• Corporate law
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Private Equity
• Joint Ventures
• Shareholders’ Agreements and investments
• Corporate Finance
• Corporate Establishments
• Partnerships
• Venture capital
• Corporate Reorganisations

Robert advises a broad range of Irish and international clients in the following sectors:

• Technology
• Healthcare
• Nursing homes and care centres
• Food and beverage
• Professional services
• Aviation
• Entertainment
• Financial services
• Energy (including renewables)
• Life sciences

Education

• Trinity College Dublin, BA
• BPP London, Legal Practice Course
• Nottingham Law School, Graduate Diploma in Law

Professional Memberships

• The Law Society of Ireland
• The Law Society of England and Wales (non-practising)

• Acted for DomusVi on its acquisition of the Trinity Care group of nursing homes

• Advised APCOA Parking, Europe's longest established full service parking management company, on its acquisition of Irish car parking businesses Nationwide Controlled Parking Systems Limited and Mobile Research Systems Limited

• Represented Mocha Technologies on various fundraisings and sales of shares

• Acted for the Grace Healthcare group on its acquisition of three separate Irish nursing homes

• Advised B Capital on its Series B investment in SilverCloud

• Acted for CareChoice on its acquisition of two separate nursing homes: Newtownpark House Nursing Home, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, and Elm Hall Nursing Home, Cellbridge, Co. Kildare

• Advised Brookhaven Healthcare, a nursing homes platform, on the acquisition of five Irish nursing homes as well as its shareholding arrangements following establishment of the platform

• Advised Elkstone on multiple separate venture capital investments into such businesses as Little Pond t/a Prommt, Unify Ordering, AudioMob, Contego Sports, Hidramed, Forde HR, and Change Donations.

• Acted for the Irish Farm Accounts Cooperative Society on the acquisition of two businesses: Michael Brosnan & Associates, and a software product acquisition

• Advised frozen vegetable business Strong Roots on its investment from Goode Partners

• Advised David and Jacqueline Kyne on the sale of their public relations business Kyne Communications to Huntsworth PLC

• Advised MML Capital Partners on its acquisition of a 50% stake in DMS Governance

• Acted for German private equity house INTRO Aviation on its majority investment and shareholder arrangements pursuant to the acquisition of Corsair International airline from TUI

• Acted for French renewable energy developer Neoen on its acquisition of eight onshore wind farms in Ireland from AMP Capital

• Acted for FL Partners on the disposal of two major parcels of residential development lands

• Advised Allied Irish Banks on corporate elements of its facility provided in respect of the acquisition by Innovu Group of Wexford Insurance Group Limited

• Advised Allied Irish Banks on corporate elements of its facility provided in respect of the investment by MML Growth Capital Partners Ireland in Eastland Engineering Supply Company Limited

• Advised Tetrarch Capital on its acquisition and stakeholder arrangements in respect of Howth Castle and Demesne

• Advised the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund on its investment into Fountain Healthcare Partners Fund III

• Acted for Octopus Investments on its investment in Zappy Limited (Glofox)

• Acted for Broadridge on the acquisition of technology/finance business Fundassist Limited

• Advised French recruitment firm Groupe Adéquat on its acquisition of a majority stake in Irish recruitment group Sigmar