Technology, Media and Telecommunications Law Firm of the Year. Irish Law Awards 2022
Recent Work
TINC
Philip Lee is very pleased to have advised TINC on its investment in a PPP project consisting of the design, building, financing and operation of six university buildings in Ireland. TINC, an infrastructure investor listed on Euronext Brussels, has entered into an...
JB Barry & Partners
A Philip Lee team, led by corporate partners Rebecca McEvoy, Bernard McEvoy and associate Olivia Creaven, has advised the sellers on the sale of JB Barry & Partners to French company Egis. JB Barry is a Dublin headquartered civil engineering business which was...
Campbell Machinery
Harold Engineering has acquired Campbell Machinery. Established in 1981, Dublin-based Campbell Machinery provides blast cleaning and finishing solutions for a range of surface finishing applications. Engineering company Harold Engineering, also Dublin-based, offers a...
Brera Holdings PLC
Philip Lee, led by Andreas McConnell and Anna Hickey, is pleased to have advised Irish company Brera Holdings PLC on all Irish law matters connected to the initial public offering (IPO) of the company on the Nasdaq. Brera Holdings PLC is the holding company of Italian...
Advanced Medical Solutions Group
Cheshire based Advanced Medical Solutions Group plc (AMS) has acquired Dublin counterpart Connexicon. AMS is a world leading specialist in the design, development, manufacture and distribution of novel, high performance tissue-healing technologies. It is an AIM listed...
Snigel Web Services
Philip Lee, led by George Kennedy and Andreas McConnell, is pleased to have advised on the sale of a majority stake in leading adtech company Snigel Web Services (Snigel) to London based private equity firm, CBPE Capital. Dublin-headquartered Snigel helps online...
Health Service Executive
We are delighted to have advised the HSE on a public private partnership for the design, build, finance and maintenance of seven community nursing units across Ireland (the “CNU PPP Project”) which reached financial close on 7 December 2022. Press release available...
Scientific Laboratory Supplies
Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS), the UK’s leading supplier of laboratory equipment, chemicals and consumables, has acquired Dublin-based Sparks Lab Supplies, expanding its product and service offering in the Republic of Ireland. Nottingham headquartered SLS has...
Groupe RG
Groupe RG, a major player in the distribution of PPE in France, has acquired PPE specialist MJ Scannell in Ireland. The acquisition forms part of Groupe RG’s development strategy to become the independent and specialist leader of PPE distribution throughout Europe....
Apleona
Apleona, a European market leader in real estate and facility management based near Frankfurt am Main, has signed an agreement to acquire Acacia Facilities Holdings Limited and its subsidiary Acacia Facilities Management Limited. Dublin head-quartered Acacia, which...
Evergreen Care
A Philip Lee team, including Rebecca McEvoy and Tom Conway, was pleased to act on behalf of Evergreen Care on its acquisition of Castlebridge Manor Nursing Home in Co. Wexford. The sale closed on 7 October. Evergreen Care, led by CEO Eamonn Prone, has worked with...
Maker&Son
A Philip Lee team, led by partner Andrew Tzialli, recently advised on the sale of Maker&Son to Inc&Co. We wish Inc&Co all the best as new owners of the company. The Philip Lee team, including Andrew Tziall, Mary Hennessy and Patrick Egan, was pleased to...
Housing for All – Introduction of the First Home Scheme for new home purchasers
A Philip Lee team, led by head of our real estate group John O'Donoghue, banking partner Simon O'Neill and real estate senior associate Elaine Whelan, was delighted to advise First Home Scheme DAC on the real estate and banking elements of the First Home Scheme’s...
Webio and Finch Capital
Messaging specialist, Webio, has announced it has raised $4 million in a Series A funding round. Founded in 2016, Webio assists clients in the financial services, insurance and other sectors to communicate with their customers on sensitive subjects such as credit,...
Wellola
Healthcare communication platform Wellola has raised €1 million in funding from BVP. Irish-founded Wellola provides an online patient portal which supports healthcare organisations to securely share administrative and clinical data with patients. The platform offers...
Element Pictures
Award-winning Irish film and drama production company Element Pictures has sold a majority stake in its business to global production and distribution giant Fremantle. Completion of the deal took place on 10 May 2022. Co-founded by Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe in 2001,...
