1 Overview
1.1 What are the most common types of private equity
transactions in your jurisdiction? What is the current state of the
market for these transactions? Have you seen any changes in the
types of private equity transactions being implemented in the last
two to three years?
A broad range of private equity ("PE") transactions
are carried out in Ireland, the most common including leveraged
buyouts, refinancings, trade sales, secondary buyouts, bolt-on
deals and secondary transactions.
Macroeconomic issues such as uncertainty over "Brexit"
impacted Irish corporate activity generally in 2016 including PE
activity. However the Irish PE market grew in 2016. The last two to
three years have seen some new PE entrants to the Irish market with
traditional bank acquisition financing being more difficult to
obtain, particularly for small to medium sized businesses.
