Ms Gillian Keating > RDJ LLP > Cork, Ireland > Lawyer Profile

RDJ LLP Offices

RDJ LLP
85 South Mall
T12 TP8D
Ireland
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Ms Gillian Keating

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+353 21 480 2712 [email protected]

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial Department

Position

Gillian Keating leads RDJ’s Corporate and Commercial Department with over 25 years’ experience driving complex and high value M&A transactions. Gillian is ranked in Legal 500 and Chambers for her transaction and advisory work “a very strong practitioner, very good to deal with and very practical” Chambers 2022.

Gillian is an Adjunct Professor in the College of Business and Law at University College Cork (UCC) and in 2017 received an Alumni Achievement Award from UCC. Gillian is a board member of Port of Cork Company and Chairs the Board of the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital.

Gillian is a co-founder of the highly successful and award winning I WISH (Inspiring Women in Stem) social enterprise. I WISH is an initiative to inspire young women to consider careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) and in this way help address the skills gap in STEM www.iwish.ie. Over 50,000 female students from 28 countries have to date (2022) participated in the I Wish showcase events and campus weeks.

From 2013 to 2019, Gillian was a member of the Governing Body of UCC and chaired the Audit Committee. Gillian is a past president of Cork Chamber of Commerce.

Gillian encourages the corporate and commercial team at RDJ to continuously seek out and implement better ways of doing business that help drive our clients’ businesses forward.

Memberships

Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland.

Education

BA (University College Cork)
BCL (University College Cork)

Trium Executive MBA (ongoing)

Lawyer Rankings

Ireland > Commercial, corporate and M&A

RDJ LLP specialises in mid-market M&A and private equity transactions. It has a particularly strong record in technology, renewables and healthcare, with additional specialisation in pharmaceuticals, medtech and cybersecurity. With its offices in Cork, Galway and Dublin, the firm frequently advises on cross-border transactions involving US-based companies and other European businesses. It has a flourishing practice in venture capital, including seed funding through to later stage financing rounds. Cork partner Gillian Keating heads the corporate and M&A team, which includes technology and life sciences specialist Diarmaid Gavin and Dublin-based Bryan McCarthy. Galway’s JP Gilmartin is noted for medtech, healthcare and technology.

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