
Capital Markets: Equity
Europe Guide 2026 : Ireland
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Our Corporate team is recognised as a leading adviser on all types of domestic and international corporate transactions for public companies, private companies and national and multinational bodies across a broad range of industry sectors.
We work with organisations at every level, from start-ups to multinational listed enterprises, and we have acted in some of the largest, most high-profile, innovative and complex transactions in the Irish market and internationally.
We advise across a broad spectrum of corporate transactions from reorganisations and restructurings to joint ventures and from mergers & acquisitions to equity financings. With extensive corporate experience, we combine transactional skills with specialist expertise from our multi-disciplinary teams.
A key part of our success is understanding our clients’ business and needs. We pride ourselves on being accessible to clients, working collaboratively across all our practice groups and delivering the right results in a commercially focused manner.
Our corporate law services include:
- M&A
- Corporate Reorganisations and Restructuring
- Strategic alliances
- Multi sourcing financing
- Private Equity and Venture Capital
- Privatisation and State Transactions
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Work Highlights
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Mason Hayes & Curran assisted Descartes Systems Group with its acquisition of Aerospace Software Developments and Thyme-IT.
Strengths
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Mason Hayes & Curran has a very responsive team that is always available.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEuropeMason Hayes has a solution for every problem.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEuropeMason Hayes & Curran is brilliant at dealing with complex matters, helping to understand the implications of problems and quickly find solutions.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEuropeThe team handles very complex transactions in a very easy way.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEuropeLawyers in the group are commercially focused and very responsive.
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Notable Practitioners
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Band 2 
Band 2 
David O'Donnell
David O'Donnell has experience assisting with fund-raisings and multi-jurisdictional transactions. David O'Donnell is a very experienced lawyer.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEuropeDavid has really strong relationships across jurisdictions.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEuropeHe is very responsive.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEurope
Band 5 
Band 5 
Justin McKenna
Justin McKenna's combined ECM and M&A practice covers a range of mandates, including public takeovers, IPOs and corporate restructurings. Justin McKenna is always easy to deal with, has great technical knowledge and is willing to help and think outside the box.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEuropeHe is supremely knowledgeable and experienced.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEurope
Band 4 
Band 4 
Liam Brazil
Liam Brazil handles a broad remit of corporate and M&A topics. He has experience assisting clients with transactions in the energy sector. Band 4 
Band 4 
Martin Kelleher
Martin Kelleher regularly handles cross-border transactions, capital raises and corporate restructurings. He acts for international corporate clients in the tech and life sciences sectors. When the chips are down Martin is a super negotiator and gives excellent advice to get you over the line.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEuropeHe offers great client service, and is very practical and knowledgeable.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEuropeMartin Kelleher is a very seasoned, calm, composed lawyer.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEuropeMartin Kelleher has a cool head and can back up his views with experience.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEurope
Band 4 
Band 4 
Robert Dickson
Robert Dickson assists with cross-border transactions as well as funding rounds. He assists clients with cross-border M&A deals.
Robert Dickson backs up his legal and market knowledge by being very responsive and commercially focused.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEuropeRobert is very commercially astute, responsive, solutions oriented and has an ability to be firm but fair when it comes to negotiations.
Capital Markets: Equity respondentEurope
Ranked Individuals at Mason Hayes & Curran LLP (6)
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Liam Brazil
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Justin McKenna
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David O'Donnell
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Martin Kelleher
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Robert Dickson
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