Following the merger of Byrne Wallace LLP and LK Shields Solicitors in January 2025, Byrne Wallace Shields LLP is well equipped to handle the full range of high-profile corporate and M&A work, bringing ‘strong technical capabilities’ to clients in the tech, infrastructure, energy, healthcare and venture capital sectors. Group co-head Richard Curran acts across a variety of corporate finance transactions, including M&A, private equity mandates, shareholder agreements and joint ventures, while fellow co-head Feargal Brennan is adept at advising Irish and international businesses across a wide range of corporate mandates. Co-head Jennifer McGuire is a key contact for public and private companies, and acts for private shareholders on Irish and international mandates, and Emmet Scully has strong expertise across a wide range of M&A and private equity transactions.
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Testimonials
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- ‘I found the team very commercial, responsive and good to deal with.’
- ‘The stand-out individual for me was Jenny McGuire. Technically very sound obviously but also commercial and practical.’
- ‘Strong technical capabilities, commercial and reactive team.’
- ‘Overall ongoing communication from all senior partners was excellent. I found BWS to be efficient, courteous, business-like, and pleasant at all levels.’
- ‘Jennifer McGuire has been a standout advocate for us over the years. She is fiercely clever, but is at the same time very commercial in her approach. We value her advice highly.’
Key clients
- Atlantic Dawn
- Breedon
- Brink’s
- Calibre Scientific
- Causeway Capital Partners
- Dussman Group
- Keelings
- Gowan Group
- Keurig Dr Pepper
- Priothera Limited
- Veolia
- Versono Medical Limited
Work highlights
Acted for Renatus Capital Partners on the sale of CRS to Coolworld, the sale of AQF Medical to UFP Technologies, and its investment in EIDA Solutions.
Acted for Asker Healthcare Group on the Irish aspects of its acquisition of Hospital Services Limited.
Acted for Dussmann on its proposed acquisition of Lynskey Engineering.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Richard Curran; Feargal Brennan; Jennifer McGuire
Other key lawyers
Emmet Scully