Leveraging a significant bench of expertise across the full spectrum of corporate and M&A work, the ‘effective, responsive, available and pragmatic’ team at William Fry LLP is well-equipped to act for multinational clients across a varied range of sectors. Delivering ’exceptional services’, Andrew McIntyre heads up the group, and Stephen Keogh is praised for his ‘excellent support’ on prominent M&A transactions. Myra Garrett is a key port of call for companies and boards of directors on corporate governance and strategic issues, while Mark Talbot excels across private and public M&A and equity capital markets work. Ivor Banim has deep expertise in Irish and international M&A, and Mark Quealy’s workload consists of transactional corporate engagements, utilising his strong knowledge of partnership and limited partnership structures. Barbara Kenny is another key name who is well-equipped to handle mandates for public and private companies, and Máire O’Neill works at the intersection of corporate and M&A within the energy, renewables and utilities spaces. Gerard Ryan, Gavin O’Flaherty and Enda Newton joined the firm in September 2025 from Eversheds Sutherland.
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Profile
Work Department
Corporate and M&A; Equity Capital Markets
Position
Stephen Keogh is the Managing Partner of William Fry. Stephen was previously Head of William Fry’s Corporate/M&A department specialising in transactional corporate work with a particular emphasis on private equity transactions, acting for sponsors, target companies and management teams.
Stephen served on William Fry’s management committee for 3 years and was head of William Fry’s London office for 5 years.
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Testimonials
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- ‘I have worked closely with Máire O'Neill and William Foley on the Corporate team. They are incredibly diligent and responsive, as well as being solutions driven. They also have strong expertise and knowledge of what is the prevailing market approach.'
- ‘We have found the personnel to be very effective, responsive, available and pragmatic.'
Key clients
- Department of Finance
- Echelon Data Centres
Work highlights
Adviser to the Irish Department of Finance on the multi-year sell-down of the State’s shareholding in AIB Group plc, one of Ireland’s pillar banks.

