• Healthcare
• Technology

• 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:

• Private Equity
• Healthcare
• Venture Capital
• Technology
• 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 international Private Equity house Bencis Capital Partners on its acquisition of the equine and animal healthcare and nutrition group Thoroughbred Remedies Manufacturing Limited and Equine Products UK Limited.

• Advised Private Equity client MML Capital Ireland on its minority investment into maritime group, Mainport Shipping.

• Acted for Exclusive Networks on its acquisition of cyber security solution provider Consigas Limited.

• Advised AustralianSuper on its significant minority investment of £1.5 billion in the Vantage Data Centres group.

• Acted for Biosynth International Inc. (a KKR portfolio company) in its acquisition of the Fitzgerald Industries life sciences supply business.

• Advised Glenveagh PLC on its acquisition of timber frame manufacturer Harmony Timber Solutions.

• Advised News Corp UK & Ireland Limited on its acquisition, through its subsidiary, of Smurfit Kappa News Press Limited, a contract printer of national and regional newspaper titles.

• Acted for DomusVi, the major international nursing home operator, on its acquisition of the Trinity Care group of nursing homes, and on two other subsequent bolt-on acquisitions.

• Advised the selling shareholders, including FL Partners, on the sale of the leading bed innovator and manufacturer Kayfoam Woolfson, to US group Leggett & Platt.

• Advised emeis (formally Orpea), the leading international nursing homes operator and largest operator in the Irish market, on its acquisition of the First Care group of nursing homes and on its subsequent sale and leaseback of three nursing homes.

• Advised Elkstone on many investments into different technology businesses, including Mesh, Joulica, Lative, Standard Gas, CroíValve, Protex AI, Altada, Content Llama, Unify Ordering, AudioMob, HidraMed Solutions, Prommt, and Output Sports.

• Advised emeis (formally Orpea), on the sale and leaseback of three brand-new nursing homes to Healthcare Activos, marking Healthcare Activos’ first entry into Ireland. This deal involved state-of-the-art nursing facilities in Portmarnock, Portlaoise, and Kilkenny, which will collectively add 332 beds to Ireland’s nursing home sector.

• Advising the Development Capital Fund on its investment in Buttimer Engineering.