Neasa Quigley > Carson McDowell > Belfast, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Carson McDowell Offices
MURRAY HOUSE
MURRAY STREET
BELFAST
BT1 6DN
United Kingdom
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Neasa Quigley
Position
Neasa is Senior Partner at Carson McDowell. She specialises in mergers and acquisitions and also has considerable experience in management buy-outs and buy-ins, private equity transactions, company reorganisations and corporate governance matters. She works across a range of sectors with particular experience in technology and renewable energy fields. Neasa also heads up the firm’s energy and renewables team.
Career
Trained William Fry Solicitors in Dublin; qualified 1997; associate 2000. Joined Tughans Solicitors in Belfast 2001; partner 2003. Joined Carson McDowell as partner in September 2010 – 2019; senior parter 2019 – to date.
Memberships
Neasa is a committee member of the CBI Regional Council in Northern Ireland, Renewable NI and the Engineering Policy Group Northern Ireland – Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Education
Trinity College, Dublin (BA (Hons) History).
Lawyer Rankings
Northern Ireland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and M&A
(Hall of Fame)Carson McDowell‘s team has expertise in the full range of corporate transactions, and is particularly strong in the technology sector. The firm also has experience handling transactions under the new National Security and Investment Act. Team lead Richard Gray, who has been active in the area for more than 30 years, is a respected name for M&A and finance work. Core team members include senior partner Neasa Quigley, who has expertise in the energy and knowledge economy sectors, and M&A and private equity specialists Paul McGuickin and Hilary Griffith. Griffith joined the firm in 2022 from Cleaver Fulton Rankin alongside associate Kathryn Laverty.
Northern Ireland > Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
(Hall of Fame)Carson McDowell acts for a broad range of energy clients, including utilities, electricity network owners and operators, and conventional and renewable generators. The group works as part of the firm’s full service offering, and offers comprehensive coverage of real estate, corporate, banking, and regulatory matters. Senior partner Neasa Quigley is team lead, and specialises in M&A and equity funding work. Core team members include planning expert Gary McGhee, real estate specialist Emma Cooper, and Dawson McConkey, a key name for on-shore wind farm projects. Senior associate Le-ann Campbell specialises in mergers and acquisitions, and is experienced in the renewable energy sector.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and M&A Northern Ireland > Corporate and commercial
- Energy, project finance and PFI Northern Ireland > Projects, energy and natural resources
- Hall of Fame Northern Ireland > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and M&A
- Hall of Fame Northern Ireland > Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning and environment