Jennifer
Watters

Supervising Associate

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Jennifer is a Supervising Associate in the firm’s Corporate group based in Dublin. She advises on a wide range of corporate matters including M&A, private equity transactions and corporate reorganisations. Jennifer has advised a broad range of Irish and international clients, ranging from SMEs to institutional investors and Fortune 500 companies on cross-border and domestic M&A transactions with a focus in the Healthcare, Life Sciences and TMT sectors.

Jennifer began practicing in 2019 and joined Simmons & Simmons in August 2022.

Some of Jennifer’s recent deal highlights include:

  • Euronext Paris-listed Ipsos on its acquisitions of B&A Group and Jarmany Group.
  • Waystone on the 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.
  • DIF Capital Partners on their acquisition of Talbot Group, Ireland’s leading provider of services for children and adults with intellectual disabilities and acquired brain injuries.
  • Acacia Group, one of Ireland’s leading facilities management and consulting businesses, on its sale to Apleona.
  • BioTouch (an Atlantic Street Capital portfolio company) on its acquisition of Titan Solutions.
  • FTSE-listed Close Brothers on its acquisition of Bluestone Motor Finance Group.
  • Ancala Partners on their acquisition of a portfolio of 300 telecoms towers from PTI, following a mandated divestment by the CCPC.
  • Kester Capital on its investment into Nutritics, a market-leading food data management software platform.

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