Maples Group
EXCELLENCE IN DEAL EXECUTION
Our Corporate team in Dublin has acted as counsel on some of the most significant and innovative corporate transactions in the Irish market recently and has advised:
TECHNOLOGY
Accel and Index Ventures on their investment in Tines
Aepona on its acquisition by Intel Corporation
Altify on its sale to Upland Software
Altocloud on its sale to Genesys
AMCS on its acquisitions of Sendr, Brady, Desert Micro, Recy Systems AG, P&L Software, GMT Europe Group and Utilibill
Asavie on its sale to Akamai Technologies
BGF on its investment in Edgescan
Boxever on its investment led by Polaris Partners, and on its sale to Sitecore
Brightflag on its equity fundraising led by One Peak Partners
Buymie on its funding round led by ACT Venture Capital, and its investment led by the Wheatsheaf Group
Cainthus on its funding round from Cargill Inc.
CampusIT on its acquisition by Ellucian
Clavis Insight on its sale to Ascential plc
CurrencyFair on its acquisition of Convoy Payments, its merger with Assembly Payments, and on the investment from Standard Chartered into CurrencyFair
Draper Esprit on moving its listing to the main exchanges in both Dublin and London, on its investments in Sweepr and Roomex, and on its AIM and ESM admission
EasyGo on its funding round led by Rubicon Capital Advisors, DunPort Capital Management and Air Core
Fieldaware on its acquisition by GPS Insight
Finch Capital on its investment in Aylien
First Analysis on its investment in SynergySuite
Fleetmatics on its NYSE IPO, follow-on offerings and US$2.4bn takeover by Verizon
Host Ireland on its sale to Digital 9 Infrastructure plc
Information Mosaic on its acquisition by Markit
ISIF on its equity investment in Cubic Telecom
Just Eat plc on its acquisition of Eatcity.ie
LearnUpon on its investment by Summit Partners
Luna Systems on its funding from investment consortium
Mercuria Energy Group and Lacerta Partners in its investment in Exergyn Ltd.
Movidius on its sale to Intel Corporation
NearForm on its investment led by Columbia Capital
Persistent Systems on the acquisition of Aepona
Robotify Labs Ltd. on its sale to Imagine Learning
Rockall Technologies and its shareholders on its sale to Broadridge
Safefood360 on its sale to LGC
Scopely on its acquisition of DIGIT Game Studios
SportCaller on its sale to Bally's Corporation
ST Engineering on its investment in CloudSphere
Taoglas on its acquisitions of ThinkWireless and Firmwave
Taxamo on its acquisition by Vertex
Teamwork on its Investment from Bregal Milestone
The Icon Group on its sale to Tracsis plc.
Upland Software on its acquisitions of Altify and Interfax Communications
UrbanVolt on its funding round led by Irish Strategic Investment Fund
Vela Games on its Series A funding led by Novator, and investment funding from both IIU and LVP
Version 1 on the sale of a majority stake to Partners Group, the investment by Volpi Capital, and its acquisition of Neueda, Cedar Consulting, Beoley Mill Software, Patech Solutions, Rocela Group, Presidion, and both the buyer and sellers on the sale of Singlepoint to Version 1
Wayflyer on its acquisition of Chamberlain Media Ltd., its Series A investment led by Left Lane Capital, its investment round led by QED Investors, and its US$150m Series B funding co-led by DST Global, Left Lane Capital and QED Investors
Welltel on its acquisition of Fulnett Ltd.
Xtralis on its sale to Honeywell
PRIVATE EQUITY
AMCS on its investment led by Insight Venture Partners
Arachas Corporate Brokers Ltd.'s management team on its sale to Ardonagh, and its acquisition of BJP Insurance
Avoca Capital on its acquisition by KKR
Avolon Group on its IPO on the NYSE, subsequent take-private by Bohai Leasing and its acquisition of the CIT Group
BidX1 on the investment by Pollen Street Capital
Carlyle Cardinal Ireland on its investments in Abtran and Carroll's Meats
Cardinal Capital Group on its investments in Sim Local, the Mowlam Healthcare Group, and Luzern eCommerce Ltd.
Clearlake Capital on its acquisition of Quest Software from Francisco Partners
Digital Marketing Institute on an investment led by Spectrum Equity
Fortress on its sale of Falko Regional Aircraft to Chorus Aviation
First Round Capital on its investment in &Open Gifts Ltd.
Francisco Partners on its acquisition of Dell's Software Business, its acquisition of part of IBM Watson Health, and its acquisition of Follett School Solutions
HPS on various investments
JMI Equity and JMI Services on their majority investment in CoreHR
Marathon Asset Management on various Irish acquisitions and investments
MML Capital Partners on its growth capital investments in IdentiGEN and Agenda Communications
Silver Lake Partners on the Irish law aspects of the US$25bn acquisition of Dell Inc.
Sky Aviation Leasing International on its sale to Goshawk Aviation
Spectrum Equity Investors on the take private of Nasdaq listed Trintech Group plc
Susquehanna Growth Equity on its investments in Phorest and Poppulo
Sysnet Global Solutions on the investments by FTV Capital and True Wind Capital
HEALTHCARE
3D4Medical on its sale to Elsevier
Beats Medical on fundraising and various commercial matters
BGF on the sale of Brindley Healthcare
Docman on its sale to Advanced Computer Software Group
Elkstone on its investment in HealthBeacon
GC Aesthetics on various equity and debt fundraisings
Great Point Partners on the recapitalistion of SteriPack Group
GW Plastics on its acquisition of Avenue Mould Solutions
ifeel on its Series A funding led by Nauta Capital
iheed on its acquisition by Cambridge Education Group
Nuritas on its Series A Funding Round led by Sandbox Ventures and investment by EIB
Pharmapod on its investment from the Canadian Pharmacists Association and various commercial matters
PQ Bypass on the establishment of Irish operations and series A and B investment rounds by Seroba Life Sciences
ProTek Medical on its acquisition by Molex (a Koch Industries division)
Sharp Fluidics® on the acquisition of the neoClose® device
and all associated IP
Spotlight Oral Care on the €12m Investment from Development Capital Fund
Tech Mahindra on the acquisition of Perigord Life Science Solutions