Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, has announced the recruitment of Niamh Keogh into its growing Dublin office. Niamh will join the firm from Mason Hayes & Curran where she is a Partner and Co-Head of Tax. 

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Dublin-Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, is pleased to announce the hire of Shane O’Donnell as partner at its new Dublin office. Shane joins from William Fry, where he served as Head of Corporate for the last five years, running some of the most complex and big-ticket mandates in the market. Shane also served as Head of William Fry’s Food, Beverage and Agribusiness department and brings extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, fundraisings and take-private transactions on behalf of Irish and international clients.

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Ruairí has more than eleven years’ experience working with domestic and international financial institutions, alternative lenders and borrowers operating in Ireland, and is joining DWF from William Fry. His practice consists primarily of acquisition, development and real estate finance and he also has experience in loan sales, financial regulation and general corporate banking, working across various sectors. More >>

DLA Piper today announces the appointment of Maura Dineen as a Tax partner in the firm’s newly opened Dublin office. This is the fifth partner hire for DLA Piper in Dublin in a month, following the announcements in January of Conor Houlihan (Finance & Projects), Éanna Mellett (Corporate), Mark Rasdale (Intellectual Property & Technology) and Ciara McLoughlin (Employment). More >>

Bringing the partnership team to seven in total, the trio will strengthen the firm’s offering across Financial Services, Real Estate and Energy & Projects at their Windmill Lane (Dublin 2) premises. More >>

DLA Piper today announces that it will be opening an office in Dublin, Ireland, alongside the hire of partner David Carthy. The new office will focus on the Financial Services, Technology and Life Sciences sectors initially. David Carthy will join from William Fry, where he is a partner in the Corporate department and leads the firm’s Foreign Direct Investment and Life Sciences and Healthcare groups. He is also an active member of the firm’s Technology group. More >>

Matheson has advised Willis, the third-largest insurance broker globally, on its merger of equals with financial management services provider Towers Watson. The combined company, Willis Towers Watson, will be valued at $18 billion approximately and it will have 39,000 employees in more than 120 countries with revenue of approximately $8.2 billion. More >>

Skadden is advising the Permira funds in connection with Platform Specialty Products Corporation’s $3.51 billion acquisition of Arysta LifeScience Limited from a company backed by the Permira funds. The transaction was announced October 20.

A&L Goodbody is pleased to have acted as Endo International’s Irish legal advisor on its proposed acquisition of Auxilium Pharmaceuticals in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $2.6bn. More >>