Mr Paul White > A&L Goodbody LLP > DUBLIN 1, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

A&L Goodbody LLP
3 DUBLIN LANDINGS
NORTH WALL QUAY
D01 C4EO
Ireland

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Paul White is a partner in A&L Goodbody’s Corporate and M&A group.  Paul is a specialist in corporate and commercial law including equity capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and corporate finance. He also regularly advises Boards on corporate governance and compliance issues. In addition to being a Partner in the Corporate practice, Paul served as Chairman of A&L Goodbody from 2010 until 2016; was Head of the Corporate practice between 2004 and 2010 and managed the London office from 1999 to 2004. He also carries management responsibility for a number of the Firm’s key relationships.

Memberships

Paul has written articles and contributed to international publications on Corporate Governance, Corporate Law in Ireland and Mergers and Acquisitions. He is also a regular speaker on those topics. Paul is a former Vice-Chair of the Corporate and M&A Law Committee of the International Bar Association and a representative member of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce.

Education

  • Solicitor, Law Society of Ireland
  • BCL, University College Dublin

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Capital markets

(Leading individuals: Capital markets: Equity)

Paul WhiteA&L Goodbody LLP

A&L Goodbody LLP has a fine record in handling equity and debt capital markets transactions. Key areas of instruction include high-value debt transactions and structured finance matters, and the department has seen an increase in matters involving private equity and hedge fund-linked structuring. The firm is also at the forefront of residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) transactions. Peter Walker heads up the debt capital markets (DCM) and structured finance group, in which Ciarán Rogers, Adrian Burke and Jack Sheehy stand out as key practitioners, and is home to emerging talents Sinead O’Connor and Michelle Daly. The equity capital markets (ECM) group is led by Paul White, and is often instructed in work involving initial public offerings (IPOs) and Irish businesses listing and raising capital on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Charles Carroll is a key name for equity matters, and Jennie Quirke is ‘very diligent and responsive‘. Eoin Shiel has joined the equity capital markets group.