• Corporate/M&A
• Share & Asset sales
• Joint ventures
• Corporate reorganisations
• Private Equity

William advises clients across the following sectors

• Energy
• Pharmaceutical
• Technology
• Finance
• Aviation
• Real estate sectors

Engagements

William is a frequent guest speaker at lectures on corporate law at the Law Society of Ireland

Education

• Trinity College Dublin, LLB
• The London School of Economics and Political Science, LLM

Professional Memberships

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

• • Advising Statkraft Ireland Limited on the completion of its sale of the Taghart wind farm located in County Cavan.
  • Advising Encavis Asset Management AG as asset manager for one of its managed investment funds on the acquisition of Sheskin wind farm project from ABO Ireland.
  • Advising Impax Asset Management on its joint venture with Irish solar developer BNRG to deliver portfolios of solar energy projects with an initial focus on Ireland and the US.
  • Advising Assa Abloy Group on Irish aspects of its acquisition of Arran Isle Holdings Limited, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of door and window hardware (primarily trading under the brands of Carlisle Brass and Mila).
  • Advising Fane Valley Co-operative Society Limited on its acquisition of a 50% interest in Drummonds Limited and its subsequent joint venture arrangements with Freshgrass Holdings.
  • Advising the shareholders of Gem Plastics Limited, which is Ireland’s leading provider of plastic blow-moulded products, on the sale of the company to a German entity, Schutz GMBH & Co KGAA.
  • Advising Statkraft on its entry into a put and call option agreement with for the conditional sale of Ballymacarney and Harlockstown solar parks (which together will be the largest solar park in Ireland) to Octopus Renewables for a combined consideration value of €140m.
  • Advising ACRE, as Irish legal counsel, on its acquisition of TDS (Time Data Security) Limited, a company which provides cloud-based workspace solutions.
  • Advising intive GmbH, as Irish legal counsel, on its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Ammeon Holdings Limited and its group of companies, an Irish provider of digital transformation and solutions for some of the largest Fortune 500 companies.
  • Advising Statkraft Ireland Limited on its entry into a put and call option agreement with Greencoat Renewables for the conditional sale of the Cloghan and Taghart wind farm projects located in County Offaly and County Cavan for a combined consideration of €123 million.
  • Advising Statkraft Ireland Limited on its acquisition of a portfolio of three large wind farm projects in Ireland from a consortium consisting of Galetech Energy Developments, Storm Management and GE Energy.
  • Advising Statkraft Ireland Limited on the acquisition of a number of solar projects with combined capacity of in excess of 279MW from Lightsource BP.
  • Advising Statkraft Ireland Limited on the acquisition of the Muckerstown solar project with 34MW capacity from Lightsource BP by way of an asset purchase.
  • Advising SSE Renewables on co-development arrangements and shareholder agreements with Coillte for the development of a number of wind farm projects in Ireland.
  • Advising NTR plc on the acquisition of Ballycumber wind farm, a 19.2MW wind project in Co. Wicklow.
  • Advising Fane Valley Co-Operative Society Limited on its acquisition of Robert Smyth & Sons Limited, including its subsidiary company, Burke Shipping Services Limited, from Donegal Investment Group plc for €17.25 million.
  • Advising Kennedy Wilson on the sale of the Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Resort to Northland Properties for €49 million.
  • Advising the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment on the contract for the implementation of the National Broadband Plan, a policy initiative of the Irish government, to deliver High Speed Broadband to every citizen and business in Ireland and to those parts of Ireland where the commercial sector has not had concrete plans to invest.
  • Advising SSE Renewables on co-development arrangements and shareholder agreements with Coillte.