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Aedamar Comiskey

Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Aedamar is Linklaters Global Head of Corporate and specialises in public and private M&A and regulatory and corporate governance advisory work. She is the lead relationship partner and boardroom adviser for many of the firm’s FTSE clients.
Aedamar recently led a number of high-profile M&A deals including advising Unilever on its defence of Kraft Heinz company’s US$145bn approach; Visa Europe on its €18.37bn sale to Visa Inc; Amec Foster Wheeler on Wood Group’s £2.2bn recommended offer; HSBC on the US$5.2bn sale of its Brazilian bank to Banco Bradesco; and Amlin on Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance’s £3.48bn recommended offer.
Aedamar is also a non-executive director of FTSE company, Hames Fisher and Sons plc.
Career
Trainee solicitor Linklaters (London, 1992-94); Assistant solicitor (1994-2001); Partner 2001 to date.
Education
University College, Dublin (1988 BCL Law)
Leisure
3 sons, sailing and cycling
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
(Hall of Fame)Confirming its status as a market-leading outfit for high-value M&A, the team at Linklaters LLP demonstrates extensive expertise in handling the full gamut of corporate work, advising buyers, sellers and financial advisers on public takeovers, carve-outs, joint ventures, and corporate restructurings. Leveraging the expertise of specialist groups in tax, antitrust, employment, and technology, the ‘technically excellent, commercial, and pragmatic’ team is renowned for its ability to manage multi-billion pound, cross-border transactions. Corporate division head Simon Branigan routinely handles transactions in the mining, retail and consumer, oil and gas and financial services sectors, while Aedamar Comiskey, senior partner and chair, continues to act on big-ticket public and private M&A. Elsewhere in the team, James Inglis
focuses on public and private M&A, capital raisings and corporate governance advisory work, and Aisling Zarraga maintains a busy practice, leading on some of the largest M&A and joint venture transactions in the market. Other key figures include Fionnghuala Griggs, a specialist in the fintech sector; Ian Hunter, who has specialist knowledge in UK Takeover Code-governed transactions; and Derek Tong, global head of the technology group. Dan Schuster-Woldan left to join Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in February 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+ London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > High yield
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Finance > Trade finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport