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Ruairi Bourke

Ruairi Bourke

Global 2026

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Practice Areas

Ruairi is co-head of Maples and Calder’s Corporate and Finance teams in the Maples Group’s British Virgin Islands office. He advises on a wide range of corporate transactions including mergers, acquisitions, stock exchange listings, private equity structures, private placements, corporate restructuring and reorganisation transactions and the formation of joint ventures. On the finance side, Ruairi advises on acquisition, real estate, ship and aircraft finance transactions. He also has significant experience in capital markets transactions, both equity and debt.

Ruairi joined the Maples Group in 2012 and was elected as a partner in 2017. He previously trained and practised as a corporate lawyer at William Fry in Dublin.

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Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds - British Virgin Islands

Band 3
Band 3

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Ruairi Bourke regularly advises clients from the financial services sector on high-value loan facilities and debt capital markets issuances. He is also well versed in M&A deals, including take-private transactions.

Strengths

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  • Ruairi Bourke is an outstanding lawyer whose responsiveness is of a high level. The care he brings to matters is notable, and everything is handled with the highest level of quality.

    Corporate & Finance including Investment FundsChambers Global Guide
  • Ruairi is very smart and is responsive to all client and onshore-counsel needs.

    Corporate & Finance including Investment FundsChambers Global Guide

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