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A& L Goodbody Solicitors

Our M&A and Corporate Finance team is recognised as a pre-eminent group of specialists with unrivalled experience across the entire spectrum of domestic and international transactions.

The types of transactions on which we advise include MBO's and MBI's, public to private transactions, contested takeover bids, restructurings, state privatisations, private M&A deals, IPO's and secondary offerings, private equity and venture capital fundraisings and joint ventures.

Our clients include Irish and international companies of all sizes across all industry sectors, investment banks, private equity providers, as well as a number of state entities.

Our corporate expertise is strengthened by specialist practice groups with detailed knowledge of specific industry sectors and their regulatory, technological and financial environment including:-

* Banks and Financial institutions
* Insurance
* Utilities
* Pharmaceutical and Healthcare
* IT and Telecommunications
* Media
* Commercial Property

In terms of approach, our primary focus is on delivering our advice in a practical, commercial and seamless manner.

Transactions on which we have advised include the following:

* Advisers to Royal Bank of Scotland on the public takeover of First Active. Total €800 million.

* Advisers to Warburg Pincus in the acquisition of packaging firm, Clondalkin in a deal which values the group at €630million and ranks as the largest European investment by Warburg Pincus to date.

* Advisers to building materials group Heiton Group Plc on a €353 million takeover bid by Grafton Group Plc.

* Advisers to Maiden Acquisition Company Limited in the aquisition of the Batchelors Food business from Northern Foods. Deal Value €95 million.

* Advisers to Valentia Telecommunications Limited on the taking private of eircom plc. Winner of Legal Business Private Equity Team of the Year 2002 Award. Total consideration - approx. €3 billion.

* Advisers to Pernod Ricard in the MBO of its BWG wholesaling and retail division in Ireland and the UK to Electra. Total consideration - €235 million.

* Advisers to Alphyra Group plc in connection with the public to private takeover offer by Rendina Limited. Transaction valued at €88 million.

* Advisers to Elan Corporation, plc on its restructuring and recovery programme involving the disposal by it of up to $1.5 billion of assets, including the completed sale to Enzon Inc. of the US, Canadian and Japanese rights to Abelcet. Total consideration - US$370 million.

* Advisers to Bank of Scotland (now HBOS plc) on the acquisition of ICC Bank plc. Total consideration - IR£296 million.

* Advisers to the Minister for Finance in the sale of ACC Bank plc to Rabobank. Total consideration - €165 million.

* Advisers to Irish Life & Permanent, plc in its acquisition of TSB Bank in a transaction voted "deal of the year" by Finance Magazine. Total consideration - approx. €366 million.

* Advisers in the de-mutualisation and sale of Scottish Provident to Abbey National valued at STG£2 billion.

* Advisers to Prudential International Assurance, an Irish life assurance company within the Prudential UK Group, on the sale of a division of its life business. Transaction valued at €129 million.

* Advisers to the underwriters, Lehman Bros., SG Cowen and Prudential Securities in a secondary offering valued at US $60 million by Iona Technologies plc.

* Advisers to Friends First on the acquisition of Liberty Asset.

* Advisers to KPMG Ireland in connection with the admission of former partners and the engagement of former staff of Andersen Ireland. This was the only KPMG/Andersen deal in Europe.

* Advisers to a banking syndicate who financed the acquisition of 57% of the share capital of UK retailer Budgens by Musgraves Group. Total consideration - €275m.

* Advisers to Allergan Inc on the spin off and IPO of its medical optics and eye-care business.

* Advisers to Powerscourt Capital on its placing and underwriting of an open offer in London Irish Holdings.

* Advisers to the Bank of Ireland Group in the integration of the life assurance business of Lifetime Assurance and New Ireland Assurance. Total value of integrated businesses approx. €14 billion.

* Advisers to Cable and Wireless PLC on the Irish aspects of an international reorganisation.

* Advisers to Fruit of the Loom International Limited on the Irish aspects of an international reorganisation.

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