition of a portfolio of 300 telecoms towers from PTI, following a mandated divestment by the CCPC.
