Eamonn is a Partner in the ByrneWallace Corporate Group and specialises in advising both Irish and International clients on Corporate Transactions with an emphasis on Corporate M&A deals (cross border and domestic), Private Equity and Venture Capital investments. Eamonn has extensive experience in excess of 20 years in these practice areas. Eamonn also advises on corporate finance, joint ventures and shareholder structural matters. 

Recent Experience

• Advised the shareholders of well-known Irish Mexican fast food chain, Boojum on its sale to UK private equity backed Azzurri Group. (Q4 2023).
• Advised Select Technology Group on its acquisition of leading Irish electrical retailer, DID Electrical. (Q4 2023)
• Advised the shareholders of NRG Panel on its acquisition/investment by Irish private equity firm, Melior Equity Partners. (Q4 2023)
• Advised the management team at Ireland leading candle manufacturer, Torc Candles on the MBO of that business. (Q3 2023)
• Advised the management team at Toga Freight on the MBO of that business. (Q4 2023)
• Advised UK based PAM Group on its acquisition of leading Irish occupational health provider, Corporate Health Ireland. (Q3 2023)
• Advised Results CX UK on its acquisition of Zevas Communications Limited. (Q3 2023)
• Advised Littelfuse, Inc., a global industrial technology manufacturing company (Nasdaq: LFUS) on the acquisition of Western Automation Research & Development – a designer and manufacturer of electrical shock protection devices across a broad range of high-growth markets, including electrical vehicle charging technology. (Q2 2023)
• Advised the management team at Thermodial on the MBO of that business. (Q2 2023)
• Advised the shareholder of Adaptive Mobile on its sale to Enea.
• Advised Mainstream Renewable Power on the agreement for the acquisition of 75% of its shares by Norwegian company Aker Horizons in a transaction that values Mainstream at €1billion.
• Advised the majority shareholders of Interactive Services on its widely publicised sale to LRN Corporation (backed by Leeds private Equity).
• Advised Brookhaven Healthcare Group on its acquisition by a private equity fund.
• Advised the shareholders of the Callan Bacon Group on its sale to Eight Fifty Group.
• Acted for Staycity Investment Holdings Limited in its fundraising supported by the Irish Strategic Investment Fund and existing shareholders which was part of a €70million refinance package.
• Advised an international car manufacturer on its acquisition of a large Irish taxi cab company.
• Acted for an Irish state body relating to investments in a number of companies in the western region of Ireland.
• Advised numerous state bodies on corporate governance issues and the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Civil Law, University College Dublin
  
• LLM Commercial Law, University College Dublin
  
• Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland
  
• Diploma Arbitration Law, University College Dublin

Memberships

• Dublin Solicitors Bar Association
  
• Law Society of Ireland

Recommendations

'Eamonn Carey was the lead contact that we worked with and we found him excellent in bringing us through the various stages of the MBO process.’ - Legal 500, 2024