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A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP Offices

A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP
42-46 FOUNTAIN STREET
BELFAST
BT1 5EF
United Kingdom
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David Rowan

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Partner

Career

David Rowan is Head of A&L Goodbody’s Corporate and M&A group in Belfast.  David is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer with a transactional practice focusing on public and private mergers and acquisitions, leveraged and management buyouts, group reorganisations, strategic investments, venture capital investments, joint ventures/partnerships and commercial contracts.  He has acted for businesses in a variety of sectors including insurance, media, financial services, food production, investment funds, healthcare, retail and IT.  Prior to joining A&L Goodbody David worked in the London office of a leading US law firm and he is a qualified solicitor in Northern Ireland and in England and Wales.

Experience Advising:
  • Prestige Insurance on its acquisition of Insure NI/ Autoline
  • Shareholders of Camperco Group on its sale to Apollo Tourism & Leisure
  • Shareholders of Foodco NI on its sale to Henderson Foodservice
  • Jose Cuervo on its acquisition of The Old Bushmills Distillery Company
  • EESL Energy Pro Assets on its acquisition of Edina Power Services Limited
  • Crown Laboratories on its acquisition of Vita Liberata
  • The Golf Channel (a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation) on its acquisition of BRS Systems
  • Hasting Funds Management on its acquisition of Phoenix Natural Gas
  • H&T Bellas on the disposal of its business to Saint-Gobain Building Products
  • Aperture Debt Solutions LLP on its MBO of the IVA business of Grant Thornton

Education

  • Solicitor, Law Society of Northern Ireland, 2012; Law Society of England & Wales, 2008
  • LLB Hons., Trinity College, Dublin, 2004
  • Legal Practice Course, Nottingham Law School, 2005

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Northern Ireland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and M&A

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David Rowan –A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP

The team at A&L Goodbody Northern Ireland LLP, which is known for being ‘technically sound and commercial in perspective’, is a key name for high value transactions and general corporate advice. The practice is led by David Rowan, who has notable expertise in cross-border transactions for both national and international clients. Mark Thompson is well known for his knowledge of the energy, healthcare, and media sectors. Other key names include Peter Stafford, who is the former head of the Belfast office, and Lauren McCollum, who is a key associate to note.

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