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Arthur Cox Offices
10 EARLSFORT TERRACE
DUBLIN 2
D02 T380
Ireland
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Mr Stephen Ranalow
Work Department
Corporate and M&A
Position
Stephen specialises in corporate and securities law for both listed and private companies, including M&A and ECM transactions.
Stephen has advised on some of the largest corporate transactions in recent years, including takeovers, mergers, acquisitions, cross-border transactions, corporate migrations and inversions, IPOs, rights issues, public offerings, reorganisations, and joint ventures and acts as relationship partner to some of Ireland’s leading companies. He has particular expertise in corporate transactions in the industrial, financial, FinTech, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals sectors, as well as corporate inversions, redomiciliations, and migrations into Ireland. He has also had a key role in leading some of the highest-profile contested and hostile takeover transactions in recent years, with mandates spanning both the defensive and bidder sides.
Career
Admitted as a solicitor, 2005.
Languages
English, Spanish
Memberships
Law Society of Ireland; Past President of the Ireland Spain Economic Association; Club de Abogados M&A section.
Education
Ph D, 2006, Trinity College, Dublin LLB (first class honours), 2001, Trinity College, Dublin.
Lawyer Rankings
Ireland > Capital markets
Arthur Cox‘s broad practice takes in debt capital markets, structured finance and securitisation work; CLOs are another established area of expertise for the firm. Cormac Kissane, Aiden Small and Glenn Butt are leading figures in debt matters, while Phil Cody focuses on derivatives work and Peter Murphy is ‘a real star‘ in the space. On the equity side, the firm is well known for its strength in advising on IPOs and listed company restructurings, and has been handling an increased number of de-SPAC transactions. Maura McLaughlin, Cian McCourt, Stephen Ranalow and David Vos are key partners in the equity space, and of counsel Sinéad Crowley ‘inspires confidence and manages transactions with impressive skill‘.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Construction
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Energy and natural resources
- EU and competition
- Fintech
- Healthcare and life sciences
- Information technology
- Insolvency and corporate restructuring
- Insurance
- Investment funds
- Media and entertainment
- Pensions and employee benefits
- Planning and environment
- Projects and PPP
- Public sector
- Real estate
- Tax
- Transport
- White-collar crime