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29-31 Glasthule Road,
Glasthule, Co Dublin
Tel: + 353 1 231 14 30 Fax: + 353 1 231 14 17
Email: info@laverykirby.ie

Our Experience


We believe that we have built up a strong reputation in our key practice areas and that we can deliver a genuinely expert, efficient and cost-effective service to our clients.

Some of the cases in which we have been involved include the following:-

  • advising Airtricity a major Irish based producer and distributor of wind generated electricity on its €1.8billion sale to Scottish and Southern Energy Plc and the disposal of its North American operations to E.ON A.G.
  • advising Airtricity in regard to the authorisation/regulations of wind farms in Ireland, advising and negotiating leases for turbine sites, EPC contracts, turbine supply contracts, grid connection agreements, CER licences, banking and finance for wind farms and joint venture agreements with respect to wind farms;
  • acting for SIAC Construction on its syndicated loan facilitiy in the amount of nearly €90million  from Bank of Ireland, IIB Bank and Bank of Scotland (Ireland) and in connection with its participation in the Eurolink consortium which recently completed construction of the N4/N6 Kicock- Kinnegad motorway and is currently constructing the M3 motorway;
  • advising Mainstream Renewable Power on €74million in equity funding in 2008, a fundraiser by way of loan note in August 2008 and the establishment of various foreign branches and subsidiaries.
  • acting for IT company Visible Thread on a significant equity fundraiser.
  • acting for social networking site YouBloom on its conversion to a public company and equity fundraising.
  • advising management of a west of Ireland based medical devices company on its MBO.
  • advising Applegreen/Petrogas Group on the acquisition of multiple service station businesses;
  • acting for Finance One and Stay City.com on the sale and leaseback of the Christchurch Hall apartment block;
  • advising StayCity.com on an equity investment by Irelandia Investments;
  • advising SIAC Construction on acquisition finance for UK acquisitions;
  • advising a group of Irish investors on the financing and implementation of a number of major U.S. property acquisitions;
  • advising the Vendors of Engage Technologies on its sale to Northgate Information Solutions Plc;
  • advising a large Irish corporate on a major refinancing and corporate re-organisation;
  • advising Fexco Group on establishment and equity investment in Pensco Limited;
  • advising Ocuco Limited on its recent €5,000,000 MBO and acquisition of UK based Relcon and US based Innovations;
  • acting for a major clearing Bank in respect of commercial lending and security related issues;
  • advising Airtricity on a number of major bond issues;
  • advising a group of investors on the acquisition of a large hotel complex;
  • advising shareholders of Entropy on its sale to Calyx Group plc;
  • advising on a number of fundraisings for early stage companies in the healthcare/biotechnology sectors; 
  • Acting for the developers of a number of commercial and residential developments to include advising on acquisition finance.