Breizon
Irish seafood company Breizon has been acquired by Mericq Group, a major player in the fresh seafood industry in France. Based in Rossaveal, County Galway, Breizon has been supplying live, fresh, frozen and cooked shellfish for over 40 years. The company’s fresh and...
Conjura
Leading e-commerce data analytics platform Conjura has raised €15 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by Act Venture Capital and MiddleGame Ventures, with participation from Tribal VC. Dublin-based Conjura, is pioneering the next generation of e-commerce...
Delsk
International investment company Delsk has sold three of its newly developed nursing homes to Aedifica, a listed company specialising in investments in European healthcare real estate, for approx. €57m. The newly-constructed nursing homes are based in Duleek, Co...
Alpha Intelligence Capital
Cork-based data security company Getvisibility has raised €10 million in a Series A funding round which was co-led by Alpha Intelligence Capital and Fortino Capital. Founded in 2018, Getvisibility uses artificial intelligence to manage clients’ data and enables them...
Skelligs Chocolate
Kerry-based chocolate and confectionery producer, Skelligs Chocolate, has been acquired from owner Colm Healy by a business entity connected to the McKillen Corporation. Skelligs Chocolate currently employs approximately 25 people and makes a range of confectionery...
Veeqo
Welsh-based software company Veeqo has been acquired by Amazon. Built on 30+ e-commerce and shipping integrations, Veeqo offers inventory and fulfillment tools for e-commerce sellers including order, shipping, and warehouse management capabilities. The company’s tools...
Torquay Capital
Torquay Capital has completed its acquisition of Alexandra Dental, a group of dental clinics in Limerick city, Shannon, Claremorris and Roscommon town. The buyout vehicle raised debt and equity of €5 million to take over the Alexandra group and launch the brand...
Wrkit
Irish founded employee engagement platform Wrkit and its entire product set has been sold to British employee benefits software company Benefex. Benefex, part of the Bain Capital-backed Zellis Group, is a leading provider of human resources, payroll software and...
Hire Purchase Information DAC
Credit bureau and business information company CRIF has acquired 73 per cent control of Irish motor finance checks specialist Hire Purchase Information (HPI) for an undisclosed sum from several banks and finance companies. Founded in 1948, HPI holds a register of...
Power Capital Renewable Energy
Irish photovoltaic solar farm developer Power Capital Renewable Energy (PCRE) is to invest €140 million in six ready-to-build solar farms across Ireland following the company’s acquisition of the solar farm sites from Renewable Energy Systems for an undisclosed sum....
Crow Rock Capital
Leading digital therapeutics company HealthBeacon has raised €6 million from Elkstone and Crow Rock Capital to bring total investment to date to €25 million. Headquartered in Dublin, HealthBeacon provide technology solutions to help patients better adhere to their...
Corrib Oil
Service station and oil distribution provider Corrib Oil has announced it is to buy forecourt retailer H2 Group. Corrib Oil, comprising Corrib Retail and Corrib Distribution, will acquire 13 retail sites based across the south and east of Ireland, expanding Corrib...
OQEMA
German chemical distributor OQEMA has acquired Casoria in Ireland. Based in Co. Cavan, Casoria is a distributor of a range of chemicals and metals to the Irish market. Casoria’s management team will remain in place and the company will join OQEMA’s Western Hub which...
WALR
Fast growing ‘ResTech’ company WALR is marking its first-year anniversary with the acquisition of technology business QuenchTec. The combined business, whose technology enables all aspects of the data collection process for insight professionals, will have an initial...
Alliance Automotive Group UK
Philip Lee was delighted to provide Irish law advice to Alliance Automotive Group UK (AAG) on its acquisition of Dublin-based J&S Automotive Distributors. The cross-border transaction involved working closely with Multilaw firms Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP and...
Kitchen World
Advised the shareholders of Kitchen World on the sale of Kitchen World to Eomanna Holdings Ltd. Kitchen World is one of Ireland’s leading branded fitted kitchen designers, manufacturers and suppliers. The business has a retail store network and also supplies the...
Novellus Therapeutics
Biopharmaceutical company Brooklyn ImmunoTherapeutics has completed its acquisition of engineered cellular medicine company Novellus Therapeutics Limited. This acquisition advances Brooklyn’s evolution into a platform company with a pipeline of next-generation...
