Arthur Cox Leads Experian M&A League Table
Arthur Cox has topped Experian’s league table by both volume and value of deals for the first half of 2020, advising on 17 transactions valued at €1,497 million.
The firm’s continued performance as one of Ireland’s leading M&A legal advisers saw it advise on the top deals in the market over the past six months including advising Aon plc on its pending recommended acquisition of Willis Towers Watson plc, Flutter Entertainment plc on its €894 million share placing with institutional investors and Phoenix Tower International on its acquisition of Emerald Tower from eir.
Cian McCourt, Head of Corporate and M&A at Arthur Cox, commented: “The M&A Group at Arthur Cox is the market leader in Ireland and the Experian league table reinforces our market position. Notwithstanding the market turbulence this year, our clients have remained active and we are very pleased to have partnered with them in successfully bring deals to signing in H1. Our outlook for the remainder of the year remains strong with a number of transactions in the pipeline and an opportunistic M&A market.”
Experian MarketIQ is a market intelligence platform with direct access to comprehensive and high quality business and financial data. Read Experian’s M&A Review for H1 2020 here.