Arthur Cox

Corporate and M&A / Life Sciences

Colin is a Partner in the Corporate and M&A Group. He is head of the firm’s Life Sciences Group, Media, Entertainment and Sports Group, and Communications Group.

Colin provides corporate, commercial, regulatory and intellectual property advice across a range of industries but in particular the life sciences, food, beverage, agri-business, media, telecoms, sports, entertainment and technology sectors. Colin advises those and other industries on mergers, acquisitions and investments, cross-border tax and intellectual property re-organisations, post-acquisition integrations and corporate treasury activities. Colin advises on the drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts and arrangements a across a range of sectors, with a particular focus on IP based industries. Colin also advises on the regulation of the life sciences and media industries in Ireland.

Relevant Experience 

Advising US provider of cloud based social media management software on the acquisition of an Irish AI driven predictive media intelligence provider Advising an Irish co-operative on the acquisition of a controlling interest in an Irish health and nutrition ingredients business Advising a US pharmaceutical company on the disposal of a manufacturing plant to a Korean CMO Advising Spanish multinational on the acquisition of a Communications infrastructure business in Ireland Advising a Canadian business process outsourcing provider on an investment in an Irish business Advising the shareholders of an Irish medical device business on a sale to a US multinational Advising a US biotech company on the acquisition of an Irish biotech business Advising an Irish telecoms provider on the establishment of a broadcasting platform and the acquisition of a sports broadcaster Advising a global media company on the acquisition of an Irish television station Advising on the disposal of a number of radio broadcasters to a global media company

Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, affiliate; Medtech Ireland; IBEC’s Audio Visual Federation Council; The Irish Film & Television Academy; Law Society of Ireland.

BCL, 1995 UCD; LLM Corp. and Comm. UCD, 1999; Admitted as a solicitor, 1999