SL Controls
Irish specialist software integration firm, SL Controls, has been acquired by NNIT Group, a leading Danish supplier of IT services to the global life sciences industry. The acquisition of SL Controls will further strengthen NNIT’s solutions within production IT and...
Finch Capital
AI company Webio has announced that it has raised €1.5 million in investment in a pre-Series A funding round. Founded in 2016, Webio assists clients in the financial services, insurance and other sectors to communicate with their customers on sensitive subjects such...
Digital 9 Infrastructure plc
Philip Lee was delighted to advise Digital 9 Infrastructure plc in connection with its initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange. The day following its admission to the exchange on 31 March 2021 the company will complete the acquisition of all of the shares...
Finch Capital
Financial management software company, AccountsIQ, has raised €5.8m in a new funding round. The financing was led by Amsterdam-headquartered Finch Capital, a venture capital firm that is a partner with Enterprise Ireland in a €20m fintech-focused fund. AccountsIQ is...
JSM Group
Private equity investor, Rutland Partners, has completed its investment in JSM Group, a UK-based market leading infrastructure services provider to the critical digital communications and power sectors. JSM provides services across multiple areas including FTTP (Fibre...
Maker & Son
SME growth investor Magenta Partners has invested in Maker & Son, a luxury upholstered furniture and home furnishings brand based in Sussex. Maker & Son was founded in 2018 and sells sustainably and ethically produced furniture pieces directly to customers...
Celleron Therapeutics
SynOx Therapeutics Ltd, an Irish incorporated clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, has announced the closing of a €37 million Series A financing co-led by HealthCap and Medicxi and joined by investors Forbion and Gimv. SynOx, a spin out of oncology company...
Power Capital Renewable Energy
Paris investor Omnes has acquired a controlling stake in the Irish solar PV developer Power Capital Renewable Energy (PCRE), who will focus on developing and building a 500 megawatt solar PV portfolio in Ireland. PCRE is set to be a dominant player in the emerging...
Power Capital Renewable Energy
Irish solar PV developer Power Capital Renewable Energy (PCRE) has acquired a majority stake in 400 MW of projects under development by Irish firm Terra Solar. PCRE intends to complete development of the solar farms located in counties Cork and Wexford in partnership...
Edgescan
The state-backed investor BGF has invested €10.5 million in Dublin-based cybersecurity business Edgescan. Our corporate team was delighted to advise Edgescan on this investment. Further details available here. Further information also available on The Irish Times...
Inbhear Fund Services
Inbhear Fund Services has been sold to administration company Sanne Group. Jersey-based Sanne bought the Dublin company to strengthen its presence in Dublin and to gain a foothold in the Cayman Islands, where Inbhear have been operating since 2016. Our corporate team...
NearSt
We were delighted to advise retail tech start-up NearSt in raising £2 million in seed funding from investors. Founded in 2015 by Nick Brackenbury, NearSt drives customers back into high street shops by enabling local shops to list live in-store inventory. Further...
Cantor Fitzgerald
Independent international solar developer Elgin Energy has secured a fourth fundraise for £4.7 million to provide capital to complete late stage development of 250 megawatts of UK solar projects. This was the second successful fundraise completed in partnership...
Torc Sustainable Housing Limited
The second bundle of sites under the Social Housing PPP programme has reached Financial Close. Press release available here. We are delighted to have advised PPP Co. (Torc Sustainable Housing Limited) on this project and wish them well with the construction and...
Mountville Mills
Acting for Mountville Mills, a global leader in commercial floor mat manufacturing, on its acquisition of Burex Manufacturing, a printer of dye-sublimated point of sale products. Further information available here.Key ContactsKey...
Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking
Advising Bank of Ireland Corporate Banking on the financing of Mid Clare Renewable Energy (“MCRE”) DAC to construct and operate a 7.1 megawatt wind farm in County Clare. Once fully operational, the wind farm will have the potential to power the equivalent of c. 6250...
Grant Thornton
Acted for Grant Thornton on the sale of its media business. Saffery Champness has acquired Grant Thornton Ireland’s Media & Entertainment Practice, based in Dublin. Under the deal, the team of 11 people, have joined Saffery Champness at their new Irish office...