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William Fry LLP Offices

William Fry LLP
2 GRAND CANAL SQUARE
DUBLIN 2
Ireland
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Ms Myra Garrett

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+353 1 639 5122 myra.garrett@williamfry.com

Work Department

Corporate and M&A; Equity Capital Markets.

Position

Myra is a Corporate Partner and former Managing Partner of the Firm. She has a broad corporate practice specialising in corporate finance, particularly mergers & acquisitions, public takeovers, IPOs, public/private fundraisings and corporate structuring. She emerged as a leader via heavy involvement in Nasdaq and Irish Stock Exchange work during the technology boom in the late 1990s and remains one of Ireland’s leading M&A and IPO lawyers. She also advises companies and intermediaries on corporate governance, stock exchange rules, market abuse, the Prospectus Regulations, the Takeover Rules and general compliance.

Memberships

Myra is a non-executive director of the University College Dublin Foundation and a council member of the Irish Institute of Chartered Accountants. She is a former director of the Irish Institute of Directors and of the Irish Road Safety Authority.

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Capital markets

(Hall of Fame)

Myra Garrett – William Fry LLP

William Fry LLP continues to demonstrate its standing in ECM deals. The team often acts for issuers and underwriters in a range of matters, including advising on accelerated book-build placings and equity transactions. The firm is also home to a solid DCM and structured finance group, which has been kept busy advising on green bonds and social bonds. Mark Talbot and Myra Garrett are very highly regarded ECM specialists, and David Maughan is an established practitioner in the DCM arena.

Ireland > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Leading individuals)

Myra Garrett – William Fry LLP

At William Fry LLP, the corporate and M&A practice is highly regarded for its excellent track record in acting on a number of landmark deals in Ireland; in one prominent example, the team assisted Amgen with its proposed $28.3bn acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics. Led by Stephen Keogh, the department is regularly instructed by healthcare, life sciences, TMT, energy, financial services, insurance, and real estate sector companies in a range of corporate transactions. Mark Talbot brings expertise in public and private M&A, and Myra Garrett is hugely experienced in advising on public takeovers. Andrew McIntyre specialises in technology and life sciences deals, and Máire O’Neill focuses on energy transactions. Former senior partner Bryan Bourke has become a consultant.